Tag Archives: Religious Privilege

Nuns, a Pipeline and Religious Liberty – or Privilege

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Andrew Stuttaford

Well, here’s something for everyone: Pipelines, eminent domain, nuns, ‘religious liberty’ or (take your pick) religious privilege. As the Washington Post explains the story, an energy company (Williams Cos) wants to run a natural gas pipeline through agricultural land owned … Continue reading →

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Jerry Brown Gets It Right

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Credit where’s credit is due: I am not exactly a member of the Jerry Brown fan club, but the California Governor’s decision to sign his state’s cautiously drafted assisted suicide law (perhaps too cautiously: to take one example, those with … Continue reading →

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Towards a more Balkanized America: Kim Davis & The Flight Attendant

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

While there is something more than a little unattractive about the relish with which the jailing of Kim Davis, the errant county clerk (a Democrat, as it happens) unwilling to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, has been celebrated … Continue reading →

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Religious Liberty!

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Balkanization moves on merrily along. WABC: – A man is suing Costco for religious discrimination. He tells Eyewitness News exclusively that when he refused to work with pork, the major retailer sent him outside to gather carts. “Just because you … Continue reading →

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“A Kind of Hydraulic Effect”

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin wonders where the Hobby Lobby decision might lead: The great Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed that important Supreme Court decisions “exercise a kind of hydraulic effect.” Even if the authors of such decisions … Continue reading →

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For Thee, But Not For Me (Again)

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Fox News: Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said Sunday the Catholic church remains opposed to ObamaCare in large part because it requires businesses to offer health-insurance plans that include no-cost contraception. Dolan, the former president of the … Continue reading →

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Having Eyes, See Ye Not?

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cardinal Dolan, absurd: “The threats to our “first and most cherished freedom” are abundant, but let me list just two. One comes from those called secularists, who will tolerate religion as long as it’s just considered some eccentric private hobby … Continue reading →

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Render unto the Taxpayer

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

From the New York Times: This weekend, hundreds of pastors, including some of the nation’s evangelical leaders, will climb into their pulpits to preach about American politics, flouting a decades-old law that prohibits tax-exempt churches and other charities from campaigning … Continue reading →

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