The Adventist Middle Ground on Religious Liberty | James Standish
Posted May 27th, 2008 by Alexander Carpenter
- Artist: James Standish
- Title: Innovations in Church Work
- Length: 7.97 MB
- Format: Stereo 22kHz
James Standish discusses the policy behind the Workplace Religious Freedom Act. Click here to tell your members of Congress that you support it.
James Standish was born in Australia, grew up in South-east Asia where his parents were missionaries, went to college in England, and now calls America home. James has represented the Seventh-day Adventist Church to the U.S. Congress, White House and executive agencies since 2001. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Georgetown University where he was president of the Georgetown University Church-State Law Forum and an editor of the Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law & Policy. He earned his MBA at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia where he was news editor of the Darden News. He earned his bachelors degree at Newbold College, England, where he was first editor of the college newspaper and then served as president of the student association. James hosts television’s Global Faith & Freedom, has authored a number of articles on church-state issues, and is a regular guest on radio. James is married to Dr. Leisa Standish.
This is a two part episode. In the second half - which I'll post in a couple of days - James Standish talks about the innovation of getting Adventists to lobby Congress and how NARLA threads the needle between the ACLU, Americans United, and the ACLJ.
James Standish was born in Australia, grew up in South-east Asia where his parents were missionaries, went to college in England, and now calls America home. James has represented the Seventh-day Adventist Church to the U.S. Congress, White House and executive agencies since 2001. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Georgetown University where he was president of the Georgetown University Church-State Law Forum and an editor of the Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law & Policy. He earned his MBA at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia where he was news editor of the Darden News. He earned his bachelors degree at Newbold College, England, where he was first editor of the college newspaper and then served as president of the student association. James hosts television’s Global Faith & Freedom, has authored a number of articles on church-state issues, and is a regular guest on radio. James is married to Dr. Leisa Standish.
Quotes from James Standish:
"We only have two problems on Capitol Hill - elements on the right who want the church to control the state, and elements on the left who want the state to control the church."
"We are either changing the world, or the world is changing us."
"All law should be moral, but not all morality should be law."
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Interesting article from the Cayman Islands dealing with religious liberty issues:
A Cabinet Minister said last week that Cayman’s law that forbids most businesses from opening on Sundays would most likely be considered discriminatory by a court if the country approves a bill of rights as part of its new constitution.
“There’s no question in my mind that the Sunday Trading Law is discriminatory in nature,” Education Minister Alden McLaughlin said. “If we have a bill of rights along the lines that the government is proposing, I doubt whether the legislation would be able to stand up.”
The People’s Progressive Movement plans to insert what government officials have referred to as a “conscience clause” in the bill of rights that would forbid public entities from discriminating on the basis of religion. The issue has sparked heated public debate over the last several months as government’s efforts to revise Cayman’s constitution have progressed.
At a Wednesday night meeting, members of the George Town Seventh–day Adventist Church questioned government ministers about the Sunday Trading Law. The Seventh–day Adventists mark Saturday as the Sabbath.
“What about how the government forces people that they can’t operate certain businesses on Sunday?” Mia Welds–Powell asked. “If I would like to open up a shop to sell food or whatever, I cannot open it.”
Mr. McLaughlin also pointed out that Seventh–day Adventists seeking a job that required their attendance on Saturday would either have to forego their Sabbath or simply not take the job.
http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1030948
Great podcast. They're doing good work over at NARLA. Keep it up!
Thanks Johnny! I'll be posting the second half in a few days.
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