Posts Tagged First Amendment
A Blunt Instrument
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on March 1st, 2012
Today, the Senate is poised to vote on a proposal by Missouri Senator Roy Blunt that could potentially eviscerate health insurance guarantees for millions of Americans under the guise of protecting religious liberty. The Blunt Amendment is indeed a blunt instrument, part of a deeply cynical and wholly phony debate over whether requiring employers to [...]
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Those Hits Keep Coming….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on February 23rd, 2012
Ummn…how much longer must we endure this “short” legislative session? And why are Indiana lawmakers so spooked by gay people? This week alone, we’ve heard how the Girl Scouts are “really” in the business of producing commie feminist lesbians. Yesterday (while even Brian Bosma was roaming the Statehouse halls passing out Girl Scout cookies and [...]
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“Girls” of All Ages
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Religious Liberty on February 10th, 2012
I’ve watched the recent insurance/contraception controversy play out with an increasing sense of unreality. The GOP attack on the HHS rules seemed so transparently political–after all, some 26 states have had similar rules for years, and somehow religiously-affiliated hospitals and universities have lived with them. I chalked it up to the same partisan frenzy that [...]
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The Heckler’s Veto?
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on January 1st, 2012
The Indiana Statehouse has been the focus of a lot of demonstrations over the years, and probably just as many efforts to abort–or at least minimize– those demonstrations. Remember when the KKK came to town? The argument was “We can’t let them use the Statehouse steps–people will riot and it will endanger public safety!” The [...]
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Stop the Presses! ACLU Supports Christian Athletes
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on February 28th, 2011
One of the great myths promulgated by the Christian Right is that the ACLU is “anti-religion” and “anti-Christian.” Those bent on demonizing the organization conveniently overlook the many cases in which the ACLU represents the rights of religious folks. When I was Executive Director of Indiana’s ACLU, it used to irritate me that we got [...]
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