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Phelps v. Snyder: The Assault on Religious Freedom

2010-10-05
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Phelps v. Snyder: The Assault on Religious Freedom

“If we give in on religious liberty, we will lose credibility with oppressed peoples around the world. We give a license to the states that violate human rights. We fail to assist totalitarian states in their movement toward freedom. And, most of all, we cease to be true to ourselves—cease to be a nation that,…

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4/20 Update: Marijuana, Religion, and the First Amendment

2010-08-06
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4/20 Update: Marijuana, Religion, and the First Amendment

“THEN GOD SAID, I GIVE YOU EVERY SEED-BEARING PLANT ON THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH, AND EVERY TREE THAT HAS FRUIT IN IT.” GENESIS 1:29-30 Good Friday, 1962, fell on April 20. That morning, 20 university theology students — all men — delivered themselves into the hands of Boston University researchers in the basement of…

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University of Illinois Professor Fired For Standing By Catholic Teaching on Homesexuality

2010-07-13
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University of Illinois Professor Fired For Standing By Catholic Teaching on Homesexuality

Calling it hate speech, the University of Illinois has fired a Catholic professor hired to teach an introductory course on Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought for responding to a student question about why homosexuality is immoral under Natural Law.

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De Tocqueville, Christianity, and Equality

2008-01-15
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De Tocqueville, Christianity, and Equality

Liberty Letters, 2008-01 In his 1832 work, “Democracy In America,” Alexis de Tocqueville reminds us that “Christianity, which has declared that all are equal in the sight of God, will not refuse to acknowledge that all citizens are equal in the eye of the law. … Religion … is the companion of liberty in all…

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