religious freedom
Ethics and Religion Talk: Should a Court Override Religious Beliefs?
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 01-31-2022 under OPINION
Regarding a 2013 case in which an Amish girl’s parents stopped chemotherapy in favor of ‘natural medicine’ which they say is equally effective if it is God’s will. A judge sided with the parents, but an appeals court sided...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Should an Employee be Fired for Religious Beliefs?
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 01-18-2022 under OPINION
Is is OK to fire a Muslim limo driver for not helping to carry a package containing wine? Is it OK to fire a Jewish cook for refusing to cook pork? Is it OK to fire a Christian caregiver hired to help a new mother and her six month old child for...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Does religious freedom mean exemption from the law?
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 09-18-2017 under OPINION
Wouldn't this allow religions to justify polygamy, race and sex discrimination, drug use, prostitution, or any other law they didn't like, to the detriment of civil society? Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West...
Acton on Tap event to provide forum to discuss threats to religious liberty
by (David V. Urban)
Submitted 01-30-2014 under LOCAL LIFE
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Thus states the First Amendment. But is religious liberty in the U.S. being eroded? That question will be discussed...