conscientious objection
Let’s treat religious liberty like conscientious objection
By Mark Silk — December 21, 2021
(RNS) — Here's a modest proposal for improving current free-exercise jurisprudence.
16 Jehovah’s Witnesses released from prison in Turkmenistan during Ramadan
By Adelle M. Banks — May 11, 2021
(RNS) — ‘These young men are excited to return home and once again help support their families and local communities,’ said a spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The new cost of doing business: Toeing the line on politically correct beliefs
By Emilie Kao — September 12, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A farmer was kicked out of a municipal market because of his religious beliefs about marriage. That was wrong, and the court that begins hearing his case this week should recognize that.
Trampling on health care providers’ consciences
By Charles C. Camosy — September 6, 2016
(RNS) History teaches us to protect a health care provider's right to refuse to participate in controversial medical practices.
Why civil disobedience is irrelevant to gay marriage
By David P. Gushee — July 8, 2015
Why the nationalization of legal gay marriage does not really present the possibility of civil disobedience, despite angry rhetoric to that effect.
Understanding civil disobedience
By David P. Gushee — July 6, 2015
If a government mandates what God forbids, or forbids what God mandates, civil disobedience may be required. An analysis.
Page 1 of 1
