Religious Liberty - news
Judeo-Christian heritage not welcome at Capitol Visitor Center
The ribbon was cut on the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) last week with all the expected fanfare. Theaters, galleries, original founding-era documents, a scale model of the Capitol building, and interactive computers line the now-complete exhibition hall intended to provide Capitol visitors with a history of Congress, the nation’s first branch of power. more »
By Doug Carlson - Dec 9, 2008 - (6)
Topic: Citizenship, , Religious Liberty
Bangladesh ‘at crossroads,’ USCIRF told
The American ambassador to Bangladesh told a bipartisan panel on religious freedom Dec. 4 he is confident the Asian country will have a bright future but acknowledged it is “at a crossroads” in determining whether it will become a moderate Islamic democracy or a “breeding ground for terrorists.” more »
By Tom Strode - Dec 8, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Tradition of religious diversity
Various faith groups find freedom to worship
When European explorers came to Argentina in the 1500s, they sought one thing — riches. Word was spreading that Peruvian silver mines had created great wealth for South American colonists, though the rumors were not entirely true. more »
By Carrie Brown McWhorter - Nov 27, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Comment to EPA: Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking for public comments through Nov. 28 on a proposal to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions that would financially burden families, churches, and businesses. more »
By staff - Nov 18, 2008
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Citizenship, , National, , Religious Liberty, Science, Environment
High court weighs religious sect exhibit
A city should not be required to include an exhibit from an unorthodox religious sect in a public park just because it has accepted a Ten Commandments monument for display in that setting, an attorney argued before the U.S. more »
By Tom Strode - Nov 14, 2008
Topic: Faith, Bible, 10 Commandments, Citizenship, , Church and State, Religious Liberty
EDITORIAL: India Burning
If you think Islam is the biggest offender of religious liberty around the world, you are mostly right. In India, Hindu radicals are now making a run for that ominous distinction. more »
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Let it be recorded: We are not silent!
Richard Land gave the following remarks at the Rally Against Ahmadinejad in New York City Sept. 25. Land, representing the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, joined 60 other national religious and political organizations in protest outside a “peace” dinner honoring the Iranian president. more »
By Richard Land - Sep 26, 2008 - (5)
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty, Issues,
Saudi textbooks, religious freedom and why it matters
A Saudi man cut out his daughter’s tongue and then burned her to death as punishment for her conversion from Islam to Christianity.
That religious freedom does not exist in Muslim Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is regrettably not a surprise. more »
By James A. Smith Sr. - Sep 19, 2008
Topic: , Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Satan makes a comeback (as always)
With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and its slave states, several historians and academicians rashly declared “the end of history.” The Cold War was over, along with the nuclear hair trigger under which the world had lived for more than four decades. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Sep 19, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Watermelon vines in the grass: Religion, Gardening, and Politics
Baptists have historically held the view that the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment guarantees religious liberty to express their convictions on moral and cultural issues. more »
By Rob Chambers - Sep 17, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State, Religious Liberty