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Reason October 2002 Cathy Young |
One Nation, Many Gods Vouchers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the separation of church and state |
Salon.com July 7, 2000 Jake Tapper |
God is their copilot Both born-again, Bush and Gore have made this the most God-fearing presidential race in 100 years. But their faiths have led these men in two completely different directions. |
Reason November 2003 Cathy Young |
Roy Moore's Monument Religion has a place in the American public square -- but not an exclusive one. |
Inc. December 2006 Alan Wolfe |
Guest Speaker: Worshiping at Work - Religion - Adam Smith Bringing religion into your company can be a test of faith - but not in the way you might expect. |
ifeminists January 7, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Lawsuit May Redefine Discrimination on Campus A federal lawsuit filed on Dec. 30 will determine whether Rutgers University can de facto ban Christian student groups. It may set national policy. |
ifeminists November 25, 2003 Thor L. Halvorssen |
Religious Liberty in Peril on Campus, National Surveys Reveal; Administrators, Students Ignorant of the Most Fundamental Rights According to two recent surveys, college students are very uninformed about the religious freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. |
Salon.com June 29, 2000 Daryl Lindsey & Fiona Morgan |
No out Scouts Plaintiff James Dale, the Boy Scouts, Andrew Sullivan and others react to the ruling that the organization can exclude gays. |
Reason October 2004 Cathy Young |
Beyond Belief The idea that U.S. politicians should keep their religious faith private may seem outrageously intolerant. But is it not equally outrageous that a secularist figure cannot express his views honestly without committing career suicide? |
Salon.com June 22, 2000 Fiona Morgan |
Cruel and unusual punishment The Supreme Court has gone too far by banning prayer from school football games. |
Reason June 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Spiritual Highs and Legal Blows The power and peril of religious exemptions from drug prohibition in the U.S. |
Reason March 2005 Cathy Young |
God or Mammon When religious groups in the U.S. get caught between their principles and their subsidies. |
Information Today October 6, 2015 George H. Pike |
The Legal Implications of Banned Books Week The American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by drawing attention to attempts to censor reading materials in public, school, and academic libraries. |
Reason February 2004 Tim Cavanaugh |
In God's Country Thanks be to the American Atheist |
Reason July 2004 Cathy Young |
Under the Radar On campuses across America, the censorship of speech and ideas in the name of sensitivity continues unabated. |
Reason February 2005 Julian Sanchez |
Civics Lessons In a highly polarized time, pedagogues seem increasingly wary of the "disruptive" effect of student political speech in America. |
Reason September 2006 Cathy Young |
Too Diverse to Be 'Diversity' Academic discourse surely needs fewer taboos, not more: Instead of closing off all debate on homosexuality, reopen more debate on other contentious issues. |
ifeminists August 24, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Will Colleges Respect Your Child's Rights? As parents hustle to buy clothing, repair secondhand cars and otherwise fret about college, they should consider how their son or daughter's human rights will fare on campus. Their freedom of speech is particularly vulnerable. |
ifeminists July 29, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
University Students Deserve Human Rights This September, make sure the students you care for pack protection of their civil liberties in with clothing and reference books. This is essential for students who are male, white, conservative, openly Christian, or from affluent families. |
Reason February 2005 Cathy Young |
The "Values" Panic It's quite true that neither the "red" nor the "blue" states have a monopoly on moral values. By the same token, neither side has a monopoly on moral bullying. |
Reason January 2005 Brian Doherty |
Homeschool Revolt Pennsylvania parents resist homeschooling regulation citing the Religious Freedom Protection Act.. |
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Amy Standen |
Faith in America What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense? |
Sports Illustrated September 6, 2000 Frank Deford |
Pray by play Many Christians are angered that the Supreme Court has banned official prayers at football games. The passion which this matter invokes surprises a great many people, but football has always been our sport most connected with religion... |
ifeminists December 21, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Campus Conscience Police? A new Guide -- the fifth in a series of ideological survival manuals for American college students -- describes both the manner in which the right of conscience is being attacked on campus and how the tide is turning toward individual rights. |
Reason December 2002 Cathy Young |
Ecumenical Intolerance The sin of extremism is neither common to all Muslims nor limited to Islam. |
Salon.com June 23, 2000 Janelle Brown |
Another defeat for "kiddie porn" law Free speech wins again as the COPA is struck down by a court of appeals. |
Salon.com March 20, 2002 Suzy Hansen |
"Jerusalem Calling" by Joel Schalit A disillusioned young Israeli living in the U.S. warns the American left that it's too reluctant to criticize religious fundamentalists -- including George Bush... |
Salon.com February 17, 2001 Laura Miller |
The new victimology More on the Brooklyn Museum of Art's display of "Yo Mama's Last Supper." The Catholic League depicts critics as prejudiced and their ideas as hate crimes. |
Reason October 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Data: Second-Guessing the First Amendment Surveys show Americans seem to be more fond of free speech in the abstract than in specific instances. |
Salon.com August 16, 2000 James Traub |
Closing the piety gap With Joe Lieberman, the Democrats have someone who can take God back from the right. But do we really need more moralizing about private issues in public life? |
Salon.com February 1, 2001 Scott Rosenberg |
Base language When did religion turn into "faith-based activity"? |
Reason April 2008 Ronald Bailey |
The New Age of Reason Is the fourth great awakening finally coming to a close? |
Salon.com Debra Dickerson |
So this is compassion? George Bush's compassionate conservatism sounds a lot like Al Gore's. But are faith-based charities really the answer to America's problems? |
Salon.com February 5, 2001 David Horowitz |
You gotta have faith President Bush's faith-based initiatives are the philosophical descendants of our founding fathers. Why is the left so hellbent on destroying them? |
Reason June 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Bitter Pill In the wake of a decision by the Supreme Court of California, Catholic Charities of California will have to cover contraception in its prescription drug insurance for employees. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2008 Jacob Sullum |
Getting His Goat A Santerian priest in Euless, Texas, is challenging a local ordinance that prohibits the slaughter of goats, an essential part of the sacrifices required by his Afro-Caribbean religion. |
Reason September 2005 |
The Iconoclast Salman Rushdie discusses free speech, fundamentalism, America's place in the world, and his new essay collection Step Across This Line. |
Fast Company Sarah Kessler |
When Does Hate Speech Cross The Line On Social Media? Facebook, Twitter and other private companies aren't subject to laws that protect people from government interference in free speech, but they've borrowed some of the same theoretical frameworks. |
Salon.com August 29, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Holy Joe Lieberman's God-fearing sermon was a cute political move -- and a debasement of both religion and civil society. |
Salon.com July 3, 2001 Amy Benfer |
Cyber slammed Kids are getting arrested for raunchy online bullying outside of school. It's definitely offensive, but is it against the law? |
PC World December 2, 2002 Michelle Madigan |
Internet Hate-Speech Ban Called 'Chilling' Council of Europe's Internet restrictions raise uneasy questions about civil rights online. |
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Higher being Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God? |
ifeminists April 6, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
On Campus, Free Speech at Odds With Tax Funding The clashing of freedom of speech with tax funding sparks First Amendment debates on college campuses. The controversy is highlighted by a case where a male student was barred from a feminist event on a state campus. |
Reason July 2005 |
Who Should Reign Supreme? Libertarian legal experts weigh in on who their favorites are--past, present, and future--on the nation's highest court. |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 Bruce Grierson |
An Atheist in the Pulpit Public identity and private belief are never more at odds than when a preacher loses his faith. |
Salon.com June 14, 2001 Daniel Silverman |
Censorship High A 17-year-old takes a stand against a school Web-filtering system that screens out Planned Parenthood but not the Christian Coalition... |
Scientific American September 2007 Michael Shermer |
Rational Atheism An open letter to Messrs. Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens. |
Wired November 2006 Gary Wolf |
The Church of the Non-Believers A band of intellectual brothers is mounting a crusade against belief in God. Are they winning converts, or merely preaching to the choir? |
Salon.com September 28, 2002 Dan McGraw |
Stop the holy showboating Listen up, jocks: God doesn't care if you score a touchdown. So do your praying in private, not in the end zone. |
Salon.com September 14, 2001 Joan Walsh |
Too much God? When the Rev. Jerry Falwell blamed the ACLU and other liberals for Tuesday's attack, he proved he's America's answer to the Taliban. But that doesn't mean there's no place for God in our expressions of national mourning... |
Reason July 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Principals of Censorship Student speech and the drug war: When the U.S. Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of a school's heavy-handed censorship, it seemed a majority might obligingly carve out a "drug exception" to the First Amendment. |