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  1. Americans United Tries to Pressure City Council Into Dropping Invocation https://townhall.com/columnists/dougnapier/2013/01/30/americ…s-to-pressure-city-council-into-dropping-invocation-n1500625
    In 2010, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and Americans United for Separation of Church and State pressured the Bulverde, Texas … Christians have taken up the offer to pray, so AU is pressuring Bulverde again by alleging “the heavy reliance on a prayer tied to one religion … We adopted a policy that does not show any favoritism to any religion in the Bulverde area.…
  2. The Obama Inaugural Address https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2013/01/29/dennis-prager-n1499966
    To understand leftism, the most dynamic religion of the last hundred years, you have to understand how the left thinks.…
  3. America's Role in a Darkening Age https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2013/01/29/americas-role-in-a-darkening-age-n1499804
    , "those of integration based on civil society and human rights, and those of exclusion based on race, blood and radicalized religion … Our freedom of religion means all religions are to be equally excluded from public schools.…
  4. IN-DEPTH: Companies fight abortion mandate https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/01/28/indepth-companies-fight-abortion-mandate-n1499870
    designed to protect against government infringement of religious freedom) and their First Amendment rights to free exercise of religion … companies against the HHS mandate, government attorneys have argued that for-profit, secular companies don't engage in any exercise of religion … cases, and will likely culminate with the Supreme Court ruling on whether for-profit companies have the right to free exercise of religion…
  5. Egypt family sentenced for changing religion https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/01/28/egypt-family-sentenced-for-changing-religion-n1499868
    The 15-year sentence was given to Nadia Mohamed Ali and her seven children for trying to change the religion on their ID documents … But in January 2008, a court ruled that Muslims are forbidden from changing their documents from Islam to another religion, and the … upon the Egyptian government to promote and protect universal freedoms, including freedom of religion, for all its citizens."…
  6. The Most Important Amendment https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2013/01/28/the-most-important-amendment-n1499099
    Amendment is a catch-all of rights upon which the Congress may not trample: It protects an individual's freedom of speech, freedom of religion…
  7. The Church is Not a Closet https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2013/01/27/the-church-is-not-a-closet-n1498269
    As explained in another comment, what gay activists want to oppose is the right of conservative believers “to impose their religion … They, however, are free to impose their religion and views on you and me, since they, of course, are right.…
  8. Barna examines Americans' temptations https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/01/25/barna-examines-americans-temptations-n1498057
    adults over the age of 18 in each of the 50 United States, also studied differences in temptations based on gender, generation and religion…
  9. Luter given Carver Medal for faithful ministry https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/01/23/luter-given-carver-medal-for-faithful-ministry-n1496026
    leadership, conviction and a dedication to humanitarian issues, while advancing the fields of science, education, the arts or religion…
  10. Civil Right to Bear Arms https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2013/01/23/civil-right-to-bear-arms-n1495564
    Millions and millions of Christians no longer have the right to exercise their religion, part of their First Amendment rights, thanks … He takes away our right to practice our religion. This is madness, and it must stop.…
  11. BP Ledger, Jan. 22 edition https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/01/22/bp-ledger-jan-22-edition-n1495075
    by civil liberties groups but condemned by advocates for religious freedom, the European Court of Human Rights said freedom of religion … judges, by a five-to-two margin, backed a claim by BA check-in clerk Nadia Eweida, who sparked a national debate in Britain over religion … But according to religious groups, the rulings make it clear sexual orientation trumps religion when it comes to rights.…
  12. 'Fiscal' Conservatism Needs 'Social' Conservatism https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2013/01/22/fiscal-conservatism-needs-social-conservatism-n1494231
    They think that we can sustain liberty while ignoring God and religion and ignoring American nationalism and exceptionalism.It is true … I am only pointing out that they agree on the separation of economic and social values, on the dispensability of God and religion,…
  13. Could Dr. King Have Given the Inaugural Benediction? https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2013/01/21/could-dr-king-have-given-the-inaugural-benediction-n1492225
    Let’s recall that freedom of religion appears in the First Amendment of our constitution, alongside the protection of freedom of speech … march forward of tyranny in America, a tyranny of the left, in which moral chaos and political power are becoming a new national religion … , and what was once understood as religion and tradition is now called bigotry and pushed off the stage.…
  14. Talking with Pagans and Talking with Journalists https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2013/02/09/talking-with-pagans-and-talking-with-journalists-n1508165
    Super Bowl week featured a cover of a praying Ray Lewis rising from the water, and a cover story by New York Times’ religion columnist … He's a religion columnist, a left-wing religion columnist though an exceptionally talented one.…
  15. Iranian-American pastor reportedly tortured https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/08/iranianamerican-pastor-reportedly-tortured-n1508563
    "I, along with the U.S. government, condemn Iran's continued violation of the universal right of freedom of religion and call on the … "There is no better symbol of American values, specifically freedom of religion, or demonstration of loyalty to the welfare of our…
  16. Will President Obama Sit Down With Me To Discuss the FairTax? https://townhall.com/columnists/nealboortz/2013/02/08/title-n1507620
    When someone says “First Amendment” you immediately think about your right to free speech, or perhaps freedom of religion. … Here’s the actual wording: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise … Most people have a handle on the free speech, freedom of religion and the right to assemble parts of that paragraph.…
  17. ERLC brief: mandate harms religious freedom https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/07/erlc-brief-mandate-harms-religious-freedom-n1507715
    The brief also questioned how the government would avoid "excessive entanglement" with religion under the mandate.…
  18. HHS Announcement Changes Little – Superficial Accounting Gimmicks Do Not Equate to Conscience Protections https://townhall.com/columnists/annahiggins/2013/02/07/hhs-a…ng-gimmicks-do-not-equate-to-conscience-protections-n1507533
    violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which prevents the government from “substantially burdening” the free exercise of religion…
  19. Given Their Lousy Record, Why Should the Fed Accumulate More Power? https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/02/07/g…usy-record-why-should-the-fed-accumulate-more-power-n1506734
    Or perhaps they even fail and go out of business (remember, capitalism without bankruptcy is like religion without hell).…
  20. MOVIES: You gotta ask: is this what God wants for you? https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/06/movies-you-gotta-ask-is-this-what-god-wants-for-you-n1506837
    vitriolic in its attack on members of the Christian faith), and "Religulous" (in this scathing documentary, Bill Maher stressed "Religion…
  21. Kazakh authorities raid Baptists, fine pastors https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/06/kazakh-authorities-raid-baptists-fine-pastors-n1506835
    "We have a religion law, which requires all religious activity to be registered. No one has the right to break the law."…
  22. A Morally-Confused Marine https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2013/02/05/dennis-prager-n1505070
    The overwhelmingly likely answer is that Captain Kudo is a product of the dominant religion of our time, leftism.…
  23. Government Shouldn't Define 'Church' https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2013/02/05/government-shouldnt-define-church-n1504966
    establishment and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment, which state "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…
  24. BP Ledger, Feb. 4 edition https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/04/bp-ledger-feb-4-edition-n1504997
    Nile Valley Academy, will close at the end of the academic year in April after the government found it was not teaching Islamic religion…
  25. Supreme Court, in upcoming marriage cases, urged not to 'disqualify' religious conviction https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/04/supr…cases-urged-not-to-disqualify-religious-conviction-n1504992
    "Only a demeaning view of religion and religious believers could dismiss our advocacy of Proposition 8 as ignorance, prejudice, or … "must be judged on its merits according to settled rules of laws -- not on a more demanding standard born of antipathy toward religion … traditional moral and religious beliefs" would contradict previous Supreme Court rulings that do not permit government to treat religion…