The time: November 29, 2005. The place: Sweden's Supreme Court. The person: Pastor Ake Green. The issue: charges that Pastor Green committed a hate crime under Swedish law by preaching against homosexuality. The verdict: acquittal. After intense international pressure and the prospect that a conviction would likely be overturned by the European Court for Human
READ MOREWhy can't I be a good Catholic and dissent? Apparently, being a dissenter and a good Catholic are mutually exclusive. Why can't I be both? There is no "Thou shall not dissent" commandment. Yet today it appears that anyone who does not strictly follow or agree with the rules promulgated by Rome is considered to
READ MOREChildren seem to have an innate fascination with dinosaurs. I know this from my days as a book editor. Children's books on, about or illustrated with pictures of dinosaurs are instant sales stars. I know the appeal of dinosaurs firsthand now by way of my eight-year-old son. Christopher will spend hours at a clip delving
READ MOREIn the often cited—but rarely understood—historical case of Galileo, a court was called on to address scientific questions about the nature of the universe. Unsurprisingly, the outcome of that proceeding was a disastrous affirmation of the orthodoxy current at the time. Courtrooms have never been a good forum for addressing questions of science or religion,
READ MOREDeeply held religious faith permeates every sphere of life. Spiritual people cannot segregate their religious belief from their mundane, daily life. A robust understanding of religious liberty would not require that they try to do so. As has been discovered by a teacher in British Columbia, when one's religious beliefs contradict secular values, full participation
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