{"id":6996,"date":"2016-10-23T13:07:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T20:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6996"},"modified":"2018-03-06T20:35:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T04:35:55","slug":"prevailing-culture-hard-on-religious-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6996","title":{"rendered":"Prevailing culture hard on religious liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><i>Policy hits conscience; believers often classified as bigots<\/i><\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Catholic Sentinel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Ed Langlois<\/p>\n<p>Oregon tends to lead the pack in causes favored by some wings of the political left \u2014 legal\u00a0abortion, assisted suicide, gay marriage, recreational marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Some fear that next on the progressive docket could be tax exemption for churches and the right of church agencies to operate according to their ancient beliefs, especially in the dignity of life and marriage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Striking change\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a striking change just in the last 10 or even just five years,\u201d says Bishop Liam Cary of the Diocese of Baker in central and eastern Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Cary cites demographics. Among the fastest-growing groups in Oregon is the population without religious affiliation. That means they have no personal interest in protecting religious freedom. In their minds, personal choice trumps religious liberty, the bishop says.<\/p>\n<p>Also new is the government\u2019s willingness to use policy to try to force people to act against conscience. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicsentinel.org\/main.asp?SectionID=2&amp;SubSectionID=35&amp;ArticleID=32284\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy hits conscience; believers often classified as bigots Catholic Sentinel Ed Langlois Oregon tends to lead the pack in causes favored by some wings of the political left \u2014 legal\u00a0abortion, assisted suicide, gay marriage, recreational marijuana. Some fear that next on the progressive docket could be tax exemption for churches and the right of church &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6996\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Prevailing culture hard on religious liberty&#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":[643,295,511,28],"tags":[265],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-catholicism","category-religious-freedom","category-society-politics","category-usa","tag-oregon"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Prevailing culture hard on religious liberty - 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=6996\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prevailing culture hard on religious liberty - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Policy hits conscience; believers often classified as bigots Catholic Sentinel Ed Langlois Oregon tends to lead the pack in causes favored by some wings of the political left \u2014 legal\u00a0abortion, assisted suicide, gay marriage, recreational marijuana. 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