Statement of Conscience Concerning World Wide Religious
Persecution. National Association of Evangelicals. Atheists in
the U.S. are very well off compared to minority religious believers
in some other countries. Religious persecution is a serious and
fundamental problem which demands attention.
Value
Pluralism and Political Liberalism. William A. Galston,
Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, School of
Public Affairs, University of Maryland. The following essay argues
in favor of a hands off approach by government that respects the
autonomy of sectarian religious institutions.
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... that decent respect for others and the toleration of dissent
is better than pride and a sense of national mission; that liberty
may be incompatible with, and better than, efficiency; that
pluralism and untidiness are, to those who value freedom, better
than the rigorous imposition of all embracing systems, no matter
how rational and disinterested. Sir Isaiah Berlin, The Three
Strands in My Life
