Category Archives: Freedom of Religion

Dollywood, Lesbians & the Neidermeyer Complex

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Howell Scott

You may know him as The Maestro — Bob Cobb — from several memorable episodes of Seinfeld.  But, before Mark Metcalf was The Maestro, he was Neidermeyer, the tightly wound ROTC officer in the 1978 John Landis-directed classic, Animal House.  … Continue reading →

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Sharia Law: Constitutional Menace or a Religious Freedom?

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Howell Scott

When you hear the words, “Sharia Law,” what immediately comes to mind?  If you said an Islamic legal code that is incompatible with the laws of our nation and states, you would probably be in “good” company, at least in … Continue reading →

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Methodists Cover Cross in NJ: Education Trumps Faith

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Howell Scott

In Neptune Township, NJ, education trumped faith with assists from the A.C.L.U. and some local Methodists.  I’m sure the Wesley Brothers would be so proud that the Great Auditorium, owned and operated by the Methodist-affiliated Camp Meeting Association, can host … Continue reading →

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Interfaith Alliance, Faith Shared & Sinking Sand

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Howell Scott

If you are liberal Baptist Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, “a religious freedom organization that seeks to unite diverse faith voices against extremism,” then your answer is a resounding, “YES!”  If you believe that the Bible is the … Continue reading →

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Westboro’s Free Speech Win: Repugnant Yet Right

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Howell Scott

“Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and—as it did here—inflict great pain. On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker.  As … Continue reading →

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Baptist Birds & Kentucky Mosques

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Howell Scott

As a transplanted Southerner living in the high desert of New Mexico, I am constantly trying to disciple the church flock on the finer points of our cherished Baptist distinctives.  Every time that we have a potluck fellowship at church, it gives … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Strange Reassurances of Faith

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Howell Scott

“However, I think that President Obama, through some of his own words and actions, including his outreach efforts to the Muslim world, his seeming indifference and/or hostility to Israel, his cancellation of the National Prayer Breakfast for two years in a row, and his … Continue reading →

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Religious Liberty: Do You Hear What I Hear?

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Howell Scott

When I hear someone use the phrase, “separation of church and state,” I admit that my first reaction is negative.  While I am well aware of the history behind the phrase and the constitutional principle that it embodies, there can … Continue reading →

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Virginia Baptists & Religious Liberty

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Howell Scott

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government … Continue reading →

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The Slippery Slope Starts Somewhere

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Howell Scott

After two visits from F.B.I. agents, condemnations from General David Patraeus, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, and a personal phone call from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the “pastor” of a small Gainesville-area church … Continue reading →

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