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Illinois law requiring moment of silence in public schools ruled unconstitutional

Posted on January 21, 2009January 21, 2009 by Michael Peabody

The court upheld the principle that students have a constitutional right to pray on their own at any time and that the government or the schools should not arbitrate when and how students pray.

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Judge Bork predicts ‘terrible conflict’ will endanger U.S. Catholics’ religious freedom (CNA)

Posted on January 21, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Former Supreme Court nominee Judge Robert Bork has predicted that upcoming legal battles will have significant ramifications for religious freedom. He names as issues of major concern the continued freedom of Catholic hospitals to refuse to perform abortions and the likely “terrible conflict” resulting from the advancement of homosexual rights.

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The role of religion under Obama (CS Monitor)

Posted on January 21, 2009January 21, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

WASHINGTON – After decades of ceding God to the GOP, at least in the public square, Democrats – with President Obama in the lead – are speaking with a fuller religious voice. The watchword? Inclusiveness.

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QUOTATION: A man who cannot be enticed by money . . .

Posted on January 17, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

“A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.” – Jesse Jackson

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Workplace Religious Accommodation: Man Refuses to Drive ‘No God’ Bus (BBC)

Posted on January 17, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

A Christian bus driver has refused to drive a bus with an atheist slogan proclaiming “There’s probably no God”.

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RITSEMA: Supreme Court deals death blow to the 4th Amendment (Civics News)

Posted on January 15, 2009January 15, 2009 by Scott Ritsema

Now, any the time that law enforcement makes a “mistake” that prevents them from doing a proper search, they will get away with it, and the evidence can be admitted into the court proceedings. The incentive to do the search in a legal fashion has now been removed; instead, and an incentive to do illegal searches and then say “oops” has now been introduced.

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Barack Obama on Religious Tolerance and Persecution

Posted on January 12, 2009January 22, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Obama: Over time, what we are doing is setting up new norms and creating a universal principle that people’s faith and people’s beliefs have to be protected.

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The Passing of Richard John Neuhaus (1936 – 2009)

Posted on January 10, 2009January 10, 2009 by Michael Peabody

On January 8, 2009, Richard John Neuhaus, 72, the intellectual force behind an influential coalition between Catholics and Protestants passed away after a long battle with cancer.

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Celebrate Religious Freedom Day on January 16

Posted on January 10, 2009January 21, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Since 1993 each year, the President declares January 16th to be “Religious Freedom Day,” and calls upon Americans to “observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship.”

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Lawsuit filed to remove “So help me God” from inaugural oath (USA Today)

Posted on January 7, 2009January 7, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

A George Washington myth bites the dust: There’s no eyewitness documentation he ever added “So help me God” to the end of his constitutionally prescribed oath of office. The oath is in the news now that California atheist activist Michael Newdow – last seen in the headlines trying to knock “Under God” out of the…

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