Human Rights

“Fifty years ago this month, President Gerald Ford began the process of righting a historic wrong, signing an executive order that declared the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent to have been morally and constitutionally wrong” - Dan Darling

“This Hanukkah and in the aftermath of the horrifying Australia attack, let us be worthy heirs to their inspiring legacy, and let us, like Clay, stand against the antisemites who dishonor them, their faith, and their country.” - Providence

“They are now discovering what has always been true, that the Western ideas of human rights, political equality, and science and art are products of Christianity. These things do not occur in most civilizations, and there is no reason to expect that they will endure in the West if Christianity fades.” - Breakpoint

“One of the legal issues raised in both cases was simply the definition of a person. Just what and who is a person? And what rights does this ‘person’ have?” - Imaginative Conservative

“More than 200 evangelical Christian leaders, moderates as well as influential conservatives, have signed an open letter urging the presidential candidates of both parties to reflect ‘biblical principles on immigration.’” - RNS

“Much of Kengor’s book subsequently explains the ‘before,’ ‘after,’ and ‘ever since’ of the Catholic Church’s condemnation of slavery and how this teaching emerged very early in the Church’s life.” - Religion & Liberty

“The Genocide Convention of 1948 was established in order to prevent the atrocities that took place during the Holocaust from happening again. One hundred and fifty-two countries…. It reads: ‘acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.’” - Jerusalem Post

“Underlying many debates about how courts and policies treat religion… Is any human right – religious freedom in particular – more important than another? And what happens when human rights claims come into conflict?” - The Conversation

“God’s righteousness is what makes human rights right. What we call human rights are right only if God says they are right.” - Andy Naselli

“Amnesty International, the global human rights watchdog with a self-described mandate to take injustice personally, published a deeply flawed report on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.” - Providence