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  • Church-State 080

    However, in this time of war (especially an unpopular one) and economic woes, the church-state issues are somewhat less likely to sway large voting blocs, in comparison to the "values voting" that contributed to George W. Bush's narrow reelection four years ago. Church-state issues are usually included under the rubric of social issues to differentiate

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  • What a Blessed Country It Is!0

    A group of officials from a country in Central Asia were visiting the International Religious Liberty Association at the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. We did our best to make their visit interesting and invited them to a dinner in their honor. They asked us to explain the relations between the government and

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  • Faith, Charity and Government Money0

    In 1996, as part of a massive welfare reform bill, Congress enacted a provision that came to be known as "Charitable Choice," requiring government to partner with "faith-based" organizations (FBOs) on the same basis as other nonprofits to deliver services to the poor. The legislation was hotly debated, and later became the basis of President

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  • Religious Freedom Under Attack Around the World0

    An adjunct fellow at the Claremont Institute in California, Dr. Paul Marshall tells us in Religious Freedom in the World (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman) that "by religious. . . persecution, I do not mean human rights violations against 'religious' persons. . . . Rather, we are concerned . . . with the persecution where

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  • Good Faith0

    Comment on Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality. By Martha C. Nussbaum, 406 pages, Basic Books. In Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is caught between her religion and her state. After her brother is killed assaulting the city, her uncle Creon forbids her to bury him. But according to the tenets of

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  • Changing Times0

    Change: how's that for a politically charged title? In your eye, lawyers who might say that Liberty can't speak to political issues! Especially now—either just before or just after a U.S. Presidential election! Well, let's roll, as they say, and speak directly to the times and the issues. First a backup, to keep my job

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