Reflections on the First Freedom
- January/February 2012
- January 1, 2012
Promoting religious freedom is what I do. I do it because I believe in it, not because I’m paid to edit Liberty magazine. But sometimes I wonder what it takes to convince the average person that religious liberty is important now. It’s often been said that everyone has their price—the early talkies comedian W. C.
READ MOREWith the rhetoric and rancor rising in the campaign for the White House, the election has increasingly become a call to the faithful, with candidates attempting to outdo one another in appealing to religious voters. Indeed, listening to these candidates, one could easily think this is a campaign for ecclesiastical rather than presidential office. One
READ MOREYou don't have to believe in American "exceptionalism" to recognize that in the way it handles church-state matters the United States of America has made a vital and significant contribution to civilization. In a nutshell this means that government takes no side in religious disputes, does not prefer one religion above others, and does not
READ MOREThe United States, a demographically Christian nation, grants non-Christians the right to worship as they please. Religious conservatives, who often assert that the United States is a "Christian" nation in a public-governmental sense, increasingly have begun to connect this highly questionable claim with the norm of religious tolerance that prevails in "Christian" nations. They argue
READ MOREA key priority for our government [is] establishing an Office of Religious Freedom. We announced our intention to do so in the Speech from the Throne on June 3 [ a Speech from the Throne is given at the official opening of a new Parliament]. And I repeated our commitment most recently at the United
READ MOREIt 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
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