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  • Steal Away0

    African slaves trapped in the hell of American slavery embraced Christian faith amid the paradoxes, as their captors spoke of a new nation with equality and liberty for all men. Unfortunately, the liberty wasn’t for them. The repercussions echo down to us today . . . Mississippi, 1830s he stifling humidity hangs heavy in the

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  • State Sunday Laws0

    Sunday laws have been a part of the legal landscape of America from the time of European settlement. Nevertheless, because Sunday laws are not generally at the forefront of today's legislative debates and, as currently enforced, create only occasional serious difficulties, their pervasive presence is ignored. However, these laws should be neither dismissed nor treated

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  • State Religious Freedom Laws: Misunderstood or Malign?0

    Iowa has become the latest state to wade into the controversy surrounding state-level Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs). Governor Kim Reynolds signed the Iowa RFRA into law on April 3, saying it would uphold “ideals that are the very foundation of our country.” Twenty-seven U.S. states have passed similar laws, all of which are modeled

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  • State Acknowledgement of God0

    In his book So Help Me God former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore, the "Ten Commandments judge," asks: "Can the State Acknowledge God?" Actually, Moore's Ten Commandments crusade is premised on a closely related question: whether the state has an obligation under the first of the Ten Commandments to acknowledge God.

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  • Startling the Mama Bears0

    In matters of religion, parents are the primary educators of their children. This should be a self-evident statement. In past cases the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized this model when interpreting the rights of parents under the guarantee of freedom of conscience and religion in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. There are, of

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  • Stare Decisis Revisited0

    These are not normal times. We seem to be living through times the Pauline prediction that “what can be shaken will be shaken” (see Hebrews 12:27). I use a Bible text advisedly, because so many people of faith seem to have committed themselves to shaking the system of secular laws to bring about moral renewal.

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