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States Rights, Slavery, the 14th Amendment and Religious Liberty

Posted on August 25, 2017October 31, 2018 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Have you ever wondered what legal mechanism existed that permitted the legalization of slavery in the United States after the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791? How it was that men, women, and children were held in bondage after Francis Scott Key wrote the famous words, “land of the free, and the home of the brave” in 1812? How segregation persisted in law until the late 1960s?

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Evaluating Clinton’s claim to “reasonable regulation” of Constitutional rights

Posted on June 10, 2016June 14, 2016 by Michael Peabody

Constitutional rights, particularly those in the Bill of Rights are guarantees of personal freedoms and are expressed in terms of the government’s limited powers.

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Why the 14th Amendment and Federal Courts are Essential to Protecting Religious Liberty

Posted on September 15, 2015October 31, 2018 by Michael Peabody

Have you ever wondered what legal mechanism existed that permitted the legalization of slavery in the United States after the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791? How it was that men, women, and children were held in bondage after Francis Scott Key wrote the famous words, “land of the free, and the home of the brave” in 1812? How segregation persisted in law until the late 1960s?

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Religious Pluralism & America’s Christian Nation Debate: Revisiting the Intentions of America’s Constitutional Founders

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Greg Hamilton

By Gregory W. Hamilton The constitutional system of the United States of America remains the envy of the outside world despite the growing unrest of our European allies towards our country’s Administration, and the continual provocation against it by terrorists and a few hostile Arab-Muslim nations. Yet the greatest threat to our constitutional system comes…

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Government, Religion, and a Mythical Past

Posted on June 1, 2008November 5, 2012 by Karen Scott

By Karen Scott, Walt Pontynen, and Leigh Johnson In this  article, originally published in Spectrum in 2002, the authors discuss the intent of the founders of the United States and how historical revisionism obscures our national heritage. (Re-posted with Permission.) AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER and poet George Santayana (1863-1952) wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are…

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Dexter Avenue and the Battle for the Bill of Rights

Posted on March 30, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV
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