When our founding fathers, driven by religious persecution to a new continent, drafted the constitution, it was obvious they had in mind the religious and civil freedoms of every generation that lived after them. And for a while, as long as the country was unified in religious practice, tolerance was not that difficult to achieve. But [...]
This past month, I have been ashamed to be a young Catholic in Chicago. This is not because I deny the religion in which I was raised, not because I have given up my desire to reform the Church, but because my community has supported division and
misunderstanding in the name of “religious liberty.”
The controversy [...]
Across the country, the right to practice religion freely–and free of fear–is at risk. Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and Sikh houses of worship have been singled out and attacked, and news of these stories often does not travel. By utilizing social media, however, we believe that local issues of religious freedom can quickly become national news [...]
As the tenth anniversary of September 11 dawns, people across the nation are coming together to give back to their communities through volunteer projects and donations. Many are working in interfaith groups, with the hope of finding peace and tolerance in the aftermath of injustice and violence.
Amy Levin
When the American Atheists group filed a lawsuit to oppose a 17-foot cross-shaped beam discovered in 9/11 wreckage to be placed in the World Trade Center Museum, I experienced a major flashback. The newborn controversy over the so-called World Trade Center Cross spewed an outburst of dialogue over religious [...]
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