A few months ago I attended a conference on religious liberty at UVU. Here are some of my notes. Any inaccuracies are the fault of this note taker. The lecture gave some info on President Carter that I didn’t know. The presenter seemed to be a big fan.
- Free exercise refers to religion.
- The office of president has control over these areas.
- Legislative position. One example is the freedom of religion act, which was signed in 1998 by Bill Clinton
- Administrative acts.
- Foreign and military policy. One example is when Bush had a no-fly zone over Iraq to protect the Syrians from attack by the country’s president. Present elected Roberts and Alito as judges, who were pro-religious freedom. Most the time when religious freedom is presented to the court. It is sustained
- Legislation action, law
- Supreme Court appointments
- God and the White House speech by Randall Randall
- On May 4, 1974 Jimmy Carter gave a speech at a graduation ceremony that got him attention.
- Jimmy Carter was elected as a moral compass.
- Religious roots run deep in the voters and after that Nixon corruption scandal. The population wants to elect a moral president and Jimmy Carter as a Baptist minister.
- A group of Democrats, ministers met in Chicago became the Chicago delegation. They wanted to promote aggressive goals such as women’s equality and helping the poor.
- The religious right was created by Billy Graham, who gathered with additional ministers to have days of prayer on the presidency. They considered using Reagan or Philip Crane or John Colly to replace Jimmy Carter. They still considered Reagan even though he voted for a major abortion deal as Gov. of California.
- There was a debate that whatever society allowed abortion would eventually consider euthanasia.
- Billy Graham offered support to the Reagan campaign. They wanted to derail the accomplishments of Pres. Carter.
- After his presidency go to continue doing activities to help the poor, such as Habitat for Humanity and he also acted as a liaison between countries to help them to communicate.
Want to add something people may not know about President Carter? Feel free to share.
