Archive for August, 2007

Religious tolerance may be more narrow than many Americans think

August 25, 2007

Sept. 11, Mormon candidate challenge U.S. ideal of acceptance
By Susan Campbell
The Hartford Courant
Friday, August 24, 2007
For a country that prides itself on being a religious refuge, Americans like their public figures pious – but not overly so. And they like their religions straight, or at the very least, familiar.
So what to do with former Massachusetts [...]

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Why Religious Freedom?

August 20, 2007

Why Religious Freedom is a Fundamental Freedom and Universal Human Right:
Religious freedom is pivotal to a free society. Thomas Jefferson and America’s founders called it the “first freedom.” It is enshrined in the first clause of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. And it is first in another sense: freedom of thought, conscience and [...]

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Hate Crimes in the News

August 16, 2007

Report documents how extremists harness the power of the internet
Leo Adler of the Simon Wiesenthal Center tells one small city in Canada’s north that even they are not isolated from the epidemic of hate being generated by internet extremists….
Sudbury not immune from terrorism; One person can create a web of lies, Simon Wiesenthal researcher says

The [...]

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