Category Archives: Stand League

Humanity Is a Team. Here’s Why It Matters.

If we are to survive as a species, the light of our true selves—our kind, giving, inclusive selves—must shine through. Read more…

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Why All People of Faith Must Cherish and Protect the First Amendment

Standleague.org recently published an article about the importance of the 1st amendment in this country. Soraya Deen is a lawyer, an interfaith consultant, founder of the Muslim Women Speakers Movement and author of the book “Peace Matters—Raising Peace Conscious Children.” … Continue reading

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Religious Freedom Resource Center Empowers All

The new Religious Freedom Resource Center contains an extensive Case Library dating back to 1813, with every decision and amicus brief downloadable, along with a detailed Glossary of legal, First Amendment and religious freedom terms. STAND commissioned the Resource Center’s … Continue reading

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The IAS – Preserving Religious Freedom

Religious roundtables are vital to us obtaining religious freedom for each and every religion on earth! Under the inclusive banner “religious freedom for all, everywhere, all the time,” members of 30 diverse religious traditions joined government and nonprofit leaders for … Continue reading

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Unanswered Questions About Jonestown

“They were kept in solitary, harassed and annoyed until they would do anything asked of them to get them out; then they were given these drugs and would become like robots.” Read Article

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A Place for Women in Religion

My first glimpse of a different possibility came when a college religion class had us visit various congregations. I witnessed my first female religious leader—a rabbi at a large Reform synagogue a few miles from my school. Read Article

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Are We Supporting Mass Shooters in The Name of Free Speech?

I remember those times pretty well, because my church was one of the targets, and my daughter received one of the anthrax threat letters that they sent to our church—complete with loose white powder enclosed. Read Article

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