The fourth International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief underway in London. (Photo: https://www.gov.uk) Last week, London hosted the fourth International Ministerial ...

Thomas Jefferson wisely noted that the state could not control individual conscience and belief, but rather that “we are answerable for them to our God”. In his letter to the Hebrew Congregation at ...

“Choice” is a byword of our secular age. For many, it has become integral to their concept of freedom. In one respect, choice is essential to our shared humanity — it is a way of pointing to our ...

The following is a response to Elizabeth Shakman Hurd’s article, “Muslims Need Not Apply.” Having read Elizabeth Shakman Hurd’s article, “Muslims Need Not Apply,” I am saddened by the tenor and ...

To humanists, none of these issues seem very important — but pastors have a different value set and worldview, as do their congregants and doctrines. Which is why it is so disingenuous for the ...

Can lawmakers destroy the right of freedom of conscience? Evidently, James Madison thought it a possibility in 1785 and feared that loss could end representative government and lead to those in power ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were ferocious advocates of religious freedom—when the question revolved around consuming peyote. In the 1980s, as the Supreme Court ...

While his argument focused largely on religious liberty, Madison’s use of the phrase “the dictates of conscience” highlights the broader and more general applicability of freedom of conscience—which ...

A European religious freedom group is slamming the prosecution of OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone and former executive Rachel Cherwitz. The group, CAP LC—official (French) name Coordination des ...

NIGHT FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. GENDER IDENTITY COULD COME UNDER FURTHER FIRE IN STATE WORKPLACES AS LAWMAKERS LOOK TO CRACK DOWN ON THE USE OF PREFERRED PRONOUNS. WESH 2’S DAVID JONES SPOKE WITH ...

A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER: We must both rightly form our conscience and also defend our freedom to use it. Registered nurse Frederick Morley loads syringes with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a ...

I think we give John Locke too much credit (“John Locke’s Lesson for the Taliban” by Mustafa Aykol, Houses of Worship, May 13). The actual genius of Locke was that he took the political ideas of the ...