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A Bible, gun, keys and wallet on top of a table. (source: FMG Law)

When Amendments collide

January 9, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States recently refused to hear an appeal challenging a law in the state of Georgia that banned firearms from places of worship: The high court today refused to hear an appeal from GeorgiaCarry.org, which wanted the justices to overturn a lower court decision upholding Georgia’s law banning guns in churches and other places of worship. GeorgiaCarry.org argued that the ban applying specifically to places of worship burdens “religiously motivated conduct by regulating […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes • Tags: First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Georgia, GeorgiaCarry.org, gun control, Second Amendment, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, United States Supreme Court

The growth of America’s religious diversity showed in 2012

December 28, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On the First Amendment Center, Charles C. Haynes discusses the emergence of religious diversity in America during 2012: The growing visibility and strength of America’s religious diversity is good news for religious freedom. The First Amendment affords legal protections, but it cannot fully prevent people in the majority from imposing social discrimination and political exclusion on those in the minority. As James Madison argued at our nation’s founding, religious freedom is best secured in a society of many faiths and […]

Categories: Civil Rights • Tags: First Amendment Center, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, freedom of religion, James Madison

“On faith and the American Way”

January 20, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

It was an interesting day to be reminded about the American principle of separation of church and state, as enshrined by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. On a day when Robert Bentley, Alabama’s new governor, had to apologize for his controversial comments about non-Christians, Ameek Singh, writing on a separate topic in The State News (the student newspaper out of Michigan State University), discusses the first amendment: …the history of faith in America continues this tradition. Americans have […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: Alabama, Ameek Singh, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Michigan State University, Robert Bentley, separation of church and state, The State News

Considering the experience of Sikhs in America.

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When Amendments collide

The growth of America’s religious diversity showed in 2012

“On faith and the American Way”