Tag: religious freedom
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Moral Tradition and the Assault of Gay Activists
Over at OrthodoxyToday.org, Fr. Hans Jacobse looks at why gay activists in California are now attacking places of worship: So what explains the aggression of homosexual activists especially toward churches in California and elsewhere? Is it just because they lost the vote or is something else at work? The homosexual lobby argued that marriage is…
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Turkey and Religious Liberty
My interview with Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol was published today in The Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty quarterly. Our talk focused on the prospects for greater economic and religious liberty in Turkey. Mustafa blogs at The White Path. Excerpt: Let’s talk about religious freedom. There’s a great tension between the modern secularist path of Turkey,…
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Heritage on Religious Freedom and Same-Sex Marriage
A new policy paper from The Heritage Foundation warns that the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex unions “poses significant threats to the religious liberties of people who continue to believe that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.” These threats are acknowledged by both those who support and those who oppose…
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Why Should the Islamic World Feel Besieged?
James G. Jatras, foreign affairs policy expert and advisor to AOI, faced challenges by Muslim scholars who contend that Americans are “Islamophobic” among other charges on Press TV. View the video: Why Should the Islamic World Feel Besieged?
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ACLU Wants to Sink Navy Prayers
The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against the U.S. Naval Academy unless it discontinues a tradition — believed to date back to the college’s founding in 1845 — of mealtime prayer, the Baltimore Sun reports. “The government should not be in the business of compelling religious observance, particularly in military academies, where…