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• - Article about a United States Supreme Court case in which the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is challenged.
  
• - Interesting essay which clarifies the difference between "the question of religion and politics" and "the question of church and state".
  
• - World-wide non-profit organization based in Fairfax, Virginia that deals with issues of religious freedom around the world.
  
• - Political science papers dealing with the relationship of church and state, and religious liberty.
  
• - After having its Religious Freedom Restoration Act declared an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power in 1997, Congress tries again with the Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999.
  
• - Subtitled "Cross-Cultural Observations", an article by N.J. Demerath and Karen S. Straight in Cross Currents that discusses various religion-state models in "Eastern" and "Western" countries.
  
• - A non-profit, non-sectarian, educational organization dedicated to defending the religious freedom of all, regardless of creed, gender or ethnic origin.
  
• - Founded in 1967 at the University of Chicago for the purpose of preserving the religious liberty of the Old Order Amish (and related Anabaptist groups, including Mennonites) -- and hence religious liberty for all.
  
• - Newly elected President George W Bush announces a plan that will enable the "state" to pay "churches" for social problem solving. Washingtonpost.com.
  
• - A paper that discusses and analyzes the thoughts of the founding fathers upon drafting the First Amendment's freedom of religion.
  
• - Debate how you feel about your First Amendment rights, about school prayer and your taxes going towards religious groups. Do you believe First Amendment had the effect of forbidding anyone from using the government to pass sectarian legislation? Will this
  
• - Discusses theistic oaths for public office holders, mandated participation in religious substance abuse programs, Boy Scouts of America policy mandating theistic oath and statement of religious principle, and veterans' organizations religious membership r
  
• - A group of self-described traditional Catholics take issue with the Second Vatican Council's teachings on religious freedom.
  
• - A national and global referral and information exchange network of Pagan religious freedom activists.
  
• - Index of resources for practitioners of Earth Religions who are experiencing religious discrimination.
  
• - A list of legal reference documents and form letters that witches can use in their local fights for religious freedom. Includes references for Australia, Canada, the United States, and a few individual states.
  
• - A march and rally in Washington DC for non-believers worried about the US becoming more of a theocratic state.
  
• - A monthly update on state and federal litigation concerning the First Amendment's religion clauses.
  
• - CHILD is a nonprofit US organization fighting religion-based medical neglect. Includes case histories of children who died after receiving faith-based healing instead of medical care, examples of religious exemptions to public-health regulations, and le
  
• - 650+ essays on belief systems, well organized. They neither support nor attack, but attempt to be inclusive of all sides of the issues covered.
  
• - An overall view of religious liberty as defined by U.S. Supreme Court cases.
  
• - List of links to primary and secondary sources, mostly U.S. Government documents and historical essays, concerning the two religion clauses of the First Amendment.
  
• - Subtitle: (And They Called It America) How would you react if your State government required the Witches Rede to be mounted in your child's classroom?
  
• - The CLRC fights anti-Catholicism and is the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. Their website contains articles on conflicts between government and the Catholic Church and/or individual Catholics.
  
• - Surveys freedom of religious minorities, as well as widespread harassment, torture, murder, and interference from government and police.
  
• - An extensive repository of laws, cases, news, and historical materials pertaining to religious freedom in the United States.