Religious Divide0

• May/June 2000
• May 1, 2000

Evangelist John Wayne "punkin" Brown picked up the three-foot yellow timber rattlesnake while delivering one of his raucous sermons in Alabama in 1998. "They say it won't bite," Brown bellowed as the rattler twisted itself into the shape of a V. "If it won't bite, there ain't no sense in being scared." But he had

A License To Speak?0

• May/June 2000
• May 1, 2000

The Awkward Silence0

• May/June 2000
• May 1, 2000

Assemblies were held every few weeks at Holliston School in Saskatoon. Once the students had gathered in the gym, they were told to stand for "O Canada" and the Lord's Prayer. Elementary school student Max Haiven's family was Jewish, and he chose not to bow his head or repeat the Lord's Prayer, although he did

Soundoff…A Civil Right0

• May/June 2000
• May 1, 2000

To fit the meaning of the term, religious liberty must apply to all or it applies to none. It cannot be allowed just for Christians or any religious organization that the state may favor. It must be for everyone. Not just for Judeo-Christians. For everyone. But ever since the Supreme Court's infamous 1990 decision in

Disordered Liberty0

• May/June 2000
• May 1, 2000

Prior to my comments before the House Judiciary Committee (May 13, 1999) on the role of popular mass culture in producing youth alienation and school violence, a panel of students gave their observations. They were led by an articulate twelfth grader from a large suburban high school. What distinguished her high school, she said, was

Defending the Sinai Ten0

• May/June 2000
• May 1, 2000

The Ten Commandments Defense Act Amendment was written in reaction to the Columbine High shootings last year. On June 17, 1999, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 248 to 180 to attach it to the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1999. While the Senate version of the bill does not contain this amendment, it is