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Freedom in Prison
If a man breaks the law, does he then lose his right to be treated as a human being? It’s got to be said that here we’re treading on the toes of a very controversial and contentious issue.
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Hanukkah: A Holiday For All Who Believe Freedom of Religion Is Worth Fighting For
The story of the one-day’s supply of oil that lasted for eight is the story of the Jewish people—a culture and a religion whose flame should have flickered out time and time again but kept burning.
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Honoring Those Who Faced Death to Secure Our Religious Freedom, This UN Day Against Torture
It is hard to ignore the example of the brave men and women whose faith proved stronger than physical duress.
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How Religion Improves Lives and Why Bigots Oppose It
Growing up as an agnostic, John did not give religious matters too much thought. Nor did he assess his actions against any kind of religious teachings or moral codes. If something seemed advantageous in the moment and the risk was not too great, it was worthwhile.
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How Scientology Helped Me Raise Kids Who Care
Now they are raising their own children with the same basic certainty they found as young Scientologists: that people are inherently good, and that religious freedom makes the world a better place for everyone.
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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 on her fellow representatives to “remember the humanity that resides with each and every person here, and each and every person in the city, and in all people in the nation and
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I Met a Scorpion Today
There are two versions of a well-known fable you might have heard. In the first one, a scorpion asks a frog to carry it across a river. The frog is afraid of being stung by the scorpion, but the scorpion explains that he wouldn’t sting the frog, for if he did, he would drown too.
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In Defense of All Faiths: The Legacy of Sikhism
As Freedom Forum’s David Callaway relates in his article, the Sikhs’ defense of others has never ceased.
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Religious Unity in the Wake of Disaster—Will it Prevail?
Religious freedom is quite literally the bedrock value on which the United States was founded and I argue it is in no small measure what makes it (if not the, one of) the greatest countries in the world.
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Intolerance in Hollywood—A Word of Caution
Hollywood, my hometown, is all about tolerance… as long as it fits “their” agenda. Pro-choice, green initiatives, gay rights, gender correctness—you name it. And I personally have no issue with any of these things.
