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Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Cynical Use of 'Freedom of Religion'

Kate Childs Graham of the National Catholic Reporter and YoungAdultCatholics-Blog.com doesn't give anyone a free pass in her essay on the misuse of freedom of religion. She writes:

In response to the injustices of the Second World War, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted what it called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

On this, the 60th anniversary of the Declaration, it is time to take a look at the ways that one of the human rights it listed, the idea of religious freedom, is being used, ironically, to further discriminatory agendas.

We recommend you read the entire essay.

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