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Religious groups’ brief explains why government shouldn’t be able to circumvent protections
The government must carefully limit the scope of its regulation so that it advances that overwhelming interest without unnecessarily limiting valid exercises of the fundamental right.
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Students, teachers eager to tackle issues of history, Constitution
Both the desire to wrestle with tough issues (rather than settle further into a particular bias) and to freely disagree with their peers is a good sign for U.S. history and civics education in our country.
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Can Muslim man be forced to act as informant? Or does it abuse his religious freedom?
Religious freedom is not a narrow, partisan issue. Potential threats to this freedom come from many different administrations and cut across religious affiliations.
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Is free market medical care the only option?
The failure of significant healthcare policy reforms at both national and state levels suggests that these market-based policy reforms also require more time to become politically possible.
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Utah Legislature grapples with civics education
Rather than civics education funneling people into a type of shallow activism, robust civics comes from a common understanding of and personal connection to our history as Americans.
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SCOTUS cases point to religious freedom issues that Congress should help decide
Congress must play a larger role in protecting religious freedom while balancing the interests of others. This branch of government is better suited for balancing various interests than the Supreme Court, which tends to decide on only very specific disputes.
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Expecting traditional outcomes in a world of changing values is insane
If we disregard as unfair the principles of free enterprise and instead adopt the notion of social equality — regardless of the standard at which equality is realized — then we exchange the inequality of outcomes possible under a free…
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Sutherland Institute supports Special Needs Scholarship Amendments
Education is about helping each individual student reach their unique God-given potential, whatever path it takes to achieve that.
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Entrepreneurs in the marketplace help healthcare reform in Utah
Utah’s entrepreneurial spirit – the free market drive to innovate to fulfill people’s unmet needs – is particularly strong and visible in Utah’s healthcare sector.
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Sutherland Institute launches new series: Religious Freedom 101
Sutherland Institute will be addressing questions about religious freedom in detail with a series called Religious Freedom 101.