Civil Rights | Religious Freedom

2009-07-04: Headlines

The Nation.: Rediscovering Secular America 2009-07-04

"Joe Lieberman famously talked about the constitution providing for freedom of religion but not freedom from religion -- and questioned the possibility ...

 

GetReligion: Search Results for 'bangalore' 2009-07-04

At the same time, I am always interested in coverage of human rights issues, especially those linked to religious freedom and the rights of minority groups.

 

Marin Independent-Journal: Religion briefs for week of July 5 2009-07-04

Interfaith prayers for human rights and religious freedom in Iran will be offered from 7:30 to 9 pm at St. Stephen's Church at 3 Bayview Ave. in Belvedere.

 

Catholic News Agency: Thirty-seven US Senators call for release of Vietnamese priest Fr. Ly 2009-07-04

In November 2006 the US State Department ceased to designate Vietnam as a “country of particular concern” following its passage of religious freedom ...

 

The Morning News: Government, Religion Don't Mix Well 2009-07-04

This Independence Day as we celebration freedom of religion, we also celebrate freedom from religion. We cannot let our government get in the religi ...

 

Pocono Record: Charles Haynes: Army, police, schools put Sikhs to 'cruel choice' 2009-07-04

Nevertheless, a number of school districts in New York and California have found a way to maintain safety while upholding religious freedom: Sikh student ...

 

Salt Lake Tribune: New immigration law sets dangerous precedent 2009-07-04

It is pointedly ironic that the state of Utah, founded by Mormon pioneers who immigrated to the region seeking religious freedom and escape from local ...

 

Jackson Clarion Ledger: Freedom of religion: 'One day, they wake up and find they've lost it' 2009-07-04

Mat Taylor, pastor of Fondren Presbyterian Church, said religious freedom applies to all Americans, including minority faith groups who may feel their ...

 

Burbank Leader: MAILBAG: Pastor failed to address issues 2009-07-04

Karn does not refer to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation by name, but only an “anti-Christian extremist group.” What he omits is that the foundati ...

 

Cape Cod Times: Celebrating our nation's freedoms 2009-07-04

... working to rebuild the Lutheran Church in the Czech Republic, I discovered that even in a democratic society, religious freedom can have many shades.

 

Daily Pilot: • Church files petition with Supreme Court 2009-07-04

My own denomination, the United Church of Christ, links its heritage to the Pilgrims who came seeking religious freedom in a land where no king or emper ...

 

Indianapolis Star: Freedom of religion helps all flourish 2009-07-04

It also has given him a tremendous respect for the religious freedom granted by the First Amendment. "I think it is one of the greatest reasons why religi ...

 

Lew Rockwell: Independence and Liberty 2009-07-04

People began demanding more religious freedom, and voices began demanding equality for women under the law. Even in our own time, we can see many rea ...

 

Associated Baptist Press: Young pastors encourage CBF supporters to 'Embrace the World' 2009-07-03

... who are CBF supporters -- funds ministries and initiatives that promote religious freedom and other human rights around the world.

 

AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Amnesty to Militants Encouraging - US 2009-07-03

... and on Thursday pledged to continue its support for democracy, human rights, and religious freedom in Nigeria and everywhere else.

 

Lovely County Citizen: Citizen Forum 2009-07-03

Well, isn't our country a place with religious freedom for all? If it is, shouldn't it be a place with art freedom for all, as well?

 

Catholic Star Herald: An open letter to Miguel Diaz on his appointment 2009-07-03

... successful in having Embassy-Vatican foster serious reflection in Rome on international human rights law, development aid, and religious freedom.

 

St. Augustine Record: Greek official to visit America in October 2009-07-03

... a message of respect for human rights and religious freedom for all, and a message of respect and reverence for God's creation, our natural environment.

 

Catholic News Agency: Turkish authorities may give further permission for services ... 2009-07-03

The bishop called on Christians in Europe to continue to advocate for greater religious freedom in Turkey. “In Turkey more can often be achieved from ...

 

OneNewsNow: Prayer rejected for citing Jesus 2009-07-03

A Pennsylvania pastor rejected by the state's House of Representatives will pray in the Senate instead. The pastor is Gerry Stoltzfoos of Freedom Valley ...

 

Religious Intelligence Ltd: Fresh attacks on Egypt's Christians reported 2009-07-03

On June 26, 2009 the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed its concern regarding this attack and called on the Egypti ...

 

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Belarus 2009-07-03

The government also restricts religious freedom in accordance with the provisions of a 2002 law on religion and a 2003 concordat with the Belarusi ...

 

Moultrie Observer: Yet, another reminder of how bad religious fanaticism can be 2009-07-03

The religious freedom declared in our great First Amendment does not free one from responsibility. It's a pathetic group who promote withholding modern ...

 

News-Journal.com: Tea parties July 4th in Longview, Gilmer 2009-07-03

A flier suggests topics like gun rights, religious freedom, health care, personal responsibility, states' rights and federalism for the two-hour event.

 

Providence Journal: Travel Notes 2009-07-03

The other program is designed in part to dispel a myth that the Pilgrims believed in religious freedom. Religious practices in the Colony were mandated ...

 

RH Reality Check: State-level Anti-Choice Efforts Target Pharmacies and Provider ... 2009-07-03

... Washington̢۪s law has a temporary injunction while pharmacists that are making a constitutional claim to religious freedom challenge it in court.

 

OneNewsNow: TX Supreme Court rules in favor of prison ministry 2009-07-03

The Texas Supreme Court voted unanimously in favor of the ministry. According to Shackleford, it is one of the strongest religious freedom decisions in decades.

 

Oregon City News: Doctor says child's restricted breathing left her malnourished 2009-07-03

Their case is the first to be brought under the 1999 state law that is seen at odds with religious freedom. According to medical examiner ...

 

The Metropolitain: Human dignity, religious rights, and Obama 2009-07-03

The protection of human dignity, including religious freedom, is normally more effective in countries where there are independent judicial system ...

 

Vancouver Sun: Judge allows defence to amend applications in BC polygamy case 2009-07-03

... section of the Criminal Code be referred to the BC Court of Appeal to determine whether it breaches the constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.

 

EnerPub: Open Letter to Obama on Liberty in Russia 2009-07-03

However, the state of religious freedom in Russia is highly problematic, and recent years have seen a shift toward increasingly repressive ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Belarus 2009-07-03

The government also restricts religious freedom in accordance with the provisions of a 2002 law on religion and a 2003 concordat with the Belarusi ...

 

Catholic Star Herald: An open letter to Miguel Diaz on his appointment 2009-07-03

... successful in having Embassy-Vatican foster serious reflection in Rome on international human rights law, development aid, and religious freedom.

 

St. Augustine Record: Greek official to visit America in October 2009-07-03

... a message of respect for human rights and religious freedom for all, and a message of respect and reverence for God's creation, our natural environment.

 

RH Reality Check: State-level Anti-Choice Efforts Target Pharmacies and Provider ... 2009-07-03

... Washington̢۪s law has a temporary injunction while pharmacists that are making a constitutional claim to religious freedom challenge it in court.

 

EnerPub: Open Letter to Obama on Liberty in Russia 2009-07-03

However, the state of religious freedom in Russia is highly problematic, and recent years have seen a shift toward increasingly repressive ...

 

Oregon City News: Doctor says child's restricted breathing left her malnourished 2009-07-03

Their case is the first to be brought under the 1999 state law that is seen at odds with religious freedom. According to medical examiner ...

 

News-Journal.com: Tea parties July 4th in Longview, Gilmer 2009-07-03

A flier suggests topics like gun rights, religious freedom, health care, personal responsibility, states' rights and federalism for the two-hour event.

 

Moultrie Observer: Yet, another reminder of how bad religious fanaticism can be 2009-07-03

The religious freedom declared in our great First Amendment does not free one from responsibility. It's a pathetic group who promote withholding modern ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: MURIC Decries Traditionalist-Imposed Curfews 2009-07-02

"Whereas the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees religious freedom and the right to manifest one's faith, it is common practice ...

 

Daily Kos: "Time for a Christian Revolutionary War" 2009-07-02

Vandenburgh forgets (or ignores) that the religious freedom sought on America's shores by Puritans, Catholics, Quakers, Huguenots, Jews, Baptist ...

 

Religious Intelligence Ltd: Analysis: Obama's foreign policy 2009-07-02

At the same time he underlined America's commitment to democracy, religious freedom, women's rights, and economic development in the Muslim world.

 

BBC News: From the Maiden City to Derry, NH 2009-07-02

Frank Kerry, from the Monreagh Ulster-Scots Heritage and Education Centre in County Donegal, said the emigrants left to find greater religious freedom ...

 

Independent Catholic News: Lord Alton, US Senators call for release of Vietnamese priest 2009-07-02

Fr Ly is a 63-year-old priest and a prominent advocate for religious freedom, democracy, and human rights in Vietnam, for which he has suffered repeated ...

 

Catholic News Agency: Holy See ambassador nominee faces 'difficult task' in Rome, Weigel ... 2009-07-02

... Jim Nicholson and Mary Ann Glendon were “particularly successful” in fostering reflection upon human rights law, development and religious freedom.

 

The Christian Institute: Christian MP cleared over gay comments 2009-07-02

It would be a sad day for religious freedom, democracy, and freedom of speech when MLAs are told that they are not allowed to hold or express scriptural ...

 

OneNewsNow: Council prayers - struck in Lodi again? 2009-07-02

Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt of the Pray in Jesus' Name Project says Lodi, California, is being targeted by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

 

Union of Catholic Asian News: INDIA Church welcomes move to review anti-conversion laws 2009-07-02

He said he wants the federal government to repeal them and develop a "consensus" among various religions to address conversion and religious freedom.

 

BP News: India blocks religious watchdog group 2009-07-02

A delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom intended to discuss conditions with officials in India, which has seen recent ...

 

Ecumenical News International: In Kazakhstan, Lutheran world leader urges end to Islamophobia 2009-07-02

... forum in the multi-ethnic and multi-religious country, surrounded by states that are mostly Muslim, and where there is limited religious freedom.

 

ChristianToday: Call for 'truth and integrity' candidates to stand at next general ... 2009-07-02

... growing social inequality, facing up to the secular fundamentalist threat to religious freedom and renewing the Christian contribution to public life.

 

Rockwall County Herald Banner: When religion and military regulation clash 2009-07-02

Nevertheless, a number of school districts in New York and California have found a way to maintain safety while upholding religious freedom: Sikh student ...

 

U.S. News & World Report: The Burkha Ban Debate 2009-07-02

The Constitution of the United States protects religious freedom. Infringing upon the religious rights of a citizen can only be done if the state c ...

 

Florida Baptist Witness: Point of View 2009-07-02

This is a major issue for the cause of religious freedom and freedom of speech. In the face of a vote in the US Senate, it is imperative that evangelical ...

 

VIET TAN: 37 US Senators Urge Vietnam to Free Imprisoned Priest 2009-07-02

“Father Ly's longstanding nonviolent activities to promote religious freedom and democracy in Vietnam are well known in the United States,” wrote ...

 

FederalNewsRadio.com: The Sage of Monticello 2009-07-02

... of the Declaration of the Independence, his founding of the University of Virginia, and his involvement in Virginia's Statute of Religious Freedom.

 

News-Journal.com: Longview, Gilmer residents set tea parties 2009-07-02

A flier suggests topics like gun rights, religious freedom, health care, personal responsibility, states' rights and federalism for the two-hour event.

 

Vancouver Sun: One charge of polygamy seems inadequate 2009-07-02

Blackmore has long contended that the Canadian constitutional guarantee of religious freedom protects his practice of polygamy and taunted the prosecut ...

 

Morganton News Herald: Celebration of religious freedom features act of humility 2009-07-02

VALDESE - Just one day after the nation celebrates its freedoms, more than 25000 congregations and individuals ...

 

Mayo Free Press: Rant & Rave - July 3 2009-07-02

Freedom of religion also applies to freedom from religion! If you gotta pay somebody to run your life & tell ya' right from wrong, then your probably ...

 

CastroValleyForum.com: Parents' Lawyers Bill School District $14700 Over 'Diversity Day ... 2009-07-02

... irrelevant discussions,” said Kevin Snider, chief counsel for the lawfirm, which specializes in the defense of parental rights and religious freedom.

 

Christian Post: India Gov't Delivers First Conviction for Orissa Violence 2009-07-02

... was in the United States earlier this year to raise awareness about the persecution of Christians in Orissa and the state of religious freedom in India.

 

Seattle Times: Obama's practical immigration-reform approach: Legalize status ... 2009-07-02

A federal official quizzing prospective citizens would accept any of these answers: freedom, political liberty, religious freedom and economic opportunity.

 

Burbank Leader: COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Attack steered clear of subject 2009-07-02

Karn does not refer to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation by name, but only an “anti-Christian extremist group.” What he omits is that the foundati ...

2009-07-02: Headlines

Examiner.com: Islam: Truths Obama conveniently forgot in Cairo (Part 2) 2009-07-02

So was religious freedom that allowed Christianity to tickle back. It did not take time before ideas like Socialism, Capitalism and others based on secular ...

 

TriCities.com: Work Crafted Key; Prayer Turned The Lock 2009-07-02

VI's greatest purpose is to provide a community in which the truth-claims of Christianity are fairly presented in an atmosphere of religious freedom ...

 

Fort Worth Star Telegram: Campbell: Detractors to Obama's high-court nominee pollute honest ... 2009-07-02

But the judges from the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals also wrote that there was no violation of Okwedy's religious freedom.

 

Tips-Q GLBT News: Right Wing Leftovers 2009-07-02

The Federalist Society's Leonard Leo has been elected chairman of the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom.Ken Hutcherson lashes out ...

 

Clackamas Review: Medical examiner: Ava Worthington malnourished; growth 'crushed ... 2009-07-02

Their case is the first to be brought under the state law that is seen at odds with religious freedom. According to medical examiners, Ava Worthington' ...

 

The Malaysian Insider: What do you get when you have two Indian lawyers? 2009-07-02

The destruction of Hindu temples and related issues on religious freedom and body snatching were just the right cocktail mix to ignite the Indian populati ...

 

Anchorage Daily News: Fundamentalists in any religion see only their own sets of rules 2009-07-02

How come it's OK to restrict religious freedom by banning burqas in France but not OK to restrict religious freedom by banning discrimination against ...

 

Inspire Magazine: China rejects UN recommendations on human rights 2009-07-02

Many of these lawyers, like Gao, have worked to defend religious freedom cases. CSW's Advocacy Director, Tina Lambert said: ”CSW calls for the immediate ...

 

CastroValleyForum.com: Parents' Lawyers Bill School District $14700 Over 'Diversity Day ... 2009-07-02

... irrelevant discussions,” said Kevin Snider, chief counsel for the lawfirm, which specializes in the defense of parental rights and religious freedom.

 

Vancouver Sun: Column: One charge of polygamy against Winston Blackmore seem ... 2009-07-02

Blackmore has long contended that the Canadian constitutional guarantee of religious freedom protects his practice of polygamy and taunted the prosecut ...

 

Jackson Free Press: Jihad, Defined 2009-07-02

But in America, the one nation in the world where Muslims enjoy complete religious freedom, they also live in demographically diverse neighborhoods and earn ...

 

New York Times: 37 US Senators Urge Vietnam to Free Imprisoned Priest 2009-07-02

“Father Ly's longstanding nonviolent activities to promote religious freedom and democracy in Vietnam are well known in the United States,” wrote ...

 

Mission Network NEws (press release): African immigrants aim of new outreach 2009-07-02

In Canada, religious freedom and tolerance are available for them for the first time. This means they may hear about Jesus Christ for the first time.

 

AFP: US senators urge Vietnam to release dissident priest 2009-07-02

The US State Department in 2004 designated Vietnam as a "country of particular concern" for severe violations of religious freedom, then removed it from ...

 

Catholic News Agency: Holy See ambassador nominee faces 'difficult task' in Rome, Weigel ... 2009-07-02

... Jim Nicholson and Mary Ann Glendon were “particularly successful” in fostering reflection upon human rights law, development and religious freedom.

 

Asmarino Indpendet: An exclusive interview With Seyoum Tesfaye: A retrospective and ... 2009-07-02

The issues of Human Rights, Democracy, Constitutional Governance, Rule of Law, basic civil liberty, press and religious freedom etc we feel have to ...

 

Australia Network News: Free priest, US senators tell Vietnam 2009-07-02

Human rights groups say Father Ly's imprisonment justifies putting Hanoi on a US religious freedom blacklist. The United States put Vietnam on that list ...

 

Monticello News: A History of Independence, A History of Faith 2009-07-02

So, as we pray for that day, let's remember that it is not freedom from religion or freedom from faith that we seek. It is freedom of religion.

 

Catholic Online: Catholic Church Stands Strong: Victory for Religious Freedom ... 2009-07-02

The courageous action of the Bishops of Connecticut and the faithful, propelled by the prayer of thousands, has prevailed.

 

Town Hall: Blaming the Burqa 2009-07-02

And if you're truly an advocate for religious freedom, you'd never ban a traditional religious practice that doesn't impinge on anyone else's rights.

 

Holmdel Independent: Fostering a dialogue to wage peace 2009-07-01

"I was surprised to hear that they have a lot of religious freedom and that they have Jewish and Catholic schools, let alone the option for that.

 

StandardNet: Just what is an activist judge? 2009-07-01

Smith overruled a nearly 30-year-old Supreme Court decision regarding religious freedom. What folks like Senator Hatch fail to mention is that Justice ...

 

AINA: The Persecution of Egypt's Coptic Christians Continues 2009-07-01

On June 26, 2009 the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed its concern regarding this attack and called on the Egypti ...

 

Examiner.com: Book review: Letter to a Christian Nation 2009-07-01

... I will review a different atheist book each week – books that I feel best extol the virtues of free-thinking and freedom from religion.

 

Rutland Herald: Religions in danger 2009-07-01

... but on lies and fear-mongering fomented by coalitions who care nothing for religious freedom, constitutional protections and the rule of law.

 

TVNZ: Islam-wary Swiss may ban minarets 2009-07-01

... say minarets do not have any religious justification but are symbols of Islamic power which injures Swiss constitutional rights to religious freedom.

 

San Saba News & Star: The "Word" for the Week 2009-07-01

Every July 4th since then we have celebrated the personal, economic, political, and religious freedom that has grown out of that Declaration of Independence ...

 

AsiaNews.it: Indonesian bishops urge voters to look at presidential candidate ... 2009-07-01

The prelates urge people to exercise their right to vote and choose the candidate that pursues the “common good”, including religious freedom ...

 

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Allegheny County Council set to act on bill banning all discrimination 2009-07-01

Some religious groups that have risen as ardent opponents of the bill view it as a form of government intrusion on their religious freedom, because they ...

 

ChristianityToday.com: Conservatives Launch New `Freedom Federation' 2009-07-01

Those values include opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage and pornography and support for religious freedom, limited government and the right to own ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Editorial Roundup 2009-07-01

The specter of intolerance has raised its ugly head again in France, a republic obsessively secular to the point of trampling religious freedom.

 

KTVZ: Oregon faith-healing trial to resume 2009-07-01

The lawyers for Raylene and Carl Brent Worthington have steered clear of a defense on religious freedom grounds. Oregon banned a religious defense in most ...

 

Crosswalk.com: Voice of the Martyrs Alert 2009-07-01

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chairman Felice D. Gaer said, “The Commission has long expressed concern that the Egypti ...

 

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Megapastor Rick Warren, major Jewish leaders befriend largest ... 2009-07-01

We need freedom FROM religion! AP source: DEA joins Jackson death investigation NEW YORK - Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago ...

 

Baxter Bulletin: Putting Sikhs to the 'cruel choice' 2009-07-01

Nevertheless, a number of school districts in New York and California have found a way to maintain safety while upholding religious freedom: Sikh student ...

 

The Hill: 'I have sinned': Philandering politicians look toward the heaven ... 2009-07-01

Gohmert belongs to the Southern Baptist Church and led a charge this spring to beat back a House hate-crimes bill using a religious-freedom argument.

 

SINDH TODAY: Religious leaders must play role in building a more tolerant ... 2009-07-01

... of the Kazakhs has served and will continue to serve as a reliable foundation for maintaining peace, religious freedom and promotion of dialogue.

 

Family Security Matters: Can We Have Universal Justice and Law? 2009-07-01

Four Chinese Uighers (radical Chinese Muslims) were recently transferred to Bermuda. Do you think it's a good idea to release Gitmo detainees to idyllic ...

 

Examiner.com: Ravi Zacharias - Compulsion in religion and the freedom to disbelieve 2009-07-01

In a recent event from the Atlanta Civic Center, Ravi Zacharias answers a tough question about religious freedom, specifically the freedom to disbelieve ...

 

Catholic Culture: Connecticut drops lobbying complaint against Bridgeport diocese 2009-07-01

Bridgeport's Bishop William Lori, who had vowed to fight the state enforcement action, welcomed the ruling as a vindication of religious freedom.

 

Daily Home Online: Man wants billboard taken down 2009-07-01

... Association's annual Independence Day celebration near Waldo, and is also part of a national campaign by the national Freedom From Religion Foundation.

 

Triumph: Nigeria's first Secondary Grammar School 2009-07-01

... religious freedom and tolerance since the school admitted both Moslem and Christian students, academic excellence and a strategic relationship between ...

 

1410 WIZM: Anti-Prayer Activists Ask City to Quit Invocations 2009-07-01

... he says, and violates the US Constitution. Zumach is in favor of a request from Madison-based Freedom from Religion to skip prayers before council meetings.

 

Belfast Newsletter: Robinson cleared over 'gay comments' 2009-07-01

It would be a sad day for religious freedom, democracy, and freedom of speech when MLAs are told that they are not allowed to hold or express scriptural ...

 

The Epoch Times: Eradicating Torture 2009-07-01

As a representative of the American Jewish Committee and currently Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Ms. Gaer has a lot ...

 

The Catholic Review: Catholic named to head US religious freedom commission 2009-07-01

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON – A Catholic commissioner on the US Commission for International Religious Freedom has been elected its chairman.

 

Christian Today -- Australia: World religion congress denounces violence in the name of religion 2009-07-01

A three-day forum on religious freedom and tolerance rings together.. Extremism, terrorism and other forms of violence in the name of religion are “thre ...

 

Reuters: US senators press Vietnam on jailed priest 2009-07-01

"Father Ly's long-standing nonviolent activities to promote religious freedom and democracy in Vietnam are well known in the United States," wrote ...

 

Religious Intelligence Ltd: New chair for US Commission for International Religious Freedom 2009-07-01

As a commissioner, he has travelled to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Nigeria, Sudan, and Vietnam to assess religious freedom violations in those countries.

 

National Ledger: Freedom and Giving: Religion, Environment and Finances All Require ... 2009-07-01

The USA was founded on principles of political and religious freedom, whereby every individual has the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness.

2009-06-30: Headlines

ISRIA: USCIRF Concerned Proposed Amendments in Azerbaijan Will Repre ... 2009-06-30

Newly proposed legal changes in Azerbaijan would curtail the religious freedom of the country's Muslim community, said the US Commission on International ...

 

OregonLive.com: Prosecutors, defense present arguments as faith-healing trial ... 2009-06-30

The case has attracted the interest of advocates for religious freedom, parental rights and child safety as well as national media outlets.

 

ABCmoney.co.uk: Angels Lending Group promotes financing for US Commission ... 2009-06-29

By : 1888pressrelease.com (1888pressrelease) June 27, 2009 - The US Commission on International Religious Freedom continues to provide new data and insight ...

 

Greensboro News Record: Religious freedom covers exorcisms 2009-06-29

As he does so often, today he's attacking people whose religious practices he finds objectionable. Of course, the attempted "exorcism" of a "homosexual ...

 

Washington Times: Embassy Row 2009-06-29

The lawmakers also urged Mr. Obama to call for religious freedom for Jehovah's Witnesses and raised questions about the status of a "library of sacred ...

 

Emporia Gazette: Independence Day 2009-06-29

Freedom of religion has sometimes been translated as freedom FROM religion by those who profess atheism. Atheists find themselves in an odd situation: ...

 

Wall Street Journal: The Abandonment of Democracy 2009-06-29

On religious freedom, Obama invoked Islam's "proud tradition of tolerance." In one of his more prodding passages, he declared that "the richness ...

 

Washington Post Blogs: Complex Forces Behind the Veil 2009-06-29

Through one prism, their positions could be characterized as respect for religious freedom on the one hand, and unwarranted interference in religiou ...

 

Examiner.com: Christian group promotes anti-Islam video; call to act on ... 2009-06-29

We should also stop pretending that Islam is a religion...the right to religious freedom should not apply to Islam.” Wilders also called for stopping Muslim ...

 

San Jose Mercury News: New programs at Plimoth Plantation in Mass. 2009-06-29

The other program is designed in part to dispel a myth that the Pilgrims believed in religious freedom. Religious practices in the colony were mandated ...

 

Daily Kos: Camp David Chaplain: "First we get the military, then we get ... 2009-06-29

One thing we do here at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) is to do a quick check on any military chaplain whose name shows up in the news ...

 

Eurweb.com: CITY HALL PRAYER BOOTH CRITICISED: Athei... 2009-06-29

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has protested a local church's prayer booth at City Hall in Warren, Michigan. But that hasn't kept more than 400 people ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

Daily Illini: Legislators must act for equal rights 2009-06-29

The Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act was re-referred to the House Rules Committee at the end of the last legislative session ...

 

The Christian Century: World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty ... 2009-06-29

Thomas Farr, who was the first head of the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom, argues compellingly in World of Faith and Freedom ...

 

OneNewsNow: Anti-religion group protests 'prayer booth' at City Hall 2009-06-28

"This is another one of those cases from the radical Freedom From Religion Foundation," he notes. "This organization is not concerned with the Constituti ...

 

North County Times: Breakaway churches file appeal with US Supreme Court 2009-06-28

... sparked a legal tussle over the parish property asked the US Supreme Court earlier this week to decide issues of religious freedom they have raised.

 

BBC News: Sect's ordinations defy Vatican 2009-06-27

SSPX was founded by a French archbishop, Marcel Lefebvre, in 1970 as a protest against the Second Vatican Council's reforms on religious freedom ...

 

Burbank Leader: IN THEORY: Militant approach to Christianity 2009-06-27

We are fortunate to have great organizations, such as the civil-rights watchdog group, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, that are monitoring this issue ...

2009-06-28: Headlines

OneNewsNow: Anti-religion group protests 'prayer booth' at City Hall 2009-06-28

"This is another one of those cases from the radical Freedom From Religion Foundation," he notes. "This organization is not concerned with the Constituti ...

 

Daily Review Online: Accusations continue in dispute over lesbian pastor's speech 2009-06-28

... of parental rights and religious freedom. include visuals that people remembered being there, and was just a "wall of words" with some visual omissions.

 

Independent Catholic News: China: CSW protests at China's rejection of UN human right ... 2009-06-28

Many of these lawyers, like Gao, have worked to defend religious freedom cases. csw's Advocacy Director, Tina Lambert said: ”CSW calls for the immediate ...

 

Burbank Leader: IN THEORY: Militant approach to Christianity 2009-06-27

We are fortunate to have great organizations, such as the civil-rights watchdog group, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, that are monitoring this issue ...

 

BBC News: Sect's ordinations defy Vatican 2009-06-27

SSPX was founded by a French archbishop, Marcel Lefebvre, in 1970 as a protest against the Second Vatican Council's reforms on religious freedom ...

 

Daily Kos: MRFF Demands DoD Revoke Authority of Chaplain Endorser ... 2009-06-27

It has recently come to the attention of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) that an ecclesiastical endorsing agency authorized by the DoD ...

 

Colorado Springs Gazette: NONPROFITS AROUND TOWN: Breakfast celebrates positive changes 2009-06-27

... and Citizens Project has launched a Religious Freedom Institute "to promote best practices for religious freedom in local public schools" as well ...

 

ISRIA: USCIRF Expresses Concern over Reported Attacks on Coptic Orthodox ... 2009-06-27

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is concerned at reports of attacks targeting Coptic Orthodox Christians in the small Egypti ...

2009-06-27: Headlines

Burbank Leader: IN THEORY: Militant approach to Christianity 2009-06-27

We are fortunate to have great organizations, such as the civil-rights watchdog group, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, that are monitoring this issue ...

 

Salt Lake Tribune: Does God answer prayers to do someone ill? 2009-06-27

Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State; and Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom ...

 

Dallas Morning News: ACLU questions religious freedom violations in more Texas schools 2009-06-26

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is continuing to examine whether Texas public schools violate religious freedoms. The civil rights group filed ...

 

USA Today: Sec. Clinton appoints Muslim representative 2009-06-26

... Muslims a priority, highlighted by his speech in Cairo in early June in which he quoted from the Quran and emphasized the importance of religious freedom.

 

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise: Reality check 2009-06-26

Republicans have accused the Democrats of not believing in the sanctity of marriage, advocating the killing of innocent children, denying religious freedom ...

 

Dallas Baptist Standard: Separation of church and state from the underside 2009-06-26

A Baptist World Alliance delegation visiting Azerbaijan in January concluded religious freedom was only partially accorded. Muslims and Orthodox Christi ...