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- February 6, 2015
Roman Emperor Constantine was the first European leader to impose Sunday rest on much of the continent. More than 1,500 years later a contemporary movement to do so again started building momentum decades ago as the region pursued closer &”integration.&” In recent years, however, the expanding coalition to declare Sunday an official &”day of rest&”
READ MORENovus ordo seclorum, a phrase that appears on the American $1 bill, means &”a new order for the ages,&” and reflects the thinking and intent of the Founders in America at the time of the Continental Congress. For them, the New World discovered by Columbus offered many opportunities for a political experiment that was completely
READ MOREMinister John Baird underscored the integral role the defense of religious liberty plays in shaping the fabric of a democratic society during his keynote address at the May 24, 2012, Religious Liberty Dinner in Washington, D.C. Baird is the minister of foreign affairs for the federal government of Canada. &”There is special purpose in defending
READ MOREThank you for your speech tonight. We’re very impressed by this new Office of International Religious Freedom. Does Canada intend to reach out in a new and unprecedented way for religious freedom? Baird: Certainly one of my main responsibilities is promoting Canadian values; and the Office of International Religious Freedom will assist all of our
READ MOREAmong the most inestimable of our blessings is that . . . of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His will; a liberty deemed in other countries incompatible with good government and yet proved by our experience to be its best support&” (Thomas Jefferson, 1807). All across the
READ MORECertainly no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the general government. Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to the Rev. Samuel Miller, Jan. 23, 1808
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