The weakened state of religious liberty

Doug Carlson writes at the The Ethics and Religious Liberty Comission blog: “Our nation will give special emphasis this week to a constitutional protection and timeless right conferred to us by God: religious liberty. President Obama will set aside Jan. 16 as Religious Freedom Day, continuing an annual tradition begun in 1993 to commemorate the 1786 passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, a forerunner to the First Amendment right to freedom of religion. As we begin 2010, it is fitting that we pause to take inventory of our religious freedom. In short, our “first freedom” has fallen on hard times. Consider its weakening condition over the last 12 months.”