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WASHINGTON – Each year, a presidential proclamation declares Jan. 16 a Religious Freedom Day, honoring a Virginia law written by Thomas Jefferson in 1786. The measure formed the basis for the religious freedom provision in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To commemorate the 230th anniversary of the "
Pro-life
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco judge is set to hear arguments Thursday over whether to require a Catholic hospital to perform a contraceptive procedure known as tubal ligation. Attorneys for Rebecca Chamorro, the woman seeking the procedure, say Mercy Medical Center in Redding denied her the procedure. Chamorro wants
religious freedom
WHEATON, Ill. – Protests and prayer marked the first day of the spring semester at Wheaton College after an acrimonious holiday break during which the evangelical school pushed ahead with termination proceedings against a tenured professor who said Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Despite wind chills dipping below zero,
boston
MILTON – Some religious liberty advocates are expressing concern about eroded religious freedom in Massachusetts after a state court judge ruled that an all-girls Catholic school in Milton violated state anti-discrimination law when it rescinded a job offer because the applicant had a same-sex spouse. Fontbonne Academy, run by the Congregation
First Amendment
The First Amendment protects those with whom we disagree. Most people have no problem allowing speech with which they agree. But ask them if they are comfortable allowing the Nazis to parade through Skokie, Illinois, or an opponent of the Vietnam War wear a jacket with "F*ck the
Florida
Two years ago, Prisoners of Christ — a halfway house in Jacksonville, Fla. — contacted the local Salvation Army to offer the men in its program as bell ringers. The Salvation Army was initially skeptical. POC's men are all recently released criminal offenders, some of whom have served decades behind
canada
Victoria, Canada (CNA/EWTN News) — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reversed a decision by the province's law society that would have banned graduates of a Christian law school from practicing law in the province. The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) originally agreed to recognize graduates
Faith
While Christians in Iraq and Syria face the threat of extinction at the hands of the Islamic State terror group, the U.S. State Department remains silent on the prospect of publicly designating the atrocities against Christians and other Mideast religious minorities as "genocide." According to a recent
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