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Tag Archives: religious accommodation law
‘Religious Freedom’ (Again)
The fact that the current clutch of campaigners for ‘religious freedom’ (brought together by their opposition to Obamacare’s contraception mandate) has adopted Thomas More, a less than admirable proto-Dzerzhinsky, as a symbol of freedom of conscience, a principle for which … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Obamacare, religious accommodation law, Religious Freedom, Thomas More
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‘Religious Freedom’ (Again)
The Daily Mail: Two teenage Muslim pupils have been put into ‘isolation’ and banned from lessons after refusing to shave off their beards for religious reasons. Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, in Accrington, Lancashire, has said the two 14-year-olds … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged religious accommodation law, Religious Freedom
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Own Goal
Whatever you think about the rights or wrongs of this move, its politics will do the GOP no favors: Washington (CNN) – House Republicans have added a measure aimed at limiting contraceptive coverage to the spending bill coming up for … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Uncategorized
Tagged contraception, Obamacare, religious accommodation law, Religious Freedom, Republican Party
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“Religious Freedom”
Reuters: A Pennsylvania mining company sued by the federal government on behalf of a worker who refused a biometric handscan because he believes in the Bible’s mark of the beast prophecy, said on Thursday that it supports religious freedom. The … Continue reading
Miscellany, March 20
Pareidolia is “that phenomenon wherein people see things that aren’t there because human brains are wired for pattern recognition”. Children see animals in the clouds or letters in a pile of sticks; adults are likely to see images fraught with … Continue reading
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Tagged health and medicine, miracles, religious accommodation law
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Miscellany, December 7
Ann Althouse on Bill O’Reilly and the Washington atheist sign: Another December, another battle in the “War on Christmas.” I think the sensible people don’t want to fight about religion, but there are always extremists — pro-religion and anti-religion — … Continue reading