http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/the-new-wave-of-extreme-state-religious-freedom-restoration-act-rfra-legislation-why-its-dangerous/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/the-new-wave-of-extreme-state-religious-freedom-restoration-act-rfra-legislation-why-its-dangerous/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:58:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76544 Findlaw: "Child safety has routinely been undermined by religious organizations arguing for religious liberty "guarantees" in cases involving medical neglect by faith-healing parents; the regulation of religious schools, camps and social-service providers; and child sex abuse by clergy. I discussed these issues in some detail in my 2007 book God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law, so Professor Dwyer's remarks did not surprise me, but they apparently did surprise many in the law-and-religion field -- testifying, I suppose, to the larger problem of the overspecialization of law professors. On the RFRA issue, as I will explain, it is the family-law professors who are correct: RFRAs were, and continue to be, a dangerous legal innovation." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/14/the-new-wave-of-extreme-state-religious-freedom-restoration-act-rfra-legislation-why-its-dangerous/feed/ 0