“If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.” Vaclav Havel, (1936- ) Czech playwright, essayist, former dissident and politician. 10th and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989-92), 1st…

One of Pope Francis’s closest advisers has said “a strict separation of Church and State will “never work” and has appealed for greater co-operation between the two going forward. Speaking to journalists in Limerick, Ireland, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna,…

“Civil libertarians must often remind government officials (and others) that if the First Amendment only protected the expression of popular and agreeable ideas, it would be totally unnecessary since those ideas would never be threatened by our democratic form of…

The government of the United Kingdom is planning to reform gender identity rules to make it easier for people to choose their own gender in law. Under plans being considered by ministers, adults will be able to change their birth…

“‘The first thing we have to do is give a voice to our Churches,’ some say. The real meaning of this type of expression is the desire for some influence in the political and parliamentary sphere and in the juridical…

Some United Nations agencies have long avoided mention of the world of faith and religion in most matters. But U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, a practicing Roman Catholic with a deep Christian faith, said that religious leaders can help in combating…

“To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.” Ernest Renan, (1823-1892). Source Reference Ernest Renan Quote

Visa is challenging small restaurants, cafés and food trucks to stop accepting cash. The credit card company announced in a news release this week it is offering $500,000 to 50 eligible U.S.-based eateries to go 100 percent cashless. Restaurants signing up can…

“The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties,…

The religious right, with a big boost from President Donald Trump, is close to effectively ending a 63-year-old law banning churches from endorsing or opposing political candidates. House Republicans have quietly inserted into a spending bill a provision that limits…

“You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress is freedom of utterance in danger… Only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed,and when it is…

Many Evangelicals have made a mistake when they made a deal with Donald Trump. “Vote for me,” he said, “and I will give you Supreme Court picks and abolish the Johnson Amendment.” Mr. Trump’s “tempting” offer is remarkably like another…