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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Austrian Parliament recently passed a law banning women from wearing garments that cover their face s. As is the norm with such laws that have sprung up in various parts of Europe, it pretends to “neutrally” apply to everyone.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The defacing of a public monument is a despicable crime in and of itself. But when the target is a beloved figure like Anne Frank—as happened recently at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial—and when the motivation is clearly anti-Semitism, acts of defilement reach a whole new low.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
I believe in the power of speech. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in my First Amendment rights. I believe in our country and our government. Mostly. I believe that our Constitution is there to protect us. All of us. And should be defended at all costs.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
So now you can sit in a booth at Stuttgart airport and access 300 audio prayers from a variety of world religions. The seed for it was planted back in 2008 with an experimental project by German artist Oliver Sturm. I have mixed feelings about this.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I was watching the game show Jeopardy the other night when the host, Alex Trebek, presented the clue, “The most secretive religion in the world.”
RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
I’ve been following the President’s current overseas trip with interest. Whatever people think of the man (and I haven’t yet found a person who doesn’t have a strong opinion), I find it fascinating that he has chosen to reach out to faith leaders of all three Abrahamic religions.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
In a May meeting with the Turkish prime minister, President Trump made a special appeal for the release of Andrew Brunson. Pastor Brunson has been an American Protestant missionary in Turkey for over 20 years, but was recently imprisoned as a “security risk.“
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
An atheist member of the Arizona legislature caused a small stir recently when she offered up a humanist invocation calling on her fellow representatives to “remember the humanity that resides with each and every person here, and each and every person in the city, and in all people in the nation and
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
Growing up in a new religion can be an interesting experience. As a child I was completely uninhibited about my beliefs. But at some point—and I'm not even sure when exactly—I stopped.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I came across an article the other day that was so outrageous my mind locked up on it for some time. Here’s what it said: Twenty-two SS officers were responsible for the deaths of over one million people.
