Tagged with "Freedom"
After more than a half century, Santa Monica Nativity display is no more
MR says: Is this a fair decision, or do you think this is a violation of freedom of speech? After nearly 60 years in picturesque Palisades Park, the religious community's traditional Christmas Nativity tableau has a new space in the industrial park of this coastal city west of Los Angeles. The new locale...
Liberal Mormon and conservative Catholic join forces for religious freedom
MR says: A liberal Mormon and a conservative Catholic have joined forces to promote religious liberty abroad, using their shared platform on the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom. When a punk rock group got sent to prison for a protest at a Moscow cathedral earlier this year, Katrina Lantos Swett was an...
Mormon and Modern
Increasingly, religion is having to prove itself relevant in what some have called a secular age. Many seek proof of relevancy through empirical evidence. Since faith and spiritually based experience are foreign to a secular mindset, they are frequently dismissed. As a new religion that grew up in...
Seminary release-time academic credit challenged, upheld by federal court
MR says: The Freedom from Religion Foundation challenged release-time seminary, but it was upheld in court. A federal appeals court ruled unanimously Friday that students in public schools can appropriately receive academic credit for released-time religious classes taught during school hours. The...
Celebrating freedom around the world
People from all over the world mark a special day during the year wherein they celebrate a national day of commemoration. They honor the establishment of rights, privileges and protection afforded citizens of every belief that safeguard the opportunity to live according to the dictates of their...
Commentary: Let religious freedom ring
MR says: These two weeks leading up to Independence Day in the U.S. will be the "Fortnight for Freedom" in which Americans will celebrate religious freedom and speak out in preventing it from erosion. On June 1, the film "For Greater Glory," starring Andy Garcia, made its debut in U.S. theaters. The movie...
Preserving freedom of religion, speech, and assembly begins at home
“The home is truly the cell-unit of society; and parenthood is next to Godhood. The relationship of the children to the parents should be one which would enable those children to carry out ideal citizenship as they become related to the State and to the larger forms of society. The secret of good...
Religion’s Vital Place in Society: Part 5 in a Series on Religious Freedom
This is part 5 in a series of articles on religious freedom. For the series introduction, see “Religious Freedom Series, Part 1: An Introduction to Religious Freedom.” See also part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 6. Religion is vital to democracy “[We] have no government armed with power...
What Religious Freedom Requires of Us: Part 6 in a Series on Religious Freedom
This is the 6th and final installment in a series of articles on religious freedom. For the series introduction, see “Religious Freedom Series, Part 1: An Introduction to Religious Freedom.” See also part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5. “Conflict and debate are vital to democracy. Yet if...
BYU International Law Center Upholds Religious Freedom at Supreme Court Level
On March 28, 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear a case many viewed as the most important case in two decades. At issue in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission was the “ministerial exception,” a First...
Religious Freedom Series, Part 4: Why Religious Freedom Matters to Mormons
This is part 4 in a series of articles on religious freedom. For the series introduction, see “Religious Freedom Series, Part 1: An Introduction to Religious Freedom.” See also part 2 and part 3. Mormon history and religious freedom As one of the most essential of all human liberties,...
What Religious Freedom Means
Religious freedom is a fundamental freedom that runs deeper and reaches farther than many realize. This is Part 2 in a series of articles on religious freedom. What Americans Know About Religious Freedom Most Americans know that religious freedom is one of the most basic freedoms...
Our right to intellectual property through contract
MR says: This goes along nicely with yesterday's SOPA and PIPA protests. The United States Constitution states that Congress shall have the power to “promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and...
Thoughts on Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6
Lesson 6 focuses on the beginning chapters of 2 Nephi, Lehi's last words to his family. The following materials by Elder Dallin H. Oaks and John W. Welch shed light in the topics of free agency and Lehi's last testament. Elder Dallin H. Oaks on Human Agency: F irst, because free agency is a...
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