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Apr 22 2024
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How Religious Freedom Could Help Liberals Win the Abortion Rights War
Earlier this month, an Indiana appeals court delivered a great victory to two causes that often find themselves in opposition: reproductive freedom and religious freedom. A group of women successfully argued that the state of Indiana’s ban on abortion, enacted in the immediate wake of Dobbs, violated their rights to religious freedom. The state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA—
New RepublicApr 10 2024
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Biden pressing Israel into snatching defeat from jaws of victory
President Joe Biden just pressed Israel to pull back from its planned assault on Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah – believed to be the last Hamas stronghold. Accordingly, Israel has been left snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. In response to the Oct. 7, 2023, brutal massacre of mostly Israeli civilians by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded with a ground war into Gaza
WNDMay 29 2019
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Double Standards Endanger Press Freedom
The treatment of Bryan Carmody and Julian Assange reveals widespread confusion about who counts as a journalist and whether it matters.
The day after the federal government indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on 18 charges related to his publication of secret Pentagon and State Department documents, San Francisco's police chief apologized for raiding the home of freelance
ReasonApr 04 2024
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Iowa Passes 'Sensible' Religious Freedom Law
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, making Iowa the latest state to pass protective laws amid concerns that the measures open the door to anti-LGBT discrimination. In a statement after a Tuesday bill-signing, Reynolds noted the law passed "almost unanimously at the federal level" 30 years ago. "Since then, religious rights have increasingly come under
Newsmax (News)Mar 22 2024
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Blankenau writes new book ‘Journey to Freedom’
Local author and historian Gail Blankenau of Lincoln has launched a new book, “Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters’ Escape from Nebraska Territory,” the first detailed history of Black enslavement in Nebraska. The book is published by the University of Nebraska-Press. “Gail Shaffer Blankenau’s remarkable historical detective work transforms the little-known story of Celia and
Lincoln Journal StarApr 16 2024
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Manchin presses Becerra to implement opioid law
Sen. Joe Manchin today pressed HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to accelerate his efforts to implement an anti-addiction law aimed at better sharing vital patient information with providers. Why it matters: Jessie's Law can help prevent doctors from inadvertently prescribing opioids to people with a history of addiction, by ensuring that patient health records include past opioid use disorder. •
AxiosApr 20 2024
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Satanic Temple Challenges DeSantis To Debate On Religious Freedom And Chaplains In Florida Schools
The Satanic Temple has challenged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a debate on religious freedom in America after the governor said this week that Satanists can’t be part of a recently approved chaplains program for public schools. DeSantis signed House Bill 931 into law on Thursday, allowing school districts and charter schools to “adopt a policy to authorize volunteer school chaplains to provide
JoeMyGodApr 12 2024
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Labor of love: Reid Leonard's "Arch of Freedom" is coming into focus
SALISBURY — When longtime Salisbury resident Reid Leonard died on Nov. 15, 2023, there was still plenty left on his plate that he never got to do. Luckily, his friends and family have decided to carry on with one of his last requests. Having been the mastermind behind the City Park’s Patriots Flag Concourse to commemorate military veterans, one of Reid’s last passions he was tinkering with was
Salisbury Post