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Kentucky governor vetoes bill that would ‘make discrimination legal’
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) vetoed a controversial religious freedom bill on Friday that endangered anti-discrimination laws. “I value and cherish our rights to religious freedom and I appreciate the good intentions of House Bill 279 and the members of the General Assembly who supported this bill to protect our…
The Freedom to Coerce Religion
One of the most upsetting and disturbing developments in the past few years of wingnut propaganda is the attempt to define “religious freedom” as expanding the powers of the already-powerful over others, specifically with an eye towards coercing others to live by your religious rules. Even though the courts correctly…
I Can Haz Religus Freedum Now, Plz?
Via ThinkProgress, 170 law professors have written a letter to the Obama Administration explaining that “religious freedom” is not a catch-all for whoever most vocally claims it, but instead is an actual thing that requires consideration and balancing and thought. It’s almost as if the Constitution wasn’t just a document set…
State Dept. report blasts China for Buddhist crackdown
The United States warned the world was sliding backwards on religious freedoms, slamming China for cracking down on Tibetan Buddhists and hitting out at Pakistan and Afghanistan. As the State Department unveiled its first report on religious freedoms since the start of the Arab Spring, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…
Rev. Gaddy: Santorum said ‘some of the scariest things’ about religious freedom
Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, blasted religious leaders and politicians who told their followers that Christianity was persecuted in the United States. “They’re trying to scare them,” he told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, “because they know that if you get people scared, they’re going to say,…
Maryland becomes eighth state to legalize same sex marriage
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) signed legislation on Thursday that grants same sex couples all the marriage rights currently enjoyed by opposite sex couples. “Religious freedom was the very reason for our State’s founding,” he said in a statement. “At the heart of religious freedom is the freedom of individual…
Bill Moyers on contraception debate: religious freedom includes freedom from it
In a video essay, Bill Moyers explains how the debate over contraception coverage under the new health care legislation highlights a religious debate that is one of the oldest in America. It’s one our forefathers struggled with, and one we continue to struggle with today. “If an individual Catholic worker…
Many words spent on a marvelous prank
What is secularism?: That's the question that I've come to realize the atheist/secularist movement is actually dodging on a regular basis. Which isn't unusual—most social justice movements are actually pretty hazy when it comes to defining their core values. This causes less tension than you'd think on a day-to-day basis,…
Let’s not forget who is discriminating and who is discriminated against
One thing that continues to frustrate me about the pharmacy refusal debates is that all the attention is paid to the rights of pharmacists to religious freedom, and none is paid to the rights of their customers that are being violated. I think in part this is because almost all…
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