I responded that what he intended was that a person had a right to remain in the 'religion of his birth,' but not the right to change … his faith and not the right to a free market place of open discussion of the values and essence of all religion."…
and which our Founding Fathers took great care to protect in a First Amendment that expressly guarantees the free exercise of religion … The Newlands sued to protect their free exercise of religion in this regard because Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius … "By definition," said the Justice Department, "a secular employer does not engage in any 'exercise of religion.'"…
You may argue – as have, well, plenty of dissenters – such prayers amount to an establishment of religion. … Nobody linked the prayers to anyone being forced to honor or profess a religion, which is what most Americans understand the First … It ridicules religion and revels in any scandal that in any way can be connected to a church – as if a few – and it was a tiny percentage…
we might be tempted to discard the pillars of civility: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion … And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.…
To the extent Obama ever speaks the language of religion, it is to justify, even sanctify, the works of government. … For some that's in business, for others the arts, or religion or family or a mix of them all.…
This idea dominated philosophy over the next century as the populace wrapped its counter-religion in a culture of intellectual orgy … The period of Enlightenment threw out tradition and ultimately sought to dismantle religion based upon its role in the monarchies that…
report as "the world's gold standard for a comprehensive catalogue of repression, discrimination, and persecution on the basis of religion … to the issue, said Farr, the current director of the Project on Religious Freedom at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion … Authorities in such countries as Indonesia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia "increasingly used blasphemy, apostasy, and defamation of religion…
does not seem to matter that the First Amendment is crystal clear: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion … Both same-sex marriage and abortion are irrefutably matters of conscious and religion.…
And Mitt Romney is probably getting advice to downplay his religion. … But it is unclear how silence from Romney on religion would mitigate this fear. … Romney's reticence on religion leaves a large personal and biographical gap.…
Put another way: Give up your company or give up your religion. … I find it somewhat ironic that while the Justice Department is asking people to surrender their religion and their companies, some…
