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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, “good fences make good neighbors.”
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 232 (1948)
[concurring]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #churchandstate #Constitution #establishment #firstamendment #freedomofreligion #religion #religiousfreedom #SCOTUS
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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, “good fences make good neighbors.”
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 232 (1948)
[concurring]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #churchandstate #Constitution #establishment #firstamendment #freedomofreligion #religion #religiousfreedom #SCOTUS
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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, “good fences make good neighbors.”
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 232 (1948)
[concurring]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #churchandstate #Constitution #establishment #firstamendment #freedomofreligion #religion #religiousfreedom #SCOTUS
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A quotation from Felix Frankfurter
If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, “good fences make good neighbors.”
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 232 (1948)
[concurring]More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #churchandstate #Constitution #establishment #firstamendment #freedomofreligion #religion #religiousfreedom #SCOTUS
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
It is, I am afraid, true that frequently various religious groups endeavor to exert pressures and control over different legislative and educational fields. It is the job of all of us to be alert for such infringement of our prerogatives and prevent any such attempts from being successful. Like all our freedoms, this freedom from religious-group pressure must be constantly defended.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, activist; First Lady of the US (1933–45)
Memoir (1961), The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt, Part 4, ch. 43 “Unfinished Business”More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/85…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #churchandstate #freedomofreligion #religion #religiousfreedom
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/126372/ Pakistan’s Human Rights Achievements and Constitutional Safeguards Ahead of Geneva #Balochistan #BalochistanSecurity #ConstitutionalRights #counterterrorism #Geneva #HumanRights #KartarpurCorridor #MinorityRights #pakistan #PakistanConstitution #ReligiousFreedom #UNHumanRightsCouncil
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Texas: Faith, Freedom, and Mind Your Damn Business
By Cliff Potts, CSO
Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 4, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT
Texas talks about faith constantly and practices freedom inconsistently. Religion is waved like a banner while personal liberty is quietly narrowed, regulated, or punished when it doesn’t line up with political fashion. This contradiction has become so normal that many Texans barely notice it anymore.
Faith is not the problem. Power is.
Faith Is Personal, Not Administrative
Texas is home to churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, meeting houses, and people who believe quietly or not at all. That pluralism is not a flaw. It is a fact. Faith has always been part of Texas life, but it has never belonged to the state.
When government begins enforcing one version of belief, it stops protecting faith and starts weaponizing it. That does not strengthen religion. It cheapens it. Faith that requires government backing is not faith—it is insecurity dressed up as authority.
People believe deeply without being coerced. The state does not need to supervise that.
Freedom Means Leaving People Alone
Texas politicians love to invoke freedom while inserting themselves into private decisions about bodies, families, education, and belief. That is not freedom. It is control wrapped in familiar language.
True freedom is not loud. It is boring. It is the quiet confidence that your neighbor’s life choices are none of your business unless they cause real harm. A free society tolerates disagreement without demanding conformity.
If a belief system is strong, it does not need the force of law to survive.
Religion in Schools Without Indoctrination
Teaching about religion is not the same thing as preaching it. Students benefit from understanding the beliefs that shape history, culture, and global affairs. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Indigenous traditions, and secular ethics all belong in a serious education.
Teaching one belief as truth while excluding others is not education. It is indoctrination. Texas should be confident enough to teach broadly without fear.
Knowledge does not weaken faith. It strengthens discernment.
The Myth of Moral Decline
Texas politics often leans on claims of moral collapse to justify intrusion into private life. These claims rarely hold up under scrutiny. Crime trends, family structures, and social behavior are influenced far more by economics, education, and stability than by religious enforcement.
Blaming social problems on belief differences avoids addressing harder causes like poverty, healthcare access, housing, and education. Moral panic is easier than policy work.
A serious state solves problems instead of sermonizing about them.
Faith Communities Do Real Work
Faith-based organizations are often the first to respond when communities struggle. They feed people, shelter families, provide counseling, and show up quietly without demanding credit. That work matters. It deserves respect and support.
What it does not require is political dominance. Faith communities are strongest when they act voluntarily, not when they are fused to state power.
Service speaks louder than slogans.
Freedom of Conscience Cuts Both Ways
Freedom of religion includes the freedom not to believe. It includes the freedom to change beliefs. It includes the freedom to practice quietly without public approval. Protecting conscience means accepting outcomes you may personally dislike.
That is the price of liberty. It is also its strength.
Texas cannot claim to honor freedom while punishing people for living differently.
When Government Picks Winners
History offers no shortage of warnings about governments that decide which beliefs are acceptable. Even when intentions begin as sincere, outcomes tend toward exclusion, resentment, and abuse. Texas is not immune to that pattern.
Keeping church and state separate does not weaken either. It protects both from corruption.
Personal Faith, Public Restraint
Leaders are allowed their faith. They are allowed to be guided by conscience. What they are not allowed to do is impose that conscience as law when it infringes on the rights of others.
Restraint is not betrayal. It is maturity.
What a Confident Texas Would Do
A confident Texas would protect freedom of worship for everyone and freedom from coercion for everyone else. It would teach religion academically, not devotionally. It would trust families and individuals to handle belief without supervision.
Most of all, it would stop confusing moral authority with legal power.
Why This Matters Going Forward
Faith will continue to shape Texas culture. That is not in question. The question is whether it will be used to inspire service and compassion—or to justify intrusion and control.
Freedom survives only when people mind their own damn business.
Texas is strong enough to do that.
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
#churchAndState #CivilLiberties #educationPolicy #personalFreedom #religiousFreedom #TexasPolitics #TexasReligion #WPSNews
Pew Research Center. (2025). Religious diversity and belief in the United States.
First Amendment Center. (2025). Religion, government, and constitutional boundaries.
National Council of State Legislatures. (2025). Religious freedom and public policy analysis.
Gallup. (2025). Public attitudes toward religion and government.
American Academy of Religion. (2025). Teaching religion in public education. -
#HumanRights #FoRB #ReligiousFreedom
#Russia: Prosecutions for cooperation with "undesirable organisations"
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I could have given my own sect the preference and made everybody a Presbyterian without any trouble, but that would have been to affront a law of human nature: spiritual wants and instincts are as various in the human family as are physical appetites, complexions, and features, and a man is only at his best, morally, when he is equipped with the religious garment whose color and shape and size most nicely accommodate themselves to the spiritual complexion, angularities, and stature of the individual who wears it.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85582/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #sectarianism #establishment #freedomofreligion #morality #personalreligion #religion #religiousdiversity #religiousfreedom #religioustolerance #spiritualdevelopment #spirituality
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Later that day, #DFW announced it had scrapped plans to add additional washing stations in men’s & women’s restrooms that are available to passersby outside the security perimeter.
Airport spox Heath Montgomery wrote in an email that ofcls “determined the originally anticipated benefit may not be achieved” if the stations were built.#law #racism #discrimination #bigotry #hate #WhiteChristianNationalism #Islamophobia #US #Constitution #ReligiousFreedom
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#GregAbbott sent a letter Friday to the heads of the Houston airport & Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport that said facilities aimed at serving one religious group are discriminatory against everyone else.
Abbott said he has asked the US Dept of Transportation to investigate both airports & warned that his office is “reviewing all grants to any local governmental entities involved in these schemes.”
#law #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Islamophobia #US #Constitution #ReligiousFreedom
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…Public #wudu stations are also open at places including the University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan, LaGuardia Airport in New York & O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Now, amid rising attacks on #Muslims by #Republican elected officials, #Texas Gov #GregAbbott is making the stations a target.
#law #racism #discrimination #bigotry #hate #WhiteChristianNationalism #Islamophobia #US #Constitution #ReligiousFreedom
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For years, travelers passing through Texas’s airports have had access to small washing stations for a ritual called #wudu, in which #Muslims clean their hands, arms, head & feet before the 5 daily #prayers.
Such facilities have become more common in states with large #Muslim populations, including #Texas, where travelers & others pop in & out of washing stations at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.#law #WhiteChristianNationalism #Islamophobia #US #Constitution #ReligiousFreedom
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#Islamophobic #racist #Texas Gov #GregAbbott takes aim at #Muslim washing stations in airports
Legal experts dispute Abbott’s claims that the ritual washing stations are discriminatory, saying his attack fits a pattern of anti-Muslim actions & rhetoric.#law #discrimination #bigotry #hate #WhiteChristianNationalism #Islamophobia #US #Constitution #ReligiousFreedom
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Governor Directs Review of Airports Over Illegal Religious Discrimination #DallasFortWorthInternationalAirportDfw #dfw #GeorgeBushIntercontinentalAirportIah #GregAbbott #iah #IllegalReligiousDiscrimination #religion #ReligiousFreedom #USDepartmentOfTransportation https://texasborderbusiness.com/governor-directs-review-of-airports-over-illegal-religious-discrimination/
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The three women of different (or no) faiths all want the same thing. A recently filed attempt to remove #Christian teachings from #PublicSchools used #StateLaw - not federal - and is awaiting #appeal.
(Christians know they're breaking the law. But they're convinced that we're possessed by #demons, so they don't care. Hard to argue with these people.)
#fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #DEI #ChristoFascism #parental #rights #TenCommandments #ReligiousFreedom #freedom #from #religion
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#HumanRights #FoRB #ReligiousFreedom
#Russia: Court challenges to denials of alternative service often fail
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#HumanRights #FoRB #ReligiousFreedom
#Russia: "Nationwide rise in arbitrary denials of alternative service"
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Québec’s Bill 9 doesn’t just ban symbols — it bans obligations
#Quebec #Canada #Bill9 #Bill21 #ReligiousFreedom #Law #HumanRights #Islam #CharterRights #Secularism #Faith #SupremeCourt #Politics #QuebecPolitics #CivilLiberties #FreedomOfReligion #Politics
https://the-14.com/quebecs-bill-9-doesnt-just-ban-symbols-it-bans-obligations/ -
Supreme Court Should Protect Religious Freedom by Allowing Home Prayers Without Permits
📰 Original title: You shouldn’t need a permit to pray in your own home — the Supreme Court should agree
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
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Faith and the Founding: The Religious Roots of the Original Thirteen Colonies
As America celebrates 250 years of independence, it's worth looking beyond the Declaration of Independence to the diverse religious foundations of the original thirteen colonies. Contrary to popular belief, not every colony was founded for religious freedom. Some sought wealth, others provided refuge for persecuted believers, and together they shaped the ideas of faith, liberty, and government that continue to influence our nation today. -
Outside the Default Path: A Pagan Reading of the Federal “Anti-Christian Bias” Report
A reflective Pagan perspective on the federal government’s anti-Christian bias report, exploring how religious freedom can feel very different for Americans outside the cultural mainstream. Through personal experience, civic observation, and reflections on pluralism, this essay examines the difference between protecting faith and centering one faith above others. -
Midge welcomes the Valley to her Easter/Passover/Ramadan/Eid al-Fitr/Holi/Nowruz/Vaisakhi/Songkran/Equinox Party. And a Happy Spring to You and Your Family! #spring #springequinox #equinox #easter #passover #ramadan #eidalfitr #holi #nowruz #vaisakhi #songkran #celebrate #celebration #holyday #holiday #springholiday #springholidays #entertaining #host #hostess #hosting #religiousfreedom #religiousequality #religiousequals
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of a man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign, and believe there, by the grace of God alone!
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-15), “The Hero as Priest,” Home House, Portman Square, LondonMore about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/6667/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #belief #compulsion #force #freethought #freedomofreligion #freedomofthought #intolerance #judgment #orthodoxy #religiousfreedom #religiousintolerance #selfdirection #soul #theocracy
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@johan Yes, thank you for pointing it out.
Here is an article about the Satanism ban:
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-supreme-court-bans-satanist-movement-labeling-extremist/ #Russia #Satanist #RussianOrthodoxChurch #OrthodoxChurch #Courts #Extremism #Judiciary #Kremlin #roundtable #Safety #thesatanictemple #UnveilingDay #Acceptance #ReligiousEquality #Baphomet #Tolerance #CelebrateDiversity #Kindness #ReligiousFreedom -
‘After Muslims, It’s The Turn Of Christians:’ With Little Evidence, UP Govt Prosecutes 4 Christian Institutions, Arrests Employees
Four Christian-run institutions in the Uttar Pradesh town of Fatehpur face criminal cases for alleged forcible conversion of Hindus, with over 200 accused, many arrested and imprisoned, under UP’s three-year-old anti-conversion law. Article 14 investigation reveals similar statements in four FIRs over nine months, police cases or raids on Christian institutions, based on illegal third-party or anonymous complaints. Simultaneously, the union government acted against the finances of one of these four institutions.
#UttarPradesh #prayagraj #AntiConversionLaw #conversions #VHP #IndianChristians #HinduMobs #UnionGovt #EvangelicalChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ConspiracyTheories #india
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Covert Indian operation seeks to discredit Modi’s critics in the U.S.
The Disinfo Lab’s activities show how the online propaganda campaigns waged by the BJP and its allies have been expanding beyond their traditional, domestic aims of shoring up popular support and denigrating opposition parties — and now seek to influence attitudes far beyond India’s borders.
#DisinfoLab #disinformation #BJP #IndianGovt #IndianIntelligence #hindutva #propaganda #SocialMedia #islamophobia #dissent #HateCrime #FarmersProtests #UnitedStates #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #india
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/10/india-the-disinfo-lab-discredit-critics/
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Speaking of whining: try asking a #yeshiva to meet basic standards for #teaching #math, #English, and #science.
They'll whine about "religious freedom". #ReligiousFreedom is not implicated here: teach whatever you want, as long as you also teach math, science, #history. (If anything, forbearance would offend religious freedom by privileging religion over all other compelling state interests, a violation of the #EstablishmentClause.)
They'll whine that those subjects are adequately addressed in their #Jewish studies. Nonsense. Kids graduating these "#schools" have been shown to be severely deficient in English and other subjects.
The schools and their supporters are lying; and what's more: they know it.
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Alleging religious conversion, mob vandalises Christian prayer service in Chhattisgarh
Residents alleged that five members of the minority community were attacked, but the police refuted allegations of assault and vandalism.
#chhattisgarh #durg #amleshwar #BajrangDal #CommunalViolence #HinduMobs #christians #minorities #conversions #ReligiousFreedom #christianity #hindutva #india
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Muslims fined Rs 5 lakh each after praying in private warehouse
Uttar Pradesh Police served notices on 10 Muslims under CrPC 107/116 (a preventive measure to preempt a breach of peace) and directed a Muslim family to hold any group prayers after Bajrang Dal protested against the group of Muslims offering prayers at a private warehouse in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad on Saturday.
#UttarPradesh #moradabad #muslims #namaz #BajrangDal #VHP #BJP #ReligiousFreedom #hindutva #minorities #communalism#india
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Uttar Pradesh: Bajrang Dal stops Muslims from praying in Moradabad warehouse
Following a complaint, the police asked Muslims to offer prayers at their homes or religious places only.
#UttarPradesh #moradabad #BajrangDal #namaz #ramzan #muslims #ReligiousFreedom #ReligiousViolence #HinduMobs #UPpolice #hindutva #VHP #BJP #minorities #india
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Christian pastor, wife, arrested in Ghaziabad after mob makes conversion allegations
An activist claimed that the mob ‘created a scene and raised allegations of conversion’ when the pastor and his wife were holding a service.
#ghaziabad #UttarPradesh #christians #christianity #conversions #ReligiousFreedom #BajrangDal #VHP #BJP #hindutva #law #india
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Guide to love in Hindutva’s India
Love and marriage across social groups have become a form of dissidence in the country.
#RightToLove #hindutva #ReligiousFreedom #conversions #MastIndia #india #AjazAshraf
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/guide-to-love-in-hindutvas-india-23263332
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During #InterFaithWeek it is worth lamenting how English marriage law discriminates against some religions by only potentially recognising weddings in registered places of worship. And how this excludes belief groups and independent celebrants entirely. See further: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/religion-and-marriage-law
#law #marriage #marriages #wedding #weddings #interfaith #religion #religiousfreedom #religionorbelief #belief #lawandreligion
