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Article written by Terence Clark. The following quote is an example of the lack of discussion reference premarital sex. According to Clark, apparently the only choice is safe sex or unsafe sex; no sex is not an option. Add to that the last phrase about taking care of them and you have an example of entitlement: "Women's rights and the alarming speed with which the world's population is growing make access to birth control a necessity, not a sin. The Church -- and its supporters in some government circles in Washington -- would have all those children be born willy nilly, yet seem to care very little about supporting them once they are born."

While the Constitution aims to separate church and state. We see that "church" can be an influential part of a person's life. Some are more strongly led by religion than others. When such a person holds political office, their religious views, sometimes inadvertently, comes to take shape in politics.

You will find this article is comparable to oral contraception law, but also deals with the religious organization should be exempt from providing their employees with birth control. Here is a something I found interesting " It argues that while churches themselves are exempt from providing birth control to employees free of charge, "religious schools, hospitals, and social services don't qualify as religious, and must therefore provide these drugs and procedures."

Personal freedoms being taken a little far by the Westboro Baptist Church. The Westboro Baptist Church protest at military funerals while holding up signs that say "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11," "America is Doomed," "Thank God for IEDs" and "God Hates Fags". The U.S. federal court says that this is their freedom of speech right. If they made it illegal than they would have to change the amendment. Should they?

"The piece highlights Dr. Richard Wesley, a physician who was diagnosed with ALS four years ago, is now wheelchair bound, and seems to find immense relief in knowing when he can choose his end."

The Catholic church is openly against Obama's birth control mandate, even though a mjority of women in the Catholic church use and support birth control. In an attempt to take a shot at Obama, they aired an ad against his birth control mandate saying that it infringes upon their freedom of religion.

The Catholic church is set on its belief that regardless of the circustance religious beliefs far out weighs a womens right to have preventative health care. The Obama admistration has ruled that insurance companies cover birth control cost, and this has caused an uproar by the Catholic bishops.

The fight for conterceptives to be covered on insurance plans continues to work its way through the judicial branch. The church would like to have its religious beliefs impact our health care.

The "contraception mandate" requires private health plans to provide access to contraceptive drugs with no exception for religious beliefs. This includes the private health plan used by the Catholic Church when they don't believe in contraception of any form.

Letters to the editor regarding contraception rules in the new health care law. Some employers want to be exempt from the requirement that they offer contraception coverage to employees. The argument seems to be about whether a company owned by a church qualifies as church-based or if they're just a company like other businesses

The right to freedom of religion is so central to American democracy that it was enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution along with other fundamental rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press. In order to guarantee an atmosphere of absolute religious liberty, this country's founders also mandated the strict separation of church and state.

The U.S. federal court stated that the Westboro Baptist Church is protected under the First Amendment. The Westboro Church protest at military funerals. The yell at the families while hoding up signs thay say "God hates fags" and "God bless Dead Soldiers".

The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a fifth graders right to distribute invitations to her church's Christmas party. The school had banned the student from distributing the invitations citing the invitations contained religious materials. The court's decision was based on the First Amendment's right to free speech.

I agree that student's should be able to learn of and encourage the religious beliefs of their classmates. How do we expect to raise well rounded individuals if we raise them to treat religion with such a hush hush attitude?

Being in a public school system, no religion should be enforced at all. These were Christmas invitations, inviting the students to a church event imposing the Christian belief system. This could have been done outside of school or elsewhere. This situation would only be okay if it was conducted in a private religious school, where public money does not fund the institution.

Under equal protection, same sex couples should have the freedom and support to marry their loved ones. Religious faiths that are opposed to the idea are free to not support the couples. Under DOMA each state was given the right to define marriage.

If same sex couples meet the set forth requirements to be a common law couple they should be able to marry and be treated equally.

Provisions of DOMA were recently struck down which gave same sex couples equal protection under federal laws. A recent development that's getting little attention is churches are changing their bylaws to protect themselves from lawsuits by the LGBT community. The bylaws are taking up where DOMA was struck down, declaring the church only recognizes marriages between a man and a woman.

The Mormon church has plans to build 31 new temples worldwide and restore 5. Some new temples will be built in Barranquilla, Colombia; Durban, South Africa; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Star Valley, Wyo

DeSoto County Schools, public schools, have been asked to stop allowing Gideon International to distribute bibles to students on the school campus. Some are saying it's not a violation of the separation between church and state or freedom of religion because any religion should be allowed to do the same. However, the real issue is whether or not it should even be allowed because just as everyone has freedom of religion, they should also have freedom from religion.

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A woman fights for her right to her religious beliefs while working a government job, and a gay couple fight to get their right for a marriage license. Both of these situations clash in a battle of one right over another in a small farm town of 1,900 people.