Humility and Freedom0

• September/October 2005
• September 1, 2005

Since the evening of September 11, 2001, when George W. Bush quoted Psalm 23 and declared the day's events to be the opening salvo of a cosmic struggle of good versus evil, there has been a heated public debate about his openly religious language. Standard and appropriate, or unusual and dangerous? The latter, say more

Foreclosed And Forbidden0

• September/October 2005
• September 1, 2005

The Other Side0

• September/October 2005
• September 1, 2005

In recent years we have been seriously concerned, in the United States, with the preservation of our religious liberties. For the most part this inter

At Liberty0

• September/October 2005
• September 1, 2005

At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, when asked whether we had a republic or a monarchy, Benjamin Franklin replied, "A republic – if you can keep it!" Thomas Jefferson once said, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Preserving democracy does, indeed, take work. It must have an educated and active citizenry. Constructive input,

Incident at East Waynesville0

• September/October 2005
• September 1, 2005

Whatever happened to religious freedom in America? After all, isn't it preaxiomatic that a church has the right to determine for itself what is required for membership? If the free exercise clause means anything, it means that a church should be able to require any kind of belief, no matter how ludicrous. If it wants

Reason for Optimism0

• September/October 2005
• September 1, 2005

Americans who are curious about such things often ask how the Canadian constitution creates a separation between church and state. In Canada, religious liberty rights are guaranteed in two different sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 2(a) of the charter indicates that everyone has "freedom of conscience and religion." Section 15 provides