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Distinguish between these two situations:
♦ Claiming their First Amendment right to free expression is being violated, professional football players, under pressure from the federal government, face fines for refusing to stand during the National Anthem. ♦ Claiming his First Amendment right to free expression is being violated, a professional baker, under pressure from the federal government, is fined for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. (more…) Continue Reading →
This is the sixth chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features the Rev. Jessica Crist speaking on “Religion and Politics: Can They Co-exist?” Crist, who lives in Great Falls, is bishop of the Montana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can watch the whole video below. Here is how this chapter opens: (more…) Continue Reading →
Our long national nightmare must finally come to an end. It is time to impeach President Trump and put a stop to his failed presidency. Sorry. Just practicing. (more…) Continue Reading →
In a routine Sunday column about things the Montana Legislature did right in the recent session, Billings Gazette Editor Darrell Ehrlick wrote this sentence: “Free speech is not the right to say anything to anyone without having to sign your name to it.”
Actually, the right to say anything to anyone without having to sign your name to it is pretty much the definition of free speech. That’s why questions about campaign spending have become so tortured in Montana and in the nation as a whole. (more…) Continue Reading →
