Focuses on the questions that the United States Supreme Court will decide and the course of religious freedom in this country. Arguments in the Supreme Court case City of Boerne versus Flores; Prohibitions of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA); Information on the Supreme Court case ...
TLB Note:As you have probably already figured out … Today is Religious Freedom Day. This is a topic this is gaining significance by the day and continues to accelerate. Religious freedom in America today is nothing like our founders sought to make it … and no one can explain this better ...
Freedom of Religion and Apostasy: the Islamic Perspective May 15, 2014 0 This is an excellent expose on Islam’s position versus apostates: Peace be upon you "Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from error; whoever rejects evil and believes in God has grasped the...
While America has suffered a significant decline in righteousness, a recent study by the Becket religious liberty law firm finds increased support for religious freedom. Sixty percent of the 1,000 respondents to the survey favored the practice of religious expression even if it inconvenienced other ...
This work intends to investigate the different conceptions—accommodation and laicization—that underlie processes of legislative regulation and judicial decision in matters of conflicts involving the right to religious freedom, in the legal systems of North America and Brazil. We will also investigate th...
Constitutional protections for religious freedom (and related freedoms of conscience, belief and association and equality), once interpreted by courts and tribunals, apply in a precedential manner to future cases. They have an influence well beyond the particular community to which they first applied....
An institution’s self-identification as “religious” is typically not questioned. But given the wide range of protections, immunities, and freedom from government regulations that religious entities are afforded, it becomes increasingly important to...
CHURCH-STATE ISSUES Thirty-two states have voucher programs, and some have been in place for decades. Supporters tout funding the student instead of the school, better academic options and more choices for parents who can benefit from taxes they pay. Opponents worry paying for privat...
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told the press on Wednesday in California that "America is a beacon of freedom for all the world" and that the U.S. administration had spoken out on religious liberty around the world. Pence added that there will be a ministerial conference in Washington, D...