Should people be meeting in large groups to worship during a highly contagious pandemic? No, they should not. Should the government deploy, as its opening salvo in the discussion, laws to restrict this behavior even before the practice has been proven to be dangerous or even exhibited? No, they should not. Both of these things are true at the same time.
Steven Bowcut
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Sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young University is a nationally ranked private research and teaching university in Provo, Utah. With more than 30,000 students representing every state in America and many other countries, BYU is the largest religious university in the United States. One […]
If a precious gift is offered but the intended receiver is unaware, is there any real value in the gift? If asked to make a sacrifice to protect something that is not valued, is the sacrifice likely to be freely made? This is, apparently, the situation in America today as […]
Regardless of your political inclinations, if you believe that religious liberty is important you are likely disappointed in how the recent political controversy regarding President Trump’s telephone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky has overshadowed President Trump’s remarks at the U.N. Religious Freedom Summit. Religious Freedom is too important an issue […]
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom posted a piece in Yahoo News detailing the U.S condemnation of “China’s horrific campaign of repression.” This article says, “The United States led more than 30 countries on Tuesday in condemning what it called China’s “horrific campaign of repression” against […]
On May 23, 2019, the Family Research Council posted an article titled “A Tale of Two Yales.” In this piece, Tony Perkins and FRC senior writers lay out the details surrounding an alarming series of recent events whereby this Ivy League University’s law school has seemingly acquiesced to pressure from […]
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Is he a spy working to overthrow the government of Turkey or is he a Christian devoted to teaching about Jesus Christ in the land he loves? Given the evidence to date, the likely scenario is that he is a devout Christian that unfortunately found himself a convenient pawn in […]
On Friday a federal judge in Michigan allowed Dumont v. Lyon to move forward. Experts say this case impacts faith-based charities across the country that provide adoption services and LGBT couples seeking to adopt and foster children. Dumont v. Lyon focuses on whether faith-based adoption agencies can turn away same-sex […]
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (you may know them as Mormons) have long held that “Agency is essential in Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation, and religious freedom ensures we can use our agency to live and share what we believe. Everyone needs to have that […]