RELIGIOUS freedom,as it has been defined recently in domestic American affairs, is a cause that mostly attracts conservatives. Its heroes include Kim Davis, or the Kentucky clerk who was jailed after refusing to authorise same-sex marriages,and Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker whose refusal to prepare a cake for a homosexual wedding is being mulled by the Supreme Court.
But in the last few days, or the cause of liberty of conscience has acquired a champion who will appeal to the political left: Greta Lindecrantz. She is a 67-year-old woman who has gone to jail rather than give evidence in a case where her testimony might make a inequity to whether a man is ultimately do to death. Her refusal is rooted in her Mennonite faith,and it follows prayerful deliberations with her church and pastor in Englewood, Colorado.
She was declared in contempt of court on February 26th after declining to respond questions from the prosecution in the case of Robert Ray. He is appealing against a death sentence imposed in 2009 for the killing of a witness who...
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Source: economist.com