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  • Reason for Optimism0

    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

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  • Judge Not0

    The Reverend Rick Scarborough is a Texas minister with big dreams of the national stage. Welcoming attendees to a recent gathering in Washington, D.C., the stocky ex-college football player said bluntly, "This is perhaps the most important conference in the city of Washington this year." The topic of this momentous occasion wasn't terrorism, the economy,

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  • Holy Men0

    As we have been told innumerable times since September 11, 2001, "We are at war." If you read most any newspaper most any day you will read tales of horror and carnage and see gratuitous photos of the dead and dying—mostly Iraqis. For a number of reasons, probably well thought out, we don't see many

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  • Incorporation and Religious Freedom0

    We're certain we have rights that government must respect: the freedom to say what we want and believe what we wish; to go where we please and keep the company we choose; the right to marry our love, to have children, and to raise them as we see fit. We figure we have a right

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  • At Liberty0

    "The Religion Clauses of the Constitution represent a profound commitment to religious liberty." So said Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in her dissent to the recent Supreme Court decision that voided the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). RFRA was enacted in 1993 to provide protection for the free exercise of religion. It stated that an individual's

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  • At Liberty0

    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,

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