Religious Freedom
July 11, 2018
Canadian Supreme Court Finds For the Jehovah’s Witnesses
The decision is a victory for the rights of religious groups to uphold standards for membership based on their own religious...
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Religious Literacy
May 15, 2018
Indonesia Takes a Step Forward For Religious Freedom
I’ll end with my hope that the people of Indonesia will find an inclusive and fair way to treat all of its rich religious...
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Religious Literacy
April 16, 2018
The Maryland Peace Cross and Establishment of Religion
A U.S. Appeals Court has recently ruled that a 40-foot high cross located at a busy intersection in Bladensburg, Maryland...
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Religious Freedom
February 12, 2018
Martin Luther and Religious Freedom
I’m grateful to the contribution Luther made to religious freedom, which helped make it possible for Scientology to be practiced...
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Religious Freedom
December 12, 2017
What is “Separation of Church and State” About Anyway?
I recently read an article in which the author asserted that the purpose of freedom of religion and “separation of church...
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Religious Freedom
September 13, 2017
Adams, Jefferson, Religion & Freedom
A while ago I wrote a post about a squabble in Arizona over whether a humanist could give a benediction to the state legislature...
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Religious Freedom
June 30, 2017
Did the Supreme Court Just Strengthen or Weaken Religious Freedom?
Many generations of Supreme Court Justices have tried to define the correct balance of church and state.
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Religious Freedom
June 12, 2017
Intolerance Takes Center Stage in Austria
The Austrian Parliament recently passed a law banning women from wearing garments that cover their face s. As is the norm...
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Religious Freedom
June 3, 2017
Humanity vs. a Higher Power and the Arizona Invocation
An atheist member of the Arizona legislature caused a small stir recently when she offered up a humanist invocation calling...
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Religious Freedom
March 27, 2017
The EU Court’s Decision—What Equality?
When I read about the European Court’s decision to uphold the firing of a Muslim woman for wearing a headscarf, what came...
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