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- February 6, 2015
The secular state—a hallmark of Western liberal democracy—is under attack from both ends of the political spectrum. What does this mean for religious freedom? A renowned Australian theologian investigates. Religious liberty is paramount for any multicultural democracy. That is because religious liberty interlocks with other liberties relating to freedoms of speech and association. The right
READ MOREA conversation with Britain’s Lord Alton of Liverpool about genocide, human rights, and international apathy David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, is an academic, author, and member of the British House of Lords, where he serves on the International Relations and Defence Select Committee. He began his career as a teacher in England’s northwestern port
READ MOREI have a grave and growing sense of urgency regarding the erosion of religious liberty at home and abroad. All over this world, people of faith are denied the fundamental and inalienable human right to confess and express their faith according to the dictates of their conscience. According to Pew polling data, more than 70
READ MOREIs a fully state-funded Roman Catholic charter school constitutionally permissible? Until recently that question would have seemed laughable. Today the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t laughing. There were two likely possibilities when the United States Supreme Court decided to hear Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v.
READ MOREAccording to a recent Supreme Court ruling (Albert Snyder vs. Westboro Baptist Church), the free speech clause might not allow someone to yell "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater, but it does allow protesters at military funerals to hold signs that declare, "Thank God for Dead Soldiers." In the 8-1 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts,
READ MOREAsk the question again of the remnants of that same Second Ranger Battalion, now reinforced and assigned to Hill 400 in eastern France, late in November. The First Army had already thrown four divisions at Hill 400 with crushing losses. The conditions were even worse than at the Pointe. Still the Rangers went in, knowing
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