Obama regrets remark
MUNCIE, Ind. — Democrat Barack Obama concedes that comments he made about bitter working-class voters who cling to guns or religion were ill chosen.
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Protecting Gina's First Amendment Rights
Gina, a college student in Suffolk County, New York, contacted us regarding her professor’s unconstitutional decision to make passing a required philosophy course contingent upon her willingness to express agreement with philosophical critiques of the existence of God that conflict with her religious beliefs.
Gina maintains a 3.9 GPA and has had good relationships with her professors at the college. This semester, she is taking an Introduction to Philosophy course that is required by the college for graduation. Gina did very well on the first few class assignments, receiving a 4 out of 4 grade. However, the grades she received on class assignments dropped significantly once God and religion became prominent topics of class discussion and her refusal to compromise her Christian faith became apparent. This is because the course goes beyond merely requiring knowledge of prominent philosophers and their arguments or ways of thinking, which Gina does not object to. Rather, the professor believes that it is his job to get students to change their own personal viewpoints or state that they are unsure of whether their own personal beliefs are correct.
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ADF to appeal N.M. commission’s ruling against Christian photographer
The commission found an Albuquerque photography company, run by a Christian husband and wife, guilty of “sexual orientation” discrimination under state antidiscrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony.”
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