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Tactics, Strategies & Battles—Oh My: Perserverance Of The Perpetual Problem Regarding Preaching To Public Shool Pupils & Why It Persists, Casey S. Mckay

Casey Scott McKay

After reviewing the history of the religious war on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, my article, “TACTICS, STRATEGIES & BATTLES—OH MY: PERSERVERANCE OF THE PERPETUAL PROBLEM REGARDING PREACHING TO PUBLIC SHOOL PUPILS & WHY IT PERSISTs,“ examines why such a seemingly well-settled issue survives and even, to some extent, prospers.

First, by exploiting common misconceptions among the American public, lawmakers are able to take advantage of ignorance driven by strong emotions. Next, religious special interests groups, with seemingly unlimited funds, thrust propaganda supported by worldwide media reinforcement on an already vulnerable American public. Thus, irresponsible state legislators, caught between a rock …

Freedom From Religion, Avihay Dorfman

Avihay Dorfman

My argument develops two main claims. Negatively, I repudiate the core of the case against the redundancy of a principle of freedom from religion. The centerpiece of my argument at this stage is that the two prevailing theories of freedom from religion fail to take seriously the political circumstances - viz., democratic politics - under which claims for freedom from religion arise. Affirmatively, I develop an account of freedom from religion by elaborating the democratic conception of such freedom. On the proposed account, freedom from religion secures political freedom from infringements that are distinctively associated with religion. The point of …