{"id":2199,"date":"2013-01-16T00:44:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T00:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2013-01-29T00:53:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T00:53:56","slug":"obsessive-political-correctness-trumps-freedom-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2199","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Obsessive Political Correctness&#8217; Trumps Freedom of Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0European Court of Human Rights Gives Ruling on Religious Freedom Cases<\/h2>\n<p>ROME, January 16, 2013 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenit.org\">Zenit.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights has issued an important ruling on freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. While it contains some positive language regarding the wearing of religious symbols, the ruling is deeply worrisome with regards to the freedom to act according to one&#8217;s individual conscience. 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While it contains some positive language regarding the wearing of religious symbols, the ruling is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2199\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8216;Obsessive Political Correctness&#8217; Trumps Freedom of Conscience&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2179,7,9,295],"tags":[160],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-law","category-news","category-religious-freedom","tag-european-court-of-human-rights"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>&#039;Obsessive Political Correctness&#039; Trumps Freedom of Conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2199\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Obsessive Political Correctness&#039; Trumps Freedom of Conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0European Court of Human Rights Gives Ruling on Religious Freedom Cases ROME, January 16, 2013 (Zenit.org). 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