State Religious Freedom Initiatives: Some Thoughts

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  June 13th at 08:13 AM  | 

Last night, the voters of North Dakota shot down an amendment to their state constitution in a vote that was not as close as many prognosticators predicted. In fact, a similar measure failed to get the required signatures for placement on the ballot in 2010 and just barely got enough signatures this time around. To read some liberal blogs and the ACLU, one would think | Read More »

Church and State: Free Exercise

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  March 25th at 05:01 PM  | 

The main controversy over the Free Exercise of Religion clause of the First Amendment is how narrow or broad an interpretation is necessary. Here, the plain text of that clause is illuminating. The clause uses the word “exercise.” Today, as in the 1700s, the word infers action. In fact, that great “sacrosanct” Jefferson letter that permeates constitutional thought today specifically agrees with this idea in | Read More »