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COMMENTARY: A parched patch of prejudice
By Tom Ehrich — March 4, 2014
(RNS) What's next? Disobeying traffic signs because a gay-friendly city government put them up? Drawing down on a policeman because he happens to be gay? Obeying only those laws that no gay person supports or benefits from?
Religious liberty vs. civil rights: A balancing act
By Richard Wolf — February 28, 2014
(RNS) While religious liberty remains a "core value" in Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday, "so is non-discrimination." And therein lies the balancing act that's at the root of several other disputes.
Pope Francis charges cardinals to oppose ‘any discrimination’
By David Gibson — February 22, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Retired Pope Benedict XVI was also at the ceremony, his first public appearance since he resigned the papacy a year ago.
Traveling while Sikh? There’s an updated app for airport profiling complaints
By Bart Jansen — November 26, 2013
(RNS) The coalition created the FlyRights app in April 2012 because of concerns that Transportation Security Administration officers profiled travelers for their appearance -- and Sikhs in particular because of their turbans. The TSA insists it doesn't profile traveler.
Conservatives say censorship has increased on Facebook, iTunes
By Katherine Burgess — October 3, 2013
A panel discussion hosted by the National Religious Broadcasters considers incidents of “viewpoint censorship,” when new media companies block conservative Christian speech.
Judge: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association didn’t discriminate against black employee
By Adelle M. Banks — October 10, 2012
(RNS) A North Carolina judge has ruled the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association did not discriminate against a black woman employee. By Adelle M. Banks.
Sikh TSA agent wins suit over religious wristband
By Lauren Markoe — June 6, 2012
(RNS) A high-ranking Sikh security officer at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport has won $30,000 after the Transportation Security Administration said he could not wear a kara, a metal wristband that reminds Sikhs to be devoted to God. By Lauren Markoe.
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