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  • "When Will We Overcome Religious Intolerance?"0

    Recent events have called into question just how much progress humankind has made. The April 15, 2013, bombing in Boston, Massachusetts, disrupted more than just a marathon; it caused several fatalities, including the death of a child, and maimed and injured more than 100 others. Along with the immediate task of coping with yet another

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  • The Mighty Walk20

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  • Which Way Freedom?0

    Modern democracy is the product of centuries of struggle. Thousands of brave men and women have laid down their lives in the cause of freedom. It is significant that it is just 100 years ago that one of America’s most notable martyrs to freedom of the press, Elijah Lovejoy, paid the supreme sacrifice in freedom’s

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  • To Teach or Not To Teach0

    More than a century before Ohio science teacher John Freshwater found himself at the center of a battle over academic freedom in the classroom, namely, whether he has a right to urge his students to think critically about topics such as evolution, John T. Scopes faced a similar firing squad. In Scopes’ case, however, he

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  • The Firebrand0

    On March 27, 2013, in the northern Italian city of Ferrara, Patrizia Moretti stepped out into the public square near her office building, unfurled a poster-sized portrait of her dead son Federico Aldrovandi, and showed it to the crowd of protesters. The photograph was so unpleasant that some of the protesters doubted its authenticity and

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  • Paying for Acts of God – FEMA Funds for Houses of Worship0

    When Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast last October, it did some damage to the Reverend Mark Lukens’ Bethany Congregational Church in East Rockaway, New York. Many property owners in the area need some assistance to rebuild. That doesn’t mean, however, that Lukens is expecting a government handout for his church. “It is bad for

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