6 results for tag: religious right
Legal Precedent, Religious Freedom, and the Hobby Lobby Court Decision
By Anya Arndt
Religious freedom in the United States will never look the same again; while the majority of Supreme Court justices believe that their ruling on the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case will not be taken to extremes, history tells us otherwise. In fact, it was unexpected consequences of the ruling on the Citizens United case that partially allowed the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ruling to turn out as it did. When Citizens United is boiled down to its fundamental principle that corporations have the same rights as individuals, it translates into the Supreme Court’s ruling on the side of Hobby Lobby as a corporation with religious beliefs. As I ...
Event: Exploring Religious Agendas in Our Public Schools
Wednesday, February 27
6:30pm - registration & networking
7:00pm - program
Colorado College, Armstrong Hall - 14 E. Cache la Poudre
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Tickets: $10 for adults and $5 for students (kids are free but must have tickets), may be purchased online at: http://rdf-ticketing.myshopify.com or in person at the Colorado College Worner Center or in person at EvolveFISH - 5744 N Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (more…)
“Culture War” Unrelenting Despite Menace to Conservative Christians
By David Trillo, guest writer
If there is a lesson that conservative Christians ought to learn from the conscientious objections of Catholic bishops to federally mandated contraception coverage, it’s this:
Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it. And, it might bite you in the butt.
In this case, those biting Dobermans happen to be the ultraconservative federal judges that Religious Right groups have been demanding for years as part and parcel of the “culture war” – hand-picked, pre-screened judges who will uphold few, if any, of our human and Constitutional rights as the culture war plunges its government crowbar deeper ...
Inherent Theocracy? A Newly Revitalized Constitutional Trojan Horse
by David Trillo, guest writer
Newt Gingrich’s flamboyant suggestions that the Executive Branch should merely ignore Supreme Court rulings at will and legally threaten judges who dare to uphold Constitutional freedom7 might be the hottest news in recent weeks. The under-reported truth, however, is that ideas like his are far from unique within the far right today.
Like shady insurance companies looking for every diabolical way to deny claims on what appear to be good indemnity policies, power-hungry politicians and special interest groups have been hatching ingenious schemes to evade or strip away the Constitution’s protection of individual ...
School Vouchers, Parental Rights Movements Face Conflicting Interests
By David Trillo, guest writer
To many ardent church-state separation activists, and I am definitely ardent, opposition to tax-funded school vouchers for religious or parochial schools approaches an article of faith. Separationists argue that tax aid to religious schools is a plain, flagrant violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, and may violate state and federal laws by funding institutions that practice religious or other forms of discrimination.
Voucher supporters tend to view such prohibitions as discriminatory against religion or violations of parental rights.
On August 12, Denver District Court Judge Michael Martinez saw ...
Religious Right Offensive on Public Education in Texas
Citizens Project has been following the dangerous extremism on the Texas Board of Education over the last several months. It exploded in the national press yesterday with this cover story in The New York Times Magazine.
The injection of partisan politics into education went so far that at one point another Republican board member burst out in seemingly embarrassed exasperation, “Guys, you’re rewriting history now!”
Citizens Project will keep monitoring local schools to prevent this from happening here. Please let us know if you hear of any inappropriate politicizing we should be aware of.
Thanks to our friends at the Texas Freedom Network for ...