Religious Liberty

August 03, 2018

Sam Brownback hosts first-ever State Department summit on religious liberty

The fight for religious liberty has intensified in America, whether among retail giants, restaurant chains, bakers and florists, nuns, or other imminent obstructions on the path paved by Obergefell vs. Hodges. Continue Reading...

August 02, 2018

New Issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality (Vol. 21, No. 1)

The newest issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality has been published online and print copies are forthcoming. This issue is a theme issue on “The Role of Religion in a Free Society,” with guest editors Richard Epstein and Mario Rizzo of New York University School of Law, and Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School. Continue Reading...

July 19, 2018

Religious Organizations: Take the Hillsdale Option

I am tired of hearing Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission hailed as a “victory” for religious liberty; it was no such thing—unless we’re also going to start counting forfeits and rain delays as wins. Continue Reading...

July 12, 2018

5 things Christians and Muslims can agree on

At Acton University, Turkish Islamic scholar, Mustafa Akyol, gave multiple lectures on Islam, discussing topics ranging from its history to its controversial practices. Akyol has been speaking at Acton University for many years now and is a respected scholar in fields of Islam, politics, and Turkish affairs. Continue Reading...

July 11, 2018

Will Brett Kavanaugh defend Religious Liberty?

A few days ago, President Donald Trump named the Honorable Brett Kavanaugh as his nomination for the replacement of Supreme Court Judge Anthony Kennedy. Over the course of his 12-year tenure on the D.C. Continue Reading...

June 25, 2018

12 state-level religious liberty victories in 2018

Over the past six months there have been 139 bills acted on in states legislatures that deal with religion’s place in the public square. “What happens at the state level is a predicate for what happens at the federal level,” Rose Saxe, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Deseret News. Continue Reading...

May 21, 2018

How to understand the concept of religious freedom

There’s a scene in the sitcom The Office in which Oscar, an accountant, attempts to explain a budget surplus to his boss, Michael Scott. “Why don’t you explain this to me like I’m an 8-year-old,” Michael says. Continue Reading...

May 07, 2018

President Trump Creates a New White House Faith-Based Initiative

On Thursday, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the “White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative” within the Executive Office of the President. The order states the purpose is to ensure faith-based and community organizations “have strong advocates in the White House and throughout the Federal Government.” Continue Reading...

April 26, 2018

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom releases 2018 report

Yesterday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its International Religious Freedom Report for 2018. A wide range of U.S. government agencies and offices use the reports for such efforts as shaping policy and conducting diplomacy. Continue Reading...

April 24, 2018

Once again, the Little Sisters of the Poor have to fight to defend their religious freedom

Once again, the Little Sisters of the Poor are having to go to court to defend their religious freedoms against government intrusion. The Little Sisters is an international Roman Catholic Congregation of Religious Sisters that serves more than 13,000 elderly poor in 31 countries around the world. Continue Reading...

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