What a Blessed Country It Is!
- November/December 2008
- November 1, 2008
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
READ MOREAn 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
READ MOREComment 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
READ MOREChange: 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
READ MOREI was young. It was the 1980s. I had a hot, black, complete with pop-up headlights and a vanity plate reading "KTCHME." It was a great car, a great plate. Today if I chose a vanity plate it would probably be a bit more sedate. The question is Would it be sedate enough, and, more
READ MORE"I truly believe that this is the true mark of respect for religious freedom—when you stand up not only for your own rights, but when you also stand up for those of your neighbor, even when they believe something that may be radically different from you. You see, true tolerance is not in pretending that
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