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Religion and Politics

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The ACLJ can be a bit reactionary at times, but they have this right.

Religious
Freedom of Speech Petition

“Churches and Christian organizations should be free to take strong positions
on moral issues, even issues of political consequence, for the sake of our nation’s
spiritual health. The Internal Revenue Service should not have effective censorship
power over religious speech by wielding the power to deny tax-exempt status to a
religious organization. ”

Update: The original link is dead, but I think this one is pretty similar in content.

Beatings For the LORD?

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Schools demand ‘biblical right to smack children’

Private Christian schools must be allowed to smack pupils with parents’ consent, the Court of Appeal has heard. Forty schools, spearheaded by the Christian Fellowship School in Liverpool, want a change in the law to allow them to use corporal punishment. Their attempt to challenge legislation banning smacking in schools by claiming it did not apply to independents was rejected by the High Court last year. They claim it is part of a religious doctrine protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

Microsoft At It Again

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Now Microsoft is trying to dictate how we license software we develop. They’re trying
to bully people away from GPL.

Microsoft’s
file-share rule makes waves
Microsoft has opened a new chapter in its long-running dispute with open-source software developers–and it could have antitrust implications.

In late March, Microsoft published a document that outlines how third-party developers can use Common Internet File Sharing (CIFS), a protocol developed by Microsoft that specifies how Windows PCs share files with servers.Though publishing the document should make it easier to write software that incorporates CIFS, it contains a crucial restriction that has instead handcuffed some developers.

Specifically, Microsoft requires programmers to sign an agreement that prohibits using information in the document when building software governed by the General Public License (GPL). Among the products affected by the restriction is Samba, widely used software that competes with file sharing technology in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Samba uses CIFS to communicate with client systems.