“From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate interest in protecting any or all religions from views distasteful to them... It is not the business of government to suppress real or imagined attacks upon a particular religious doctrine.” RealStatesEnoughGovernmentInterestReligiousViewsLibertyParticularSpeechPressesDoctrineFreedom Of SpeechStandpointDistasteful Author:Tom C. Clark
“Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right to organize opposition parties and to join voluntary associations, and freedom to cultivate and publish the fruits of scientific, philosophical, artistic, literary, moral and religious freedom.” ReasonScienceReligionIndividualReligiousPartyLibertyMoralVirtueCommunicationSpeechDiversityPhilosophicalPressesFruitPursuitRecognitionArtisticOppositionAssociationSkepticismOrganizeInquiryPublishDissentCivil LibertiesReligious FreedomFreedom Of The PressIndividual RightsFree PressFree ThoughtOpposition Parties Book:In defense of secular humanism Source: In defense of secular humanism
“Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in the service of a moral, political, and cultural idea.” WorldArtIdeasPoliticalLiteratureReligiousMoralWindowTheaterPressesCinemaManifestationDisplayPostersNazismNazi GermanyRottingMein Kampf Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press.” PeopleHandsChristianPoliticalCommunityReligiousRolesPressesCrucialRejected Author:Fred Barnes
“As the courts keep pushing religion out of sight, the press either ignores it or treats it as some sort of emotional affliction. It is hardly any wonder that religion slowly loses its grip on the popular mind.” MindChristianLosesReligiousWonderEmotionalTreatsSightCourtPressesPushingAffliction Author:Robert Bork
“In our sensible zeal to keep religion from dominating our politics, we have created a political and legal culture that presses the religiously faithful to be other than themselves, to act publicly, and sometimes privately as well, as though their faith does not matter to them.” WellsDoeSometimesMatterChristianPoliticalCultureReligiousPressesFaithfulSensibleZealDominating Author:Stephen L. Carter
“An Associated Press report called the President's antics 'Bible-thumping politics.' Clinton's message was decidedly religious and partisan, as was Governor's Cuomo's remarks as he 'also cited religious themes and maxims.' Why didn't the press, the ACLU, and People for the American Way cry foul?” PeopleWayChristianPresidentReligiousCryMessagesPressesClintonThemeReportsGovernorsMaximsRemarksFoulPartisansAntics Author:Gary DeMar
“An Associated Press report by Chicago-based reporter Sharon Cohen in May 1993 examined Christian fundamentalists and concluded that they were prone to 'riots, terrorism - and death.'” MayChristianReligiousPressesTerrorismReportsChicagoReportersRiotSharon Author:Ralph E. Reed, Jr.
“In the eyes of the Associated Press, American Christianity, which springs from the Protestant Reformation, is fundamentalist. And Christian Fundamentalists, radical Muslims, Hindu extremists, and fanatical Zionists are all the same - bloodthirsty lunatics.” EyeChristianReligiousChristianitySpringPressesRadicalReformationExtremistProtestantsFundamentalistZionistProtestant Reformation Book:The Turning Tide Source: The Turning Tide
“Concerning the press and politicians, the hatred for all such evangelical groups is not because of their real or fancied blunders but because they have reintroduced biblical morality into politics.” RealChristianReligiousGroupsPoliticianMoralityHatredPressesBiblicalEvangelicalBlunders Author:R.J. Rushdoony