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  • Red Sunday in Washington0

        It's not every Sunday that Washington archbishop Donald W. Wuerl can personally thank the U.S. Supreme Court justices and the vice president of the United States for coming to church. But on the Sunday before the first Monday of October each year, the day the High Court returns to begin a new term,

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  • Beware When All Speak Well of You0

    Religious freedom is proved in the actions, not in the profession. And often the very ones most vocal about freedom are least likely to grant it to others when the moment comes. Jesus Christ knew this—experienced this. To many of the religious of His day, He was nothing more than a troublemaker. His was a

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  • The Christian Persecutory Impulse0

    There are many different forms of relgious intolernace, and, over the centuries, many faiths have persecuted. In the Western context, however, it is the persecution of Christians, by Christians, especially in the two centuries after the Reformation, that is most important, because it still shapes relationships between peoples of different faiths and confessions today. Yet

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  • The Black-Robed Regiment0

    Glenn Beck made quite an impact with his Washington rally this year. It led many to comment that he seemed to be positioning himself as a leader of the conservative Christian political spectrum. It has been noted that Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and David Barton all champion the "Black-Robed Regiment." David Barton, of

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  • Questions of Liberty0

    Erwin Chemerinsky (J.D. Harvard Law School, '78) is Founding Dean of the U.C. Irvine School of Law, an author of numerous legal treatises and more than 100 law review articles, a renowned constitution scholar, and a veteran U.S. court of appeals and U.S. Supreme Court litigator. Dean Chemerinsky, thank you for graciously agreeing to be

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  • Lawful, But Not Helpful0

    As of this writing anyway—though the so-called &”Ground Zero&” mosque controversy is still  unresolved—at least the Gainesville, Florida, pastor who threatened to burn the Koran as a public protest against the mosque has backed off.   No Koran burnings by Christian clergy, at least for now. However much as many Americans could understand his frustration,

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