When work and religion collide
Because religious beliefs are protected and there is a more diverse workforce, religious accommodation issues have increased. This article was written by originally published in the July 19, 2009 Zanesville TimesRecorder and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. By Jim Evans This is not your father’s workplace. A snapshot of today’s workforce looks dramatically […]
Read MoreProposal Would Deny Federal Money if Employees Must Provide Medical Care to Which They Object (WashingtonPost.com)
The Bush Administration has proposed new regulations which would deny federal money to medical facilities if they required employees to act against their religious conscience in providing certain health benefits. This raises a number of pertinent questions: Does this go too far, or is it just what religious employees need? Is the proposed regulation too […]
Read MoreGovernment, 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 […]
Read MoreThe New Blue Laws – Slate.com
Slate contributor and labor union attorney, Paul L. Edenfield, asks the questions as to workers have the right to have Sundays off. This may be the forerunner of additional trends in this area: The New Blue Laws They’re about giving workers a break, not forcing church attendance. By Paul L. Edenfield Updated Monday, April 7, […]
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