Stating that "nothing defines us more as Americans [than] our religious liberties," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales unveiled the Justice Department's "First Freedom Project" to the Southern Baptist Executive Committee in Nashville on Tuesday. His new Religious Freedom Task Force will step up enforcement of laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of religion and will educate churches on how to file complaints about violations of their rights. We applaud Attorney General Gonzales for recognizing the ongoing threat to religious freedom and for taking firm steps to defend our "first freedom."
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Comments (3)
Its about time the federal government got involved in protecting our constitutional right to practice our religion in the public domain.
How many lawsuits has the ACLU filed across the country to end this right and how many have they won? This Communist/atheist group of well-funded bigots needs to be stopped.
February 22, 2007 7:24 PM | Comment Permalink
That is a great development and I would love to learn more about the efforts and process.
February 22, 2007 9:06 PM | Comment Permalink
You have a constitutional right to practice your religion, Elaine. The government, state or federal, has not - and that includes any public official who is speaking or acting on behalf of said government. They can believe and worship as they please when they are off-duty, so long as it doesn't influence their official position - and they espicially cant use their government position to promote any religious position or church.
February 23, 2007 4:15 PM | Comment Permalink