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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
When you hear the name Norfolk, you’re likely to think of the sprawling Virginia metropolis fronting the vast Chesapeake Bay and not some other Norfolk, one- tenth the size, half a nation away, the ninth largest city in Nebraska.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Historically, the human race has excelled in the fields of prejudice and discrimination. Historically, the human race has then demonstrated—by its actions and attendant consequences—that all such efforts to make others less “human” and therefore targets for persecution have been nothing but destructive, not only to the victims of such crimes, but to the perpetrators.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
I have friends, associates and employees of Muslim faith. Not a single one has ever demonstrated signs of wanting “Jihad.” Especially here in the good old US of A. They just want what most of us want: the right to live and worship as they see fit without being attacked or ridiculed for their faith.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) is the oldest organization of its kind. Founded in 1929, its primary purpose is to "promote excellence in the communication of faith and values in the public arena and encourage understanding among religious and faith groups.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
I live in a small town. Very few members of my faith live nearby. I’m pretty much alone here. Some might worry that I am discriminated against. No, it’s not that my stuff has gone missing or that folks refuse to do business with me because my beliefs are different than theirs.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
I’ve studied the Constitution of the United States more than once and I love what our founders put in place for future generations.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Dr. Ganoune Diop, director of public affairs and religious freedom for the worldwide Seventh-Day Adventist Church, recently gave a beautiful keynote address at the opening of a religious freedom training center in France.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
After the September 11th attacks I remember hearing from a college friend whose family members were practicing Sikhs. She was relating the painful reality of her brothers suddenly being harassed and threatened in public.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., is running a great video campaign under the banner of “I Believe in Interfaith.” It invites people of all faiths to post videos of why they believe in bringing religions together.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
One of the most troubling emotions we deal with as a society is fear. Fear of the unknown, the undiscovered or the not understood threatens the freedom that our forefathers envisioned for us and for this great nation.
