{"id":5104,"date":"2014-09-10T05:55:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2018-03-06T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T22:34:19","slug":"freedom-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5104","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presented to the Rotary Club<br \/>\nPowell River, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Sean Murphy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#Sean_Murphy\" target=\"_blank\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. C.S. Lewis once observed that a lifetime of learning leaves a man a beginner in any subject, so I am here as a beginner who is still just beginning. The specific focus of the Protection of Conscience Project is freedom of conscience in health care. However, rather than address issues specific to health care I am going to speak more generally about freedom of conscience. I think a broader approach, a bigger picture, will be more useful for you as Rotarians. I&#8217;ll begin with some notes about the history of freedom of conscience and religion. . .\u00a0 <a href=\"..\/https:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/publications\/presentations\/presentations-006.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented to the Rotary Club Powell River, British Columbia, Canada Sean Murphy* Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. C.S. Lewis once observed that a lifetime of learning leaves a man a beginner in any subject, so I am here as a beginner who is still just beginning. The specific focus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5104\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;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":[1302,287],"tags":[317],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations","category-protection-of-conscience-project","tag-sean-murphy"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>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=5104\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freedom of conscience - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Presented to the Rotary Club Powell River, British Columbia, Canada Sean Murphy* Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening. 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