An article on International Religious Freedom Day (today) on the new Scientology Religion website bears repeating. Freedom of religion or belief may well be the most important of all human rights. It encompasses freedom of conscience–the freedom to have one’s own thoughts and beliefs, to maintain one’s own personal integrity, one’s individuality, to see and conclude based on one’s own viewpoint.
This 1998 International Religious Freedom Act extends from the importance granted this right by our Founding Fathers as expressed in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States which itself was a historic advance for personal liberty and individual rights.
In an era of contentious politics, this Act had strong bipartisan support.
The article on the International Religious Freedom Act on the Scientology Religion website is well worth reading as it not only covers the act but its significance both in 1998 and in today’s world.
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