Theo-cons and neo-cons on theology and law.(Cover Story)

From: The Christian Century | Date: August 27, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

A symposium called 'The End of Democracy?' concluded that the Supreme Court has overstepped its boundaries in ruling on such issues as abortion, assisted suicide, and homosexuality. A closer examination of the cases would question this conclusion, but continued conversation on the issues is needed.

When the supreme court issued its decisions on assisted suicide and religious liberty in June it touched on topics that have been hotly debated in religious circles. The debate on the judiciary's approach to these issues got heated up last November when the journal First Things published a ...

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