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Building on the Pluralism Project’s framework, religious literacy today means understanding not just what different communities believe but how they actively engage with contemporary issues. The ...
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, which observes Saturday as its Sabbath, has long advocated for religious liberty, including for minority faith communities. The church has 21 million members ...
The current bill has 23 other Republican senators as cosigners, but the issue has languished, seen as politically radioactive after Deal's veto. ... North Carolina passed in 2016 and repealed in ...
Crucial in the consideration of religious liberty is the question of whether religious practices and religiously motivated actions that would otherwise violate secular law should be permitted due to the safeguarding freedom of religion. This issue is addressed in numerous court cases including the United States Supreme Court cases Reynolds v.
Two days later, a Boston Globe editorial warned that the new HHS Conscience and Religious Freedom division will "allow medical professionals and institutions who claim religious objections to deny coverage to transgender people" which "appears to open the way for a doctor or nurse to turn away a transgender individual with a broken arm – for ...
Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan, 444 U.S. 646 (1980) Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983) School Dist. of Grand Rapids v. Ball, 473 U.S. 373 (1985) Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985) Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind, 474 U.S. 481 (1986) Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District ...
* In defense of religious liberty, 94% of the laypeople and 97% of church leaders affirmed the right of Americans to choose their own religious beliefs. Also, 88% of the laity and 97% of church ...
The First Amendment Center supports the First Amendment and builds understanding of its core freedoms through education, information, and entertainment. [1]The center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, and the rights to assemble and to petition the government.