July/August 2015

Why RFRA?0

Is this Religious Freedom Restoration Act really that significant? Will it make that big a difference? Every time you lawyers start to explain what it’s all about, you lose me in your legalese.” The question came from a friend who supports religious liberty but has become dubious of the sometimes sensational rhetoric of its defenders.

Ghosts of the Past 0

When thinking about violations of religious liberty, we have a tendency to think big—Muslims in Burma, Christians in Pakistan, and so on. Or we may think historically, with the persecution of Jews. It is too easy to forget the campaign of suppression carried out by the American and Canadian governments against aboriginal religions. Here we

The Poetry of Liberty 0

On April 21, 1812, a 24-year-old baron stood up in the British House of Lords to speak in favor of Catholic emancipation. While it was only his second time rising to speak in Parliament, he made pointed claims. He called the state of Great Britain a “state of exclusion,” and the Church of England “an

Liberty Sentinels and Monuments To Freedom 0
- July/August 2015
- July 1, 2015
The other day, as I passed by the nicely framed pictures of the ten Liberty editors from 1906 to the present, an inner voice suddenly brought me up with a simple, yet profound thought. There really should be eleven! Yes, what about Alonzo T. Jones? A few days earlier I had themed my Liberty welcome
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Remaking History in Indiana 0
- July/August 2015
- July 1, 2015
Until recently few people had heard of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act or could even pronounce its acronym, RFRA (Riff-ra), even though there’s a federal version of the law and 20 states have passed their own versions. Is it a “license to discriminate,” as liberals claim, or a “protection of religious freedom,” as conservatives claim?
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Altering Consciousness for Liberty 0
- July/August 2015
- July 1, 2015
IRLA NEWS RELEASE The second IRLA Inter-American Religious Liberty Congress was held in Medellín, Colombia, March 18-19, 2015, in the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel. The theme was: “Church-State Relations, Why Are They Important and How to Improve Them?” A large public rally in the city followed the event and showed broad public and official
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