When Shrugging is Not an Option
- May/June 2025
- April 30, 2025
Illustration By Don Stewart The timing was at the very least a guaranteed attention-getter: one week before this year's Fourth of July celebrations, the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America in public school classrooms constitutes an unacceptable state
READ MOREThe 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week cable channels treated it like the death of a celebrity, a major natural disaster, or the verdict in the O. J. Simpson case. Even though it was only a 2-1 decision by a federal appeals court holding that a 1954 act of Congress that added the words "under God" to the Pledge
READ MOREFormer Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau once likened living next door to the United States to sleeping with an elephant—no matter how friendly the elephant is, you can't help feeling its every twitch and grunt. Canadians are familiar with this "sleeping with the elephant" syndrome—everything that happens in the U.S. inevitably impacts Canada. On September
READ MORENo Time for Sabbath I just wanted to let you and your readers know that while it is wonderful Major Davis had his Sabbath issue resolved, such is not always the case in the military. I am a 2nd class petty officer in the engine room aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz, with a similar outstanding record.
READ MORESince 9/11 2001 we have each been caught up in the sense of crisis, a world in jeopardy, and the forces of history turning once again. Here in North America we live in the knowledge that our towers of invulnerability have fallen…they were always vulnerable, but the two way mirrors we put on the exterior
READ MOREIllustration By Will Terry If a student swears in acting class, does God hear? * Apparently not, according to University of Utah acting professors. Or, if He does, it doesn't count because, hey, it is acting, after all. It's not like she means it. Right? Well . . . * Christina Axson-Flynn, a member of
READ MOREBy Winston E. Greeley Illustration By Peter Bennett Many people would agree, on First Amendment principles, that the funneling of tax money, either directly or indirectly, to religious education is a bad idea. Now, it's one thing when people use a good argument to defend a bad idea. Or even when people use a bad
READ MOREIllustration By Ralph Butler A week before the Supreme Court's ruling in the Cleveland voucher case, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002), I was coleading a seminar on religious liberty. My friend and fellow instructor told the group that if the Court upheld tuition vouchers for private religious schools, the establishment clause of the First Amendment would
READ MOREWith a surge toward a violent culture, many things must happen to redirect our society. I understand that simply posting the Ten Commandments will not instantly change the moral character of our nation. However, allowing states the freedom to decide these matters is an important step in promoting morality and religious freedom in our society.-REP.
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