The Department of Justice unveiled a new initiative in its Civil Rights section this morning called the "First Freedom Project." The aim of this new pet project? Stricter enforcement of laws against religious discrimination and "greater enforcement of religious rights for all Americans." Given the abject lack of information on the DOJ's website about the rights of atheists and agnostics to not practice religion (one nation "under God" anyone?) or the rights of indigenous people to use naturally-occurring plants as part of their religious rituals (word to the wise - the DOJ does not look kindly on religions that uses anything classified as a "drug" to achieve spiritual enlightenment), I'm guessing that this new initiative is mostly aimed at the Judeo-Christian among us. Because, of all the initiatives that the DOJ could focus its time and energy on, defending the religious liberty of the majority of Americans is paramount. Hmm.
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