{"id":2235,"date":"2013-01-13T23:59:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T23:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2235"},"modified":"2013-01-30T00:23:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T00:23:04","slug":"in-2013-escalating-battles-over-claims-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2235","title":{"rendered":"In 2013, escalating battles over claims of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winonadailynews.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Winona Daily News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Charles C. Haynes<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start the New Year with a conundrum as old as the Republic:<\/p>\n<p>When religious convictions clash with secular laws, how far should government go to accommodate religious claims of conscience?\u00a0 . . .In 2013, religious objections to government laws and regulations will\u00a0 once again provoke vigorous public debate, countless court challenges and\u00a0 really tough decisions over whether and when government should accommodate\u00a0 religious claims of conscience. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winonadailynews.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/columnists\/article_4add611c-5c6f-11e2-a231-0019bb2963f4.html?comment_form=true\" target=\"_blank\">Read on<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winona Daily News Charles C. Haynes Let\u2019s start the New Year with a conundrum as old as the Republic: When religious convictions clash with secular laws, how far should government go to accommodate religious claims of conscience?\u00a0 . . .In 2013, religious objections to government laws and regulations will\u00a0 once again provoke vigorous public debate, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2235\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In 2013, escalating battles over claims 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":[4,28],"tags":[412],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-usa","tag-charles-c-haynes"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>In 2013, escalating battles over claims 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=2235\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In 2013, escalating battles over claims of conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winona Daily News Charles C. 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