Show notes:
In the first segment, our panelists discuss that Kansas has granted a religious exemption to driver’s license restrictions for 15-year-olds with a restricted license, allowing them to drive to church or other religious activities. The new law expands the exemption previously given to 16-year-olds and permits driving to farm-related work, jobs, school, and any religious activity held by a religious organization.
In the second segment of the show, our focus turns to the case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. The US Supreme Court ruled (5-4) in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores that a for-profit company can deny employees health coverage of contraception based on religious objections of the company’s owners. The Court found that Congress intended the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to apply to corporations and that the contraceptive mandate creates a substantial burden on religious corporations that violates the RFRA. The ruling only applies to the contraceptive mandate and not to all objections to the Affordable Care Act on religious grounds.
In the final segment, Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, each panelist quickly shares interesting pieces of information related to religious freedom.
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About the Show: Faith & Politics is a show dedicated to discussing issues surrounding the intersection of Church, State and politics and the examination of whether you are allowing your faith to shape your politics or your politics starting to shape your faith. What do you do when God and government come face to face?
Panelists: Dr. Lawrence Brown Associate Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Bettina Krause, editor of Liberty Magazine; Nia Johnson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Duke Law School; and Jennifer Woods, General Counsel and Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the Lake Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
About Us: North American Division Public Affairs & Religious Liberty (PARL) is a ministry dedicated to proclaiming and defending the God-given gift of religious freedom which is integral to our identity as Seventh-day Adventist Christians. Learn more about PARL at www.religiousliberty.info.
Panelists
Dr. Lawrence Brown
Bettina Krause
Nia Johnson
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