Tag Archives: Mark Oppenheimer
Should the Government Force Some Religious Americans to Violate Their Beliefs About Marriage?
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of gay marriage, a question arises: Should we protect the rights of Orthodox Jews, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, Latter-Day Saints and Muslims who believe that marriage is a union of husband and wife? Two bills recently introduced in Congress show diverging answers. One seeks to promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence; the other adds fuel to a culture war by treating that traditional belief as racism.
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Tagged Cory Booker, David Cicilline, Equality Act, First Amendment Defense Act, General Donald Verrilli, Human Rights Campaign, Jeff Merkley, Mark Oppenheimer, Samuel Alito, Tammy Baldwin
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Destroying Religious Freedom to Save It
Even before the U.S. Supreme Court announced the previously unknown constitutional “right” to impose same-sex “marriage” on all 50 states, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was readying its next volley.
For two decades, the ACLU has cited the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) as a defense of religious liberty in various worthy and some not-so-worthy cases. No more.
The ACLU has decided that the unalienable right to religious freedom embodied in the First Amendment must give way to newly coined claims by newly empowered groups.
In a Washington Post column, ACLU Deputy Director Louise Melling called on …
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Tagged ACLU, Louise Melling, Mark Oppenheimer, Mikey Weinstein, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, SCOTUS
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