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Top Court's Ruling in School Case Skirts Bigger Issue
By Tamara Lytle - AOL News(June 29) -- The Supreme Court has decided a California law school can deny university recognition to a campus club that bars non-Christians from its membership. But the ruling still hasn't settled the larger issue of how far colleges can go in pressing student groups not to discriminate. Many public universities have policies requiring campus groups not to discriminate on the basis of things like religion, sexual orientation and race. However, in making its decision Monday the court passed up the opportunity to rule on how those policies apply to religious groups -- whether a Christian ...
Quebec Burqa Ban? Province Moves to Prohibit the 'Total Veil'
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyEarly last month, an Egyptian immigrant was banned from her French classes in Quebec. At issue was neither grades nor bad behavior but dress. Naema Ahmed, 29, refused to remove her niqab, the full veil that covers all but the eyes. The school, which helps integrate immigrants into French-speaking Quebec through language immersion, said that having Ahmed's mouth covered impeded her teacher's ability to correct pronunciation. Further, they couldn't guarantee that Ahmed's teacher would be a woman, which she requested. Ahmed was asked to either remove her veil or not return to class. She opted for ...
Ban the Burqa in the U.S.? Over My (Seldom Worn) Yarmulke
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyThe post by my Politics Daily colleague Bonnie Erbé suggesting that the U.S. follow France's lead in considering a ban on burqas leaves me gobsmacked. She says: ...
Of Spike Heels and Headscarves
By Lizzie Skurnick - Politics DailySince I seem to be taking the unpopular, counter-intuitive stance lately, I thought I'd chime in on our burqa debate with a nice holiday story in support of them. (Well, in support of those opposing a ban, at least.) It's entirely apolitical and completely self-sourced, but nonetheless an illustration of Delia's excellent point, which I'll reproduce in its entirety: one of the reasons burqas are such a bugaboo for some American women is that they don't encounter them all that frequently. ...
The Manhattan Declaration: Will Young Evangelicals Be Swayed?
By Paul O'Donnell - Politics DailyLast month, an impressive collection of Roman Catholic bishops, evangelical Christian leaders and conservative academics gathered at the National Press Club in Washington to release a joint statement they called the Manhattan Declaration: A Call to Conscience, delineating what one signer calls "a line in the sand" on abortion, gay marriage, and religious freedom. Then the document promptly fell into a black hole. The New York Times ran a single, pro-forma article; one evangelical commentator I spoke with said he had to acquaint rank-and-file Christians with the declaration before he could get ...
Obama's Chinese Box: Where Does Religious Freedom Fit?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyBarack Obama arrived in Japan today on the first leg of his first trip to Asia as president, a delicate week-long diplomatic swing which will confront him with an array of pressing issues, from North Korea and nukes to climate change and the global economy. But few topics have as much potential to complicate his mission abroad -- or polish his image with Americans back home, from conservative Christians to supporters of Tibetan Buddhism -- as religious freedom in China.The stakes are enormous as religious belief is exploding in China. A government-sponsored survey in 2007 showed the number of ...
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