Comments on: What is religious freedom?

By: crowepps

crowepps — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:18:27 +0000

One of the persistent problems during the Thirty Years War was property rights over a large piece of land changing from a Catholic aristrocrat to a Protestant aristocrat, and all the people living on it being required to change religions every time a death, marriage or sale transferred the deed.

I realize both Protestants and Catholics were enthusiastic participants at the time, but I would have thought the results of the practice, like killing off one-third of the population and devastating the infrastructure, would have convinced everyone having ‘the boss’ choose what religion the ’employee’ was going to practice is a really lousy idea.

What’s next? The Catholic are going to advocate bringing back serfdom?

By: Suido

Suido — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:50:30 +0000

The Secular Coalition of America, under the leadership if the newly appointed Executive Director, Edwina Rogers, is chiming in.

If she is chiming in? Way to spread the general feeling of mistrust :P

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:13:06 +0000

… but it is more important to be against Obama.

By: jamessweet

jamessweet — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:53:57 +0000

The SCA press release also stated that, according to a half-remembered poll from the mid-90s, a majority of the members of the Legatus coalition are in favor of the HHS ruling anyway.