The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
"Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he considers to be true." —Pope Pius IX, Condemned proposition, Syllabus of Errors, 1867. "The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion – except for the
READ MOREBy Mark A. Kellner Illustration By Jeff Dever/Freshart The continuing battle over California's Women's Contraceptive Equity Act, or WCEA, is not only due to occupy part of that state's supreme court calendar this fall, but also highlights the continuing tensions between the free exercise of religion and government in America's most populous state. At issue
READ MOREBy Marci A. Hamilton Illustration By Sally Wern Comport The Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in a case testing whether state government could post the Ten Commandments. At the same time, a federal district court in Pennsylvania held that the government's display of the commandments violates the establishment clause. As I have noted in my
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.
READ MOREA short drive down a quiet country road, incongruous by its being located between the large population centers of San Francisco and Sacramento, is the Vacaville Seventh-day Adventist Church. Actually, the church itself isn't quite finished. At present the complex consists of a one-room church school and a fellowship hall where weekly worship is conducted.
READ MOREObservation on Editorials Your editorials (aside from their lengthiness) reveal your observation and effort to write them. You are a fit successor to preceding editors Roland Hegstad and Clifford Goldstein. In the January-February issue you refer to "these United States" and "these blessed states." The name of our country is "the United States." It is
READ MORE