Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights, Thomas Jefferson, and the danger of ‘God-given rights’

By Andrew L. Seidel — December 15, 2017
(RNS) — 'Premising our rights on some supernatural benevolence is dangerous,' writes Andrew L. Seidel on the Bill of Rights Day (Dec. 15.)

Religious liberty for all

By Curtis W. Freeman — August 14, 2017
(RNS) — Evangelical Christians in the founding of our republic understood something worth remembering. The flourishing of their communities depended on the extension of religious freedom, not only to minority Protestant dissenters like themselves, but to all.

Missouri to vote on prayer amendment as critics warn of legal nightmares

By Tim Townsend — August 3, 2012

ST. LOUIS (RNS) Missouri will vote next week on a constitutional amendment to protect Missourians' right to pray in public, but critics say it will open the door to all manner of unintended and costly consequences including endless taxpayer-funded lawsuits. By Tim Townsend.

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