By Alan J. Reinach
In theory, allowing homosexual couples to marry should not threaten anyone’s religious freedom. Although the social and moral implications of gay marriage are apparent to many, few realize the significant danger posed to religious freedom by the California Supreme Court ruling in May giving gays a constitutional right to marry. The Court’s decision now elevates homosexuality to the same legal status as race, a protected class. This Court has refused to grant religious freedom
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By Nicholas Miller
On February 29th of this year more than 160,000 otherwise law-abiding California families awoke to read the news that a California appeals court had declared them outlaws. The crime?—home schooling their children in violation of California compulsory school attendance laws. And what about their parental and religious constitutional rights?—dismissed by the court, largely on the strength of two California state court decisions from about fifty years ago. The decision immediately created a
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By Alan J. Reinach
Texas is a big state with an even bigger ego, and now it has a legal mess to match. Everyone is familiar with the incursion of government officials into the Yearning For Zion compound of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. We all know that 413 children [and counting] were removed ostensibly for their own protection, and that the legal games have begun. Many questions are being asked about religious freedom, and
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