Trump and Associates Can't Stop Scapegoating Immigrants
The concern about radicalization by Muslims in the U.S. is a red herring intended to make Americans distrust foreigners and immigration in general.
The concern about radicalization by Muslims in the U.S. is a red herring intended to make Americans distrust foreigners and immigration in general.
Friday A/V Club: All hail Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This is a clear-cut case of unconstitutional compelled speech with an easy verdict.
Masterpiece is the first such case to make it to the justices.
Public accommodation laws clash with freedom of religion and compelled speech.
The point seems to elude The New York Times.
Crisis pregnancy centers in California say the state's "Reproductive FACT Act" violates their First Amendment rights.
She started the first secular, pro-market party in Egypt. Then the government sent the secret police after her.
Friday A/V Club: Celebrate Halloween with Gerald Heard, Boris Karloff, and some killer bees.
Echoing "burqa ban" policies passed across Europe, the ban would apply to anyone using public transportation or other public services.
A baker's dozen Christian libertarians weigh in
Defenders of Obamacare's contraceptive mandate give short shrift to religious liberty.
Businesses shouldn't have to serve those who offend them.
The rules' purpose is to "indoctrinate pregnant women into the belief held by some...Christians that a separate and unique human being begins at conception" said appeals court.
Many conservatives want to proscribe the rights of Muslims, journalists, and those who "disrespect" the United States.
Mostly, memo reiterates what religious freedom protections mean.
His version of Christianity is the spiritual twin of Sharia
Throwing North Korea and Venezuela on the list doesn't make it less discriminatory or America more safe
And 20 percent don't know atheists have the same rights as everyone else.
The paper says loosening rules "runs counter to the Trump administration's less-is-more credo about government meddling."
Friday A/V Club: Before his transition into the Nation of Islam
Attempting to create the impression that faithful Christians whose beliefs are at odds with newly sanctified cultural mores are incapable of doing their job.
Can states force religious bakers to provide services to same-sex couples?
Dissident and offbeat religious groups have faced more than a century of surveillance.
Rather than advancing liberty, the controversial law establishes state-recognized beliefs.
Starting with Roe v. Wade, the bestselling author argues in Commentary, the high court has removed too many topics from legislative debate.
A rule is under review that would (reportedly) relax the hotly debated requirement.
For the millionth time, there's no "hate speech" exemption.
Faith, dogma, and the constant reinvention of U.S. foreign policy
Which is more important to the president: hurting Muslims or looking tough on terrorism?
A new study finds that 26 percent of Americans likely do not believe in God.
You may see yourselves as artists, but the state of Washington does not see bouquets as a form of expression.
Accommodating religious objections to Obamacare's contraceptive mandate does not violate anyone's rights.
Nearly half of young working-class whites do not identify with any religious affiliation.
The president's executive order on religious freedom lacks any sort of substance.
New draft of executive action does much less than rumored.
Should Congress be allowed to forbid a private voluntary treatment because it's bad and discredited?