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  • Without Shelter0

    In 1991 the archbishop of San Antonio was denied a permit to enlarge St. Peter's Catholic Church in Boerne, Texas. The archbishop's challenge of the denial led to City of Boerne v. Flores, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993. As a result, the

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  • Whistlin' Dixie: Part 20

    When this nation or its people are attacked by foreign or domestic enemies or goes to war, such as the bombing in Oklahoma City, Operation Desert Storm, or the Cuban Missile Crisis, this judge will fine or put in jail teachers and students who publicly pray to the Almighty for the protection of this nation

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  • Special Exemptions0

    Imagine living in a quiet residential neighborhood when a nearby homeowner (call her Mrs. Campbell) starts running a soup kitchen from her garage. Some neighbors object, fearful that the soup kitchen will increase traffic and attract "undesirables" to the area. They persuade town officials to enforce their zoning ordinance and stop Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell

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  • Rules to Live By0

    Baseball and advertising are two of America's most popular activities, so when California businessman Edward Di Loreto–a strong financial supporter of local schools and colleges for decades–was solicited to buy advertising space along the outfield fence of the Downey High School baseball field, he didn't hesitate to write a check. But when the 83-year-old philanthropist

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  • Protecting Free Exercise0

    In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's invalidation of RFRA, Congress is considering legislation (The Religious Liberty Protection Act) that would once again enable religious believers and institutions to challenge, in court, government interference with religious practice. Under this bill, believers could obtain exemptions, or accommodations, if the government lacks a sufficiently strong justification

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  • Op. Cit.0

    The Sound and the Fury I was amazed to read in Liberty (March/April 1998, p. 16) that Judge Moore is "promoting religion" by permitting the display of the Ten Commandments and prayer in his courtroom. If this logic follows, then every vestige of our Christian historical nature is in violation of the First Amendment, which

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