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Glendon cautions on consequences of devaluing religious freedom
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares this week to hear a case on whether a Michigan school run by a Lutheran church is subject to a federal law banning discrimination based on a disability, Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon raises a broad concern about religious freedom in America: Contrary to those who fear that the religious right is taking over and we are on the verge of a ¿faith-based¿ America, religion and religious freedom are actually the values in danger, she says.