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Do you ever wonder when you are able to practice your religion? Have you ever been denied a job opportunity or given rude looks because you believed in something someone else did not? This website provides a lot of helpful information regarding religious discrimination and shows how our society views it currently.

This article along with anything oriented around Religious Freedoms makes me fume. Workplace discrimination is a double bladed sword in my opinion. The employee has the right to practice religion in the workplace in many cases, but the owning entity is forced to forfeit their liberty to refuse based on their own beliefs. Duality and legality in its most primitive forms.

I believe that we as individuals should be able to be open and free about ourselves. Religion is a HUGE part of some people's lives, to the point they live and breathe nothing but their religion. Totally not the same, but it's almost like breastfeeding in the workplace. Some people (such as myself) need to take breaks to pump,I am constantly being joked about, given rude looks, and mocked for something I chose to do as a mother, much like those who are ridiculed for being religious. We should all be able to do and be as we please.

This website contains statistics and information about religious freedom. There are several links that contain additional information about freedom of religion in America. On this website is a quiz about national attitudes and beliefs relating to religious freedom.

The Obama administration's rule requiring employer health plans to cover birth control without a co-payment has given rise to a slew of lawsuits by private companies claiming the mandate attacks religious freedom. Employers refusing to provide birth control for their employees due to their religious beliefs.

This article talks about religious offences in different countries. It also states why we should care about freedom of religion.

This article is about freedom of religion. It talks about how freedom of religion is something everyone should have and you should not be told what to do with your beliefs.

The suggestion is made that people go away from their faith the more time they spend on education. It asserts that education is why people become less religious. It also compares various countries and the correlation between education and religion

This article is about the freedom of religion. It talks about freedom of religion in the public square and in the public schools. Another issue it address is the history of religion in America.

The goal to work on freedom of religion and belief is to guarantee that all are free to follow and practice their faith, or no faith at all, without governmental influence or interference.

A federal judge ruled in favor of a lumber company who opposed providing contraceptive coverage to employees on the grounds that it violated the companies religious beliefs. The article details an example of a for-profit company winning an exemption.

The goal of the ACLU is to guarantee that all are free to practice their faith-or no faith at all-without governmental interference. Through litigation, public education, and advocacy, the ACLU promotes religious freedom and works to ensure that government neither prefers religion over non-religion nor favors particular faiths over others.

All people have the right to practice their faith without government intervention. The government cannot prefer any religion over others.

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. This website describes our religious freedoms.

Churchgoers that have declined to receive vaccination for religious reasons have been linked to a small outbreak of measles. This example of a concentrated area of people with lowered immunity to certain diseases may be presented as evidence for future proposals to require citizens to receive vaccinations.

Theres been battles over letting the same sex get married for years. Just last year they passed a law on it saying it is legal. In the article it talks about same sex marriage and how sometimes religion gets in the way.

This article talked about Religious Freedom. It went into detail about having the right to have beliefs and some of it is traditional. Any person should have the right to their own beliefs.

This article discusses and gives a few examples of Christian persecution here in the United States. In the examples given, this persecution has been a result of Christians standing up for their beliefs by not providing services for homosexual weddings. These beliefs and decisions should be defended by the government as religious freedom, rather than persecuted.

It is not their place to judge and is so sad to see that they are feeling he need to take "Gods" place and judge others.

Gay marriage could have the snow ball effect. The first Amendment could be effected. People are claiming discrimination but it's really religious beliefs

This article is written by a Congressman, Bob Goodlatte. He is describing his stance on personal freedoms and bullet points actions he has taken. The actions include surveillance, privacy, the right to bear arms, and healthcare to name a few.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

This explains a persons individual rights and personal freedoms and that the government cannot infringe upon them.

This article talks about why church and state should be separate entities. It talks about how it is our right to follow any religion or none at all. To create a government that focuses on one religious group would cause discrimination against other groups as well as disrespect those of whom don't follow said religion. Keeping church and state separate also promotes the free exchange of ideas without fear of being persecuted for having a different belief. It is important to defend the separation of church and state as defending the 1st amendment right, defends personal liberties and promotes basic respect.