Did a Jehovah’s Witness die after refusing a blood transfusion, and should the state have let it happen?
The office was certainly flawed, writes Evan Solomon. But the core concept was sound.
The tables have turned in favour of gay rights in America. The Republican Party is another matter.
York’s support for a student’s request to skip co-ed group meetings launched a backlash
Angus Reid survey reveals a land of intolerance
The Prime Minister names a new ambassador
Foreign Affairs has posted the text of John Baird’s speech in Washington yesterday on the topic of religious freedom.
‘It’s the practices that are on the boundaries of what is acceptable to people that raise interesting problems’
And on the difference between protecting it at home and advancing it abroad
Promoting religious freedom abroad is meant to appease a domestic constituency
Religious freedom is essential to stabilizing struggling democracies
In one third of countries, the problem is getting worse