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Hey, Kick Those Christians Again!
https://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2015/03/31/hey-kick-those-christians-again-n1978609
– No possibility seems too far-fetched in these days of aggressive contempt for revealed religion in general and Christianity in particular…
What's Happening on College Campuses?
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2015/03/31/whats-happening-on-college-campuses-n1978457
– Funny thing, I haven't heard of any safe places reserved for those who are offended by anti-American, anti-Christian or even anti-religion
The Fact-Free Meltdown Over Indiana's New Religious Freedom Law
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2015/03/30/indiana-rfra-n1978392
– and the two-pronged balancing test at their core: This legislation sets the same minimum standard for burdening the exercise of religion … various RFRAs, a state or the federal government—by law or other action—may not substantially burden an individual’s exercise of religion … that RFRA can be used as a defense in private suits involving the enforcement of laws that substantially burden free exercise of religion
Gimme That Old Time Religion? Bill De Balsio’s Politics and Piety in New York
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianbirdnow/2015/03/30/gimm…ion--bill-de-balsios-politics-and-piety-in-new-york-n1978072
– De Blasio has been emerging as something unexpected: a champion of religion whose administration has advanced the cause of faith groups … This shows that religion, to De Blasio, is simply another forum for advancing his liberal agenda.…
Oh Dear: The Liberal Hysteria Over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Bill Has Begun
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2015/03/29/oh-dear-t…eria-over-indianas-religious-freedom-bill-has-begun-n1977859
– (b) EXCEPTION- Government may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the … (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a governmental entity may not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion, even … (b) A governmental entity may substantially burden a person's exercise of religion only if the governmental entity demonstrates that…
Maybe The LGBT Community Should Bake Its Own Cakes
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnnantz/2015/03/29/maybe-the-lgbt-community-should-bake-its-own-cakes-n1977824
– Gone is our most fundamental Civil Right, Freedom of Religion. … civil procedure, prevent “state or local government action” that “substantially” burdens “a person’s right to the exercise of religionReligion is essentially American and the acknowledgment that religion and the freedom to practice as conscience dictates is sacrosanct…
Ist-A-Phobes
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2015/03/29/istaphobes-n1977823
– But let us never believe that the freedom of religion imposes on any of us some responsibility to run from our convictions.…
A Jew Walks Into A Nazi Bakery….
https://townhall.com/columnists/lawrencemeyers/2015/03/29/a-jew-walks-into-a-nazi-bakery-n1977795
– It is, however, pro-religion and pro-freedom and that’s why Leftists hate it. … The government cannot substantially burden anyone from exercising one’s religion. … and will do anything they can to align themselves against the Jews and Israel, because Leftist philosophy is anti-freedom, anti-religion
Christians in America Need To Stop Being Such Wussies
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2015/03/28/christians-in-america-need-to-stop-being-such-wussies-n1977528
– has gotten over the last few years, it might seem surprising at first glance that Islam is still such a vibrant, fast-growing religionReligion isn’t all fun and games. There are a lot of rules and an often inconvenient moral code comes with it. … So, if you’re going to turn to religion to help provide direction in your life, wouldn’t you want to at least turn to a religion where…
The Data Proves Marriage Matters
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2015/03/28/the-data-proves-marriage-matters-n1977400
– Notice that we haven’t even talked about God or religion or romance yet.…
Can Jewish Americans Support Both Democrats and Israel?
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2015/03/27/can-jewish-americans-support-both-democrats-and-israel-n1976845
– "I don't need Congressman Steve King questioning my religion or my politics," he tweeted. … ," Wald argues that American Jewish liberalism is derived chiefly from the fact that American Jews want a strict separation of religion … They tend to be passed, like religion itself, from parent to child, generation after generation.…
The Atheist and His Metal Detector
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankturek/2015/03/27/the-atheist-and-his-metal-detector-n1976825
– So ironically, it’s not religion that’s at war with science—it’s atheism that’s at war with science.…
In Dealing with Racism and Anti-Semitism, Coffee Cups Can't Replace Action
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2015/03/26/in-dea…sm-and-antisemitism-coffee-cups-cant-replace-action-n1976332
– Everyone, regardless of politics, race or religion should take heed of what each of these two men are doing, because in their own way…
Ted Cruz and the Born-Again GOP
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2015/03/26/ted-cruz-and-the-bornagain-gop-n1976248
– President Dwight Eisenhower signed the bill making "In God We Trust" the nation's official motto, but his approach to religion was … churches, candidates may be guided by their faith, but they have a duty to advocate their political views in terms that transcend religion
Reforming Islam
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2015/03/26/reforming-islam-n1976131
– "Religion is guarded by its spirit, by its core, not by human beings. … And he went on: "The real Islamic religion grants absolute freedom for the whole people to believe or not.…
The Washington Post's Obama Deniers
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2015/03/25/the-washington-posts-obama-deniers-n1975792
– In 2008, Obama mocked the "bitter clingers" who revere gun rights and religion. The Post writers plowed ahead shamelessly.…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Her New Book Heretic: Islam Needs Reformation, Now
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/03/24/ayaan…on-her-new-book-heretic-islam-needs-reformation-now-n1975446
– ourselves that the right to think, to speak, and to write in freedom and without fear is ultimately a more sacred thing than any religion
The 'John Wayne Moment' We're In
https://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2015/03/24/the-john-wayne-moment-were-in-n1975311
– That appeal has its clear place in political discourse, what with the strong secular bias against standards of belief grounded in religion
An Uncomfortable Religion
https://townhall.com/columnists/ericawanis/2015/04/10/an-uncomfortable-religion-n1983199
– The world will be a better place when religion is relegated to the ash bin of history." … "I didn't go to religion to make me happy," Lewis famously confessed. "I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. … If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity."…
Too Soon to Go Full Totalitarian
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2015/04/10/too-soon-to-go-full-totalitarian-n1983007
– But a movement hostile to tradition and religion could not stop there. … But in the past two weeks, gay rights activists and their allies in corporate America signaled that protecting religion has come to…
Preventing Christian Persecution: A Failed Foreign Policy
https://townhall.com/columnists/joshuaholdenried/2015/04/09…nting-christian-persecution-a-failed-foreign-policy-n1983097
– IRF seeks: “to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted in foreign countries on account of religion
Is the Modern American University a Failed State?
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2015/04/09/is-the-modern-american-university-a-failed-state-n1982645
– most ancient and idealistic sense as differences in opinion and thought rather than just variety in appearance, race, gender or religion
Getting RFRA Right
https://townhall.com/columnists/edfeulner/2015/04/09/getting-rfra-right-n1982640
– As founding father James Madison, our fourth president, put it: “The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and…
Shooting Themselves in the Foot
https://townhall.com/columnists/judgeandrewnapolitano/2015/04/09/shooting-themselves-in-the-foot-n1982531
– The statute as amended last week basically states that in Indiana all persons have the right to the free exercise of their religion … The free exercise of religion is a fundamental liberty; it is fundamental because it is a natural right and is expressly protected … The two clauses together mean that government may not aid religion, may not harm it, may not advance it and may not interfere with…
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