by Stuart Blythe | Aug 13, 2019 | Opinion
Should street preachers be arrested? That is the topic of a recent article by John Stackhouse, who serves as Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Stackhouse avoids rightly discussing the specific...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 11, 2017 | News
Laws against blasphemy remain “astonishingly widespread” around the world, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Such legislation is “detrimental to religious freedom,” often leads to human rights abuses,...
by Robert Parham | May 11, 2015 | Opinion
When does provoking hatred cross the line from free speech to irresponsible speech? The legal answer may differ from the moral answer. The legal answer appeared in a recent court ruling. A United States District Court judge ruled earlier this year that the New York...
by David Kerrigan | Jan 9, 2015 | Opinion
The terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine came as yet another shocking example of the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on today’s world. Nothing, absolutely nothing, that offends us justifies murder. Admittedly that is a Western value, but it...
by Phillip Larsen | Sep 25, 2014 | Opinion
My favorite amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the First Amendment. The First Amendment is a warm blanket of free thought that has served as the example of freedom we get to enjoy. I get to think, say and write what I want, associate with whom I want and pretty...
