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Essay / Religious freedom: a religious trap? - 1599
Due to the history of other countries, religious freedom should not be legalized further. Although one can acquire Christian values, religious freedom laws are known to be the backbone of discrimination, hatred, violence and superiority. This causes one religious group to feel dominant over the religious beliefs of another. Discrimination against religious groups in the United States is not as severe as in other countries around the world, but discrimination in the United States is increasingly widespread and poses an imminent threat to "religious freedom." Harvard Political Law Review student Zak Lutz comments on a recent high-profile court case involving the American Conference or Catholic Bishop's lawsuit against the Obama administration "Cardinal Timothy Dean of New York led." 43 Catholic institutions, ranging from schools to hospitals, arguing that it is unconstitutional that they must provide birth control to their employees (Lutz 2). here – especially given recent changes exempting religious groups from directly supplying their employees” (Lutz 3, Bishop of San Diego, points out that “in 1968, Pope Paul VI issued his encyclical letter). historical Humanae Vitae (Latin: "Human Life"), which reaffirmed the Church's consistent teaching that it is always intrinsically wrong to use contraception. to prevent new human beings from being born” (Brom 1). “Contraception is evil because it is a deliberate violation of the design that God established in the human race, called “natural law”…which is procreation” (Brom 1). The Obama administration discriminates against the Catholic religion and its views. “Freedom of Religion” is......in the middle of the document......34-44. Internet. April 23, 2014. Fleet, Josh. “History of Hate: Crimes Against Sikhs Since 9/11.” » The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com. August 7, 2012. The web. April 23, 2014. “The “Final Solution”,” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council. April 22, 2014. The web. April 22, 2014. Al-Saiedi, Abdul R. “Saddam accused of genocide of the Kurds”. Newyorktimes.com. New York Times. April 5, 2006. Web. April 23, 2014. Schulzke, Eric. “Religious Freedom as a Fundamental Human Right.” Desert News. March 24, 2012: np SIRS Issues Researcher. Internet. April 28, 2014. George, Robert P. and Katrina Lantos Swett. “Religious freedom goes far beyond religion.” The Wall Street Journal. July 26, 2013: A.11. Researcher on SIRS issues. Internet. April 28, 2014. Lutz, Zak. “Limits of religious freedom”. Harvard Political Review. June 1, 2013: 10. Researcher on SIRS issues. Internet. April 28. 2014.