Liberty for All
- January/February 2012
- January 1, 2012
It has long been a societal proposition that public education is designed to provide peoples of all socioeconomic, racial, and religious backgrounds with an equal and unbiased educational experience. The institutions of our society are claimed to reflect the separation of church and state, which has long been regarded as a fundamental element of our
READ MOREIn its 1952 Zorach v. Clauson ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said it is constitutionally permissible for public school children to participate in released-time programs in which the children attended religious instruction classes away from school. Writing for the majority, the late Justice William O. Douglas observed: &”We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose
READ MOREJonathan Bean has put together a phenomenal work with Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader. For me, an African-American who interned with my church's religious liberty department while I was studying law, the book proved to be an amazing read, and I highly recommend it. I would state unequivocally that it would be
READ MOREPerhaps no area in society exacerbates the internal tension in the First Amendment between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause than they public workplace. Disputes over religious expression in the public workplace present a constitutional clash between two First Amendment rights: (1) freedom of speech and religion and (2) church-state separation. Consider the
READ MOREThe result of your fifty or sixty years of religious reading in the four words "Be just and good" is that in which all our inquiries must end. . . . My answer was "Say nothing of my religion. It is known to my God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to
READ MOREEarly in 2011 Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that a reelected Conservative government would create an Office of Religious Freedom to ensure that defending persecuted religious minorities is a priority of Canada's foreign policy. Speaking to a packed room and an enthusiastic and diverse crowd, Prime Minister Harper praised the courage of those Canadians who
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