Church and State
Constitution
History
Government, Religion, and a Mythical Past
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Karen Scott
- June 1, 2008
- America
- bill of rights
- Civil Rights
- criminal law
- Due Process Clause
- Establishment Clause
- founders
- historical revisionism
- learning from the past
- national heritage
- polygamy
- religious discrimination
- religious harassment
- Roger Williams
- Separation of Church and State
- Spectrum Magazine
- Ten Commandments
- thought crime
- Tibet
- Walt Pontynen
- War
- workers' rights
- World
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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Civil Rights
Legal Issues
Thought and Crime
NOTE: This story has been updated. Read the update. Published in Liberty Magazine – March / April 2008 On July 1, 2007, Satendar Singh, a 26-year-old Sikh American was attacked by a group of six men while enjoying an early Independence Day picnic with friends at a park in Folsom, California. According to news reports, […]
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