Seventh-day Adventist Church State Council
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church State Council is a non-profit organization that works through courts, legislatures, and through public education throughout the five state western region of Arizona
, California
, Hawaii
, Nevada
, and Utah
to preserve and promote religious freedom.
The Council is an organization of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists based in Westlake Village, California.
Activities include sponsoring legislation, supporting religious liberty in Congress and the five state region, opposing bills that "unduly regulate or restrict religious institutions" and opposing bills that promote specific religious doctrines or practices.
In recent years, The Church State Council has promoted the Workplace Religious Freedom Act
, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
. The Council is opposed to tuition vouchers as a threat to the liberty and independence of religious schools, opposed to proposed amendments that would alter the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
, and opposed to government sponsored religious activities in public schools.
The Council operates Freedom's Ring, a 15-minute weekly radio program hosted by attorney Alan J. Reinach which was launched in January 1999. The program is heard on Christian radio stations nationwide. The program covers stories, cases, and legislative initiatives.
The Church State Council is also working on behalf of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act
.
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, and Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
to preserve and promote religious freedom.
The Council is an organization of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists based in Westlake Village, California.
Activities include sponsoring legislation, supporting religious liberty in Congress and the five state region, opposing bills that "unduly regulate or restrict religious institutions" and opposing bills that promote specific religious doctrines or practices.
In recent years, The Church State Council has promoted the Workplace Religious Freedom Act
Workplace Religious Freedom Act
The bipartisan Workplace Religious Freedom Act was introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Rick Santorum and Senator John Kerry on March 17, 2005, and in the House of Representatives by Representatives Mark Souder , Carolyn McCarthy , Bobby Jindal , and Anthony Weiner...
, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488 , codified at through , is a 1993 United States federal law aimed at preventing laws that substantially burden a person's free exercise of their religion. The bill was introduced by Howard McKeon of California and...
. The Council is opposed to tuition vouchers as a threat to the liberty and independence of religious schools, opposed to proposed amendments that would alter the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
, and opposed to government sponsored religious activities in public schools.
The Council operates Freedom's Ring, a 15-minute weekly radio program hosted by attorney Alan J. Reinach which was launched in January 1999. The program is heard on Christian radio stations nationwide. The program covers stories, cases, and legislative initiatives.
The Church State Council is also working on behalf of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act
Workplace Religious Freedom Act
The bipartisan Workplace Religious Freedom Act was introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Rick Santorum and Senator John Kerry on March 17, 2005, and in the House of Representatives by Representatives Mark Souder , Carolyn McCarthy , Bobby Jindal , and Anthony Weiner...
.