Losing liberty

Religious freedom is under attack in the Western democracies—and in the name of human rights | Gene Edward Veith

At a time when Christians are murdered in the Middle East, imprisoned in China, and enslaved in northern Africa, it may seem strange to worry about freedom of religion in America and the West. Though American Christians are a long ways from being overtly persecuted, the right to the free exercise of religion is nevertheless being chiseled away. And though religious freedom has been considered foundational to all other rights, ironically, the new assaults on religious liberty are coming in the name of human rights.

Outlawing religion can be done in two ways: by restricting what a religious group teaches or the way its followers live out their faith, or by requiring actions that go against a religion's teachings. Consider three cases:

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