Teachers should help students understand why religious freedom protections — like the prohibition against teacher-led prayer — benefit people of all religions and none.
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The State of the First Amendment
2019 Survey Finds Broader Awareness of First Amendment Freedoms, But 29% Think It Goes Too Far
Every year the First Amendment Center of the Freedom Forum Institute surveys American views on freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition, and collects sample opinions on contemporary First Amendment issues.
Read the full report at freedomforuminstitute.org
Intensive Courses
African Americans and Religious Freedom
Jan. 6 - 10, 2020
The Religious Freedom Center of Freedom Forum Institute will offer this graduate-level intensive designed for seminary students to critically examine the contentious politics of race and religious freedom in American public life.
Please register by Dec. 1, 2019.
The Georgia 3Rs Project
Rights • Responsibility • Respect
The Georgia 3Rs Project, led by Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, is a three-year initiative designed to create demonstration models of religious literacy and religious liberty in three Georgia public school districts.
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Business Leaders Track
Religious Freedom & Business
The Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, in collaboration with the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, is now offering state-of-the-art resources, including executive seminars and training, to help businesses successfully navigate issues related to religion or belief.
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5 Minutes of Religious Freedom
A Web Series Promoting Religious Liberty
Featuring religious and civil liberties leaders from around the world, 5 Minutes of Religious Freedom is a web series about how “religious freedom, liberty of conscience, is a precious, fundamental right for people of all religions and none.”
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First Amendment-related news, commentary and podcast from the First Amendment Center.
Teacher-led Prayer: Unconstitutional but Appropriate?
Protecting Religious Freedom Has a Domino Effect
The recent death of a turbaned Sikh law enforcement officer sparks conversation over the fact that some members of minority religious communities are still forced to decide between serving their country and honoring their religious identities.
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Telescope Media Group v. Luthero: Federal appellate court weighs in on the religious liberty culture war
Courts are facing the thorny issue of balancing religious liberty and anti-discrimination laws and have to answer the question, do religious believers engaged in for-profit businesses have to produce goods and services that violate their deeply held religious beliefs?
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