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The Briefing 05-09-13

1. Another New England state legalizes gay marriage - a reminder of the difference geography makes Delaware, Continuing a Trend, Becomes the 11th State to...

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  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Delaware
  • gay marriage
  • Liberalism
  • Mark Sanford
  • National Day of Prayer
  • Secularization
  • South Carolina
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Secularism with the Gloves Off: Vanderbilt University’s Assault on Religious Organizations

Like most of America's historic private universities, Vanderbilt University was founded by Christian believers for the purpose of inculcating Christian beliefs in its students. Vanderbilt...Read this essay →
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The President, the Pill, and Religious Liberty in Peril

In 1808, President Thomas Jefferson stated the matter bluntly: "I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with...Read this essay →
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Nero in Beijing — The Communist Party Declares War on Christians

The news out of China grows worse as reports of the arrest, detention, harassment, and beatings of Christians come from across China. The most publicized...
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“If This is What God Intended, So Be It” — The Persecuted Church in China

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever.…Read this essay →
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Who Will Be Tested Next? — The Dilemma of Franklin Graham

Evangelical Christians in the United States had better see a big challenge staring us in the face. Franklin Graham was disinvited by the Pentagon for…Read this essay →
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It’s Getting Dangerous Out There — A Preacher Is Arrested in Britain

We are witnessing the constriction of Christian speech and the criminalizing of Christian ministry. The Bible clearly condemns homosexual behaviors, and the Christian church has…Read this essay →
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Can Christian Organizations Remain Christian in a “Tolerant” Age?

Can a Christian organization remain Christian in a culture of postmodern "tolerance?" That question is the focus of a case soon to come before the...Read this essay →
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Where Homeschooling is Outlawed — Asylum?

Uwe and Hannelore Romeike may have been considered outside the norms of civil society in their native Germany, but not in Morristown, Tennessee, where they...Read this essay →
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“Free to Live and Love as We See Fit?”

As Sen. John McCain recently remarked, "elections have consequences." President Barack Obama signed the "Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" into...Read this essay →
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Christian Persecution — Remembering Brothers and Sisters Suffering Around the World

The Word of God promises that suffering produces endurance and strengthens a Christian's faith in God's love and final authority. And Christians around the world...Read this essay →
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The Culture of Offendedness?

A new and unprecedented right is now the central focus of legal, procedural, and cultural concern in many corridors--a supposed right not to be offended....Read this essay →
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Should the United Nations Protect Religions from Defamation?

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Should the United Nations Protect Religions from Defamation?

Suddenly, I find myself in an awkward and uncomfortable position.  I find that I must agree with Peter Singer on an issue of importance.  This...Read this essay →
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The Conflict Between Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty

With a wave of legal developments in the past two weeks, the move for legalized same-sex marriage has made dramatic advances. But what does all...Read this essay →
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This Prayer Approved by the White House?

Is the Obama White House vetting prayers? Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News and World Report reports that this represents a "new tradition" established by the...Read this essay →
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This Prayer Approved by the White House?

Is the Obama White House vetting prayers?  Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News and World Report reports that this represents a "new tradition" established by the...Read this essay →
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Can Faith-Based Programs Keep the Faith?

The Obama administration has announced its own authorization of what have been known as "faith-based" funding programs, and in so doing it dodged -- at...Read this essay →
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When Religious Liberty and Parental Authority Clash

The story of a family who refused to provide medical care to their diabetic daughter on the basis of religious conviction has garnered media attention,...Read this essay →
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A Prayer for President Obama

Our Father, Lord of all creation, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ:  We pray today with a sense of special urgency and responsibility.  We come...Read this essay →
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The High Cost of Being (and Staying) Cool — Rick Warren in a Whirlwind

Pastor Rick Warren now stands at ground zero of a whirlwind, and he is likely to be there for some time. The announcement that President-elect...Read this essay →
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The High Cost of Being (and Staying) Cool — Rick Warren in a Whirlwind

Pastor Rick Warren now stands at ground zero of a whirlwind, and he is likely to be there for some time. The announcement that President-elect...Read this essay →
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Mitt Romney’s “Faith in America”

In his speech today at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, Mitt Romney delivered what he hopes will be a compelling case for the importance...Read this essay →
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Are Our Religious Liberties Under Attack?

Today's announcement from U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales concerning the launch of the First Freedom Project marks an aggressive new policy from the Department of...Read this essay →
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Will The Real George Washington Please Stand Up? The Faith Of Our First President

With contested questions of church and state abounding in our times, the religious convictions of the Founding Fathers become the stuff of controversy. In this...Read this essay →
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The Criminalizing of Christianity in Great Britain

The case of Stephen Green, a Christian arrested for passing out pamphlets featuring Bible verses at a homosexual rally, prompts influential columnist Melanie Phillips of...Read this essay →
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The Collapse of Religious Liberty in Great Britain?

The Daily Mail stands out among British newspapers for its coverage of the case of Stephen Green, an evangelical Christian who was arrested just days...Read this essay →
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The End of Religious Liberty?

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When Tolerance Doesn’t Mean Toleration

Forty years ago, the radical philosopher Herbert Marcuse penned an essay entitled "Repressive Tolerance." In that essay Marcuse offered what has now become a familiar...Read this essay →
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