As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Judge Aiken’s decision based on strong legal precedent reaffirms the constitutional rights of our institutions to live out their deeply and sincerely held religious beliefs, both in policy and in practice.” - CToday
“Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the State permits countless other private actors hosting secular activities to do what a house of worship may not. The houses of worship exclusion is not a neutral law of general applicability” - CPost
The president of Southern Seminary is on record as saying that government funding for religious schools is wrong, that Baptists “consistently oppose” the public reading of Scripture in public schools, and he even agonized over whether it would “subsidize religion” for churches to be tax-exempt.1 This president is not Al Mohler, but his predecessor Edgar Mullins, writing in 1908. Some religious outsiders (and perhaps not a few Baptists) would be surprised to learn this.
“Evangelical, Orthodox, and academic sources weigh security concerns against the right to associate with historic patriarchate losing popularity and suspected of war collaboration.” - CToday
“The Wessex Area CPS has ‘undertaken a post-case review and acknowledges that the statement was inappropriate,’ Lord Stewart of Dirleton from the Conservative Party, who is the advocate general for Scotland, was quoted as replying.” - CPost
“The opinion, which relies on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ever-more-robust embrace of religious rights, begins by citing a range of religious beliefs — Jewish, Muslim, Episcopalian, Unitarian Universalist and pagan — to the effect that human life or personhood begins well after conception.” - RNS
“The justices heard oral arguments for more than two hours in a designer’s challenge of a Colorado policy that requires her to create custom websites for same-sex weddings in violation of her religious beliefs.” - BPNews
“As the Supreme Court prepares to consider whether a Christian web designer can refuse to make websites for same-sex weddings because of her religious beliefs, …survey shows a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.” - Pew
“according to an AP-NORC poll. …Less than half approve of players wearing a religious symbol like a crucifix or Star of David while on the field, and 11% disapprove.
“Jah Healing Kemetic Temple of the Divine Church claims it is Christian and ‘believes that the fragrant cane ingredient of the holy anointing oil described in Exodus 30:22 is cannabis.’” - RNS
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