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- February 6, 2015
Since Everson 1many have asserted that the First Amendment's religion clauses require government to be neutral toward religion. This requirement is not merely peripheral; "neutrality" has been a dominant theme of religious freedom. Berkeley law professor Phillip Johnson exaggerates only slightly when he asserts: "That in some sense the federal government and the states ought
READ MOREPronouncements that the United States of America is a Christian nation are fascinating. They sprout like mushrooms after a bad rain, especially around Independence Day and the National Day of Prayer, and usually from the lips of irreligious politicians. In fact, the historical evidence conclusively proves that the United States is not a Christian nation
READ MOREWhat do a Jewish home synagogue, a Baptist minister, and a federal prisoner have in common? All among the first to be hurt by the demise of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Each of their stories shows why Americans must work to restore free exercise protections, which have been decimated in the wake
READ MOREImagine Christian groups that–by religious conviction–are opposed to the practice of homosexuality, yet are nevertheless required to admit practicing homosexuals in membership, or even leadership roles? Certainly, with America's wonderful heritage of religious freedom, that could never happened here. Or could it? In 1995 the University of Wisconsin suspended a Christian group accused of discriminating
READ MORE"Almighty God hath created the mind free. . . ."-Thomas Jefferson "It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him."-James Madison "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being." -William O. Douglas "Political decisions must be
READ MOREThose adamant about imposing religious exercises in public schools in Alabama now have the children to sanctify their cause. Across the state, students are protesting, holding rallies, and even walking out of classes-all over the injunction by a federal district judge prohibiting public schools from promoting religious activity in the classroom. One can wonder how
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