Religious Freedom
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USCIRF Welcomes New Commissioner Meir Soloveichik
Religious freedom “is the philosophical linchpin of what lies at the heart of American ideals.”
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Indiana Muslims Win Settlement in Favor of Religious Rights
“Discrimination on the basis of religion has no place in the Crossroads of America,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Zachary A. Myers.
When Bigotry Backfires: TalkTV Host Stuns Alex Barnes-Ross with Lesson on Religious Freedom
“It wasn’t fun,” Barnes-Ross said of the interview. “I hope I didn’t come across as a fool.”
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Department of Justice Sues Idaho Town for Religious Discrimination
“RLUIPA unequivocally forbids local governments from deciding zoning matters based on their dislike of certain religious groups.”
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A Church Targeted, a Nation Tainted: Japan’s Descent into Religious Repression
The dissolution is a culmination of 40 years of Japanese authorities condoning attacks on the Unification Church.
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First Amendment Voice Grapples with the State of Religious Freedom in the U.S.
Religious freedom is at a tipping point in the United States according to a virtual panel conducted by First Amendment Voice.
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Know What You Fear
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.
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Next Stop: Tolerance
This is how it played out: At around midday on November 22, a passenger sitting in the train pulled out his phone to film an incident occurring in front of him. The footage (which immediately went viral) reveals a man reading passages from the Bible out loud to a young boy wearing a yarmulke, sitting beside him.
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Scientologists and Freedom of Speech
The person who would forbid you from free expression is the person who hopes to, at some point, have you in chains. As Scientologists, we are very much in favor of freedom of speech.
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Should Religion Be Taught in Schools?
We have all seen headlines of angry parents storming school board meetings protesting that their little Johnny was being illegally “exposed” to this or that religious belief and demanding separation of church and state.
