by Kevin Bauder | Sep 6, 2017 | Religious Freedom
The Supreme Court’s 1983 decision in Bob Jones University v United States cost the university its tax exemption. It may end up costing all biblical Christians considerably more. Samuel D. Brunson and David J. Herzig explore the possibilities in a lengthy paper...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 29, 2017 | Family, Politics, Religious Freedom, Social Issues
Writing for the Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Darnell Weeden argues that Religious freedom, a long-standing right protected by the Free Exercise Clause, has become significantly diluted by the enhanced protection of marriage equality rights that restrict...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 20, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, History, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Tolerance, What We're Reading
Toleration–allowing freedom of expression–has no logical limits. In religion it includes ritual, which is action as well as words. But does it include burning the country’s flag? Law in the United States says yes. What of behavior onstage that many...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 20, 2017 | America, Religious Freedom
The text of the attorney general’s speech to the Alliance Defending Freedom has been reprinted by The Federalist. Read it here. America has never thought itself to be a theocracy. Our founders, at least the most articulate of them, believed our government...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 18, 2017 | How the Left Thinks, Religious Freedom, Social Issues
The ecumenical Christian Century asks, “Does Baking a Cake Count as Protected Speech?” The answer is the one given across the Left. It is also shared by some on the Right.
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 10, 2017 | Education, Religious Freedom
The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire includes community service among the learning requirements for its students. To meet this requirement, students were permitted to engage in activities that involved teaching and persuasion, but they were not allowed to engage in...
