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Pope Francis Calls for Common Good in Speech to Congress – Full Text

Posted on September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

“In this land, the various religious denominations have greatly contributed to building and strengthening society. It is important that today, as in the past, the voice of faith continue to be heard, for it is a voice of fraternity and love, which tries to bring out the best in each person and in each society. Such cooperation is a powerful resource in the battle to eliminate new global forms of slavery, born of grave injustices which can be overcome only through new policies and new forms of social consensus.”

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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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Attack on Independent Judiciary Likely to Intensify Following Davis’ Release

Posted on September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV ReligiousLiberty.TV

Even though the Court has granted accommodation requested by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, eliminating an independent judiciary is the real target.

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Opinion: The Spiritual Dimension to the County Clerk’s Refusal to License Same-Sex Marriages

Posted on September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 by Jason Hines

Davis has made a decision according to her conscience, has had the willingness to not only follow it through, but also to go to jail for it. I am surprisingly both outraged by and sympathetic to her plight. I would love to talk about the legal ramifications of what she is doing (and I still might do that briefly), but tonight my mind turns primarily to the spiritual consequences of Davis’s actions.

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Catholic Hospitals Appeal Federal Court Decision Saying They’re Not Catholic Enough

Posted on July 15, 2015November 14, 2017 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Longstanding, agency-approved exemption of religious hospitals from federal pension law had been overturned, threatening Dignity Health chain of U.S. hospitals with ruinous penalties

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California Eliminates Religious Exemption to Mandatory Vaccination

Posted on July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

In passing SB 277, the legislature appears to presume either that the religious exemption requests were pretextual and therefore should not be taken seriously, or that religious beliefs are subordinate to uniformity of adherence to health and safety codes.

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Free Exercise After Obergefell: Warnings from the Dissent

Posted on June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Statements of Justices Roberts, Thomas, and Alito on free exercise of religion in light of the same-sex marriage decision.

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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court Finds National Right to Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on June 26, 2015June 29, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

How the Supreme Court’s decision could affect the religious liberty rights of religious organizations and individuals

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Supreme Court Rules Sign Ordinance Adversely Affecting Church Fails Strict Scrutiny

Posted on June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 by Michael Peabody

[dc]A[/dc]fter a lengthy legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously (see Reed v. Gilbert  , decided June 18, 2015) that a town cannot bar church signs when it allows similar signs promoting political or ideological viewpoints. In 2007, Good News Community Church sued Gilbert, Arizona, when the town enforced a law banning the…

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Bill Would Ban Gov’t Discrimination Based on Religious Views of Marriage

Posted on June 18, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Bills have been introduced in both houses of the U.S. Congress that would prohibit the Federal government from discriminating against individuals, associations, and businesses that act in accordance with their religious beliefs about marriage.

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