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Religious Liberty News Briefs
On September 19, a bipartisan group introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would prevent the federal government from di…
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International
Quebec Government Takes Aim at Religious Expression of Public Workers
Though, in its current form, the charter is limited to regulating the religious expression of government employees there can be little doubt…
Current Events
How Would An Attack on Syria Affect the Religious Liberty of the Syrian People?
By Michael Peabody - Despite serious public opposition to involvement in another quagmire in the Middle East, chances are the United States…
Church and State
Ultimate Values: A Method for Resolving Cases that Force a Choice between Discrimination and Religious Liberty
By David Hamstra - It is tempting to resolve the question in favor of one or the other depending on what our moral intuitions tell us about…
Church and State
Into the Minefield: US Supreme Court to Consider Legislative Prayer in October
This October the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway, a case that could change the way that prayer…
Human Rights
Pakistan: Adventist Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Blasphemy (ANN)
Sajjad Masih, 29, was convicted of sending blasphemous text messages in 2011, despite his accuser's subsequent retraction and prosecutors' f…
Church and State
Stanford Law Program Promotes Religious Accommodation
Students at Stanford University School of Law have a unique opportunity to participate in the nation's only law-school based clinic program…
Employment Law
(UPDATE) Kentucky Governor Vetoes Religious Freedom Bill; Legislature Overturns Veto
On Friday, March 22, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear (D) vetoed a religious freedom Bill (HB 279) claiming that the bill would “cause seriou…
Video
Religious Liberty: Windows of Vulnerability?—Bert Beach
[fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” verb=”like” font=”arial”] 01-19-2013 Burt Beach: R…
Human Rights
Preferential Treatment, Persecution, or Loss of Privilege?
Some people believe that their religion obligates them to not only control themselves, but to control others as well. I believe that it is p…