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The conflict between Shawn’s request for state enforcement of her Christian understanding of marriage and anti-sharia legislation raises larger questions about whose religious beliefs are, or should be, respected under the law.

Count on US religious right leaders to raise hell about human rights ruling.

While the Talmud dictates that both men and women dress modestly, the legal tradition that follows in its wake makes dress requirements for women much more rigid. Thus, the fact that in many Orthodox summer camps, or Kibbutzim, one can readily find young Orthodox men in shorts and T-shirts while young girls wear skirts and longer sleeves is not inconsequential. And how often are religious boys told, “Don’t wear that, it’s not tznius (modest)!”? Not very often.

A high school student adds some big guns to his campaign.

Prepare to believe… that they would hire divorcees or Muslims.

But it’s even more disturbing that a prof at a state school paid was paid by the church.

American Christians speak out as others remains silent.

It all started this past May with an email composed by an undergraduate student in “Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought,” a course offered in the Religious Studies department at the University of Illinois. The student forwarded to the department chair an email the…

Teachers and administrators free to proselytize… unless they agree not to.

Yes, it really is about the gays.