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  • A Religious Freedom Wake-up Call0

    Religious liberty is a long-standing American value. Yet this freedom to worship or act upon religious conscience without unnecessary interference by the government is also a principle taken for granted, misused, and underappreciated. There is growing concern that this trend will continue or worsen.  The latest edition of the Religious Freedom Index shows that some

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  • A Religious Freedom Voting Guide0

    In the coming election, if you truly care about religious freedom, you’ll vote Republican. Unless, of course, you’re concerned about Christian nationalism and Project 2025 and its goal of Christianizing America through law, in which case you’ll vote Democrat. However, if you’re alarmed that young people in public schools are being exposed to militant secular

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  • A Refugee Crisis0

    Worldwide, there are currently more than 65 million refugees or people displaced in their own countries.The reasons vary—persecution, war and conflict, and weather.Climate change is becoming an important factor undermining traditional agricultural pursuits and driving people from the global south to seek a new life in the north. Here in North America we are not

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  • A Read Letter Day0

    As Thomas Jefferson stood at the door of the White House, there was one guest that stood out among those he welcomed that New Year’s Day.Approaching with fanfare and driving a team of six horses, Elder John Leland arrived with a 1,235-pound wheel of cheese. The cheese, a congratulatory gift for the recently elected Jefferson,

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  • A Question of Law0

    Judicial decisions too frequently get bogged down in precedent and rationalization and then miss the major, common sense and what should be controlling facts and reasoning. Some decisions remind me of a line from an old rock ’n’ roll song (“You talk too much, you worry me to death”). It is not always possible, but

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  • A Presbyterian Nation, Thank You0

    Pronouncements that the United States of America is a Christian nation are fascinating. They sprout like mushrooms after a bad rain, especially around Independence Day and the National Day of Prayer, and usually from the lips of irreligious politicians. In fact, the historical evidence conclusively proves that the United States is not a Christian nation

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