Governor Chafee has made appeals for the bill on the grounds of religious tolerance, invoking the spirit of Roger Williams, who founded Rhode Island, which became a haven from religious persecution.
As Trump's willingness to work closely with extreme religious conservatives becomes steadily more apparent, many secular groups fear we will spend the next four years under the tyranny of religious authoritarians who invoke religious freedom to roll back civil rights.
As Trump's willingness to work closely with extreme religious conservatives becomes steadily more apparent, many secular groups fear we will spend the next four years under the tyranny of religious authoritarians who invoke religious freedom to roll back civil rights.
Second, he analyzed the historical development of the intelligent design movement, including its roots in medieval theology and creation science, as well as the religious language invoked by its supporters, and concluded that an objective observer would understand intelligent design to be a religious strategy "that evolved from earlier forms of creationism".
Philosophers and religious leaders invoke the concept of evil.
Its law is territorial rather than religious and invokes no source of authority higher than the intangible assets that its people share.
The bizarre fascination with ascribing modern opinions to historical figures is the reason why American religious zealots invoke famously skeptical people like Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin to justify their insanity.
Lacking either the religious framework invoked by the founders of the modern university and the university-based business schools, or shared agreement about basic social values, we have no meaningful language for civic discourse about the ultimate purpose of our secular institutions.
In the last few years, not a day goes by when someone isn't invoking religious liberty when they really mean religious privilege.
The defense of the mosque's construction attracted even more attention when Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a series of strong remarks invoking religious freedom and talking about America's reputation as a haven for all religious groups.
