Current federal law is weakly enforced, Goldfeder says.
Current federal law is weakly enforced, Goldfeder says.
Goldfeder says context is important when considering holiday decorations in public schools.
Lectures from the 2016 Restoring Religious Freedom Conference, "Law, Religion, Equality, and Dignity," are available on YouTube.
John Witte, Jr. delivered a lecture on former slave James W.C. Pennington, who was the first African-American to study at Yale.
Emory scholars discuss questions for court regarding controversial religious practices.
Why haven't Jewish groups rallied to the defense of the Satmars, even though they (and we) do not share the Hasidim¿s utter and absolute rejection of all things secular. Religious freedom is measured by how we protect the rights of those with whom we do not agree.
Why haven't Jewish groups rallied to the defense of the Satmars, even though they (and we) do not share the Hasidim¿s utter and absolute rejection of all things secular. Religious freedom is measured by how we protect the rights of those with whom we do not agree.
Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University and former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, will tackle the challenges of the universal right to religious freedom in a world of diversity, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. at Emory University School of Law.
Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, lectured on "Religious Freedom-- A Second Class Right?" Tuesday, September 20. Professor Glendon's lecture, which was part of the "When Law and Religion Meet 2011-2012" series, is available to view online:
Catholic bishops have been in the news lately saying that the federal mandate that private insurers cover contraceptive services violates religious freedom.