Ever hear the one about the cowboy with multiple personalities? At sunset he rode off in all directions. So it is with the Religious Right. Or almost, anyway. Though the movement does have multiple constituencies and leaders, its two most powerful and high-profile groups are riding off in opposite directions. On the one hand is
READ MORE"The Religion Clauses of the Constitution represent a profound commitment to religious liberty." So said Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in her dissent to the recent Supreme Court decision that voided the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). RFRA was enacted in 1993 to provide protection for the free exercise of religion. It stated that an individual's
READ MOREThe pain for Norma Smith of Dallas, Texas, was acute. Her husband was dying of a liver disease, and the doctors weren't able to help. But she found hope in God and in televangelist Robert Tilton, who in solicitation letters promised that if she donated money, he'd personally pray for her husband and that he
READ MOREChewed Out! Your article "Consenting Adults" (March/April) has nothing to do with the separation of church and state. These moral issues come under the rightful domain of civil law. If a place such as the sex club referred to in this piece is a legal business, its existence makes socially destructive behavior appear common and
READ MOREThough U.S. Supreme Court briefs are rarely noted for prosody or style (who confuses Macbeth with McCollum or Lycidas with Lemon?), occasionally a phrase or section achieves popular renown. The most recent example is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's immortalized words in Casey: "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's
READ MOREThank the Lord for that, especially now as Congress is again faced with another sorrowfully misleading proposal to undo Establishment Clause protections. Misnamed the Religious Freedom Amendment, the proposal (also known as the Ishtook Amendment) reads: "To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: The people's right to pray
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