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As we all know religion is a big part of a lot of peoples lives. As an American we have the right to practice our own religion, whatever that may be. This website explains how the government is a big advocate of trying to protect and promote the right to practice your own religion.

In this article, Lorna Jaynes expresses her thoughts on gay marriage and polygomy. She thinks that gay marrige should be allowed and that people who are also in favore of making it legal and for those who arn't should keep an open mind to other relationship views like polygomy. The reality show Sister Wives is used as a example in that they are being sued because Kody Brown is "married" to four woman. Their argument is that they are not causing and physical problems for anyone and they are not harming their children in any way so the government should stay out of their presonal lives.

This article is about gay marriage, polygamy, and contracts. If gay couples who are "married" or in a domestic partnership do not get the same benefits as a regular married couple. The author of this article is pressing for gays to have the same rights as everyone else. Moreover, the latest in polygamy in Utah is felt by many to be too much in to another person's business. It is that the state if Utah is 'persecuting citizens for living their religious values.

Now kids can not even see Charlie Brown for a field trip because it is a form of religion. Even with parents permission a school is being criticized for this outting.

Case by case situations are being examined, but employers do have the right to set working conditions. What if it attacks personal and religious beliefs?

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 article talks about how the bill would allow all employers with religious and moral objections to birth control to refuse to provide coverage for that purpose through their health plans. It also states that "employers would still have to provide coverage for contraception drugs for other medical reasons but could make women seeking reimbursements explain why they needed it. "

The Obama administration has revised its controversial mandate that had forced religious employers to pay for health insurance coverage that includes birth control and drugs like Plan B, the morning after pill, and ella that can cause abortions.

Good information for this topic. Specifics like which states and the laws around it are listed here. There are also opinions from ill people ad religious people for both sides of this topic.

Arizona has a bill awaiting the state's House approval that would give any employer the option to not offer employees contraception. This bill is meant to protect the businesses that have a religious or moral objection to birth control.

It's frightening to listen to our governor talk about this bill. Scary!

Explains that when Obama care takes effect religious organizations will not have to provide coverage if it offends their beliefs. Instead under the health care act the insurers will be the offering birth control and doing so free of charge.

A proposal to ban circumcision will be on the San Francisco electoral ballot come November. Circumcision is a religious practice amongst Jews and Muslims making it a violation of the First Amendment.

With the help of libertarians New York was the largest state to legalize same sex marriage. New York is only the sixth state to legalize same sex marriage. Many power officials were reprimanded for speaking out against same sex marriage. Same sex marriage has also affected some religious adoption agencies. A catholic adoption agency has been reprimanded for refusing the adoption to a same sex family.

This article shows how the Libertarian party has very conflicting views regarding same sex marriage. On one hand, same sex marriage corresponds with the Libertarian motto. On the other hand, however, many Libertarians are torn between their party's motto and what they inherently believe to be "true marriage."

There are 31 states that allow parents or guardians to give alcohol to minors, only 7 of those restrict it to a private residence. Even in countries where there is not minimum drinking age and it is customary for teens to drink during meals or religious ceremonies with their parents, there is still an observable incidence of intoxication and binge drinking.

Thee anti-discrimination laws intertwine with religious liberties. There are many things that people do in a day to day basis that they can be discriminated on whether it is getting a wedding cake or going out to eat where they can be denied. Yet it has also opened a wide range of possibilities for those who were being discriminated on to go other places for their choices.