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- February 6, 2015
Alabama Governor Fob James Jr. recently made national news when he threatened to call out the state National Guard in order to ensure that a copy of the Ten Commandments remains on a courtroom wall. "I will use all legal means at my disposal," the state's highest official said, "which includes the National Guard and
READ MOREBy now, the shock waves are over. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) has been declared unconstitutional, and the "free exercise of religion" has been reduced to mean-with few exceptions-whatever the local and state legislative branches of government decide it means. According to the majority, RFRA violated the limits of Congressional power, because section 5
READ MORECULTURAL RELATIVISM A man in Egypt was arrested for beheading his 25-year-old daughter. According to news reports, Marzouk Ahmed Abdel-Rahim refused Ashrah Mohammed Ahmed's request for the hand of Marzouk's daughter Nora, so Ashrah and Nora ran off and tied the knot anyway. Seven days later Abdel-Rahim hunted down the honeymooners and chopped off Nora's
READ MOREAlabama Governor Fob James Jr. recently made national news when he threatened to call out the state National Guard in order to ensure that a copy of the Ten Commandments remains on a courtroom wall. "I will use all legal means at my disposal," the state's highest official said, "which includes the National Guard and
READ MOREIn 2003 the soon-to-be-terminated governor of California, Gray Davis, was warned by his local bishop that the governor's boast of making California "the most pro-choice state in America" threatened his standing in the Catholic Church. When Davis was told by Sacramento bishop William K. Weigand either to change his views or to stop receiving Communion,
READ MOREWilliam Wilberforce's legacy was possible for two reasons. First, he was a committed Christian. Second, he was also a member of the British Parliament. Because of the first, he had a burning passion against the institution of slavery. Because of the second, he was perfectly placed to do something about it. For seventeen straight years
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