The Equality Act’s Assault on Religious Liberty
by Kenneth CraycraftThe Equality Act is the uncompromising legislative imposition of a destructive social ideology. Continue Reading »
Rethinking Religious Freedom
by Peter J. LeithartJonathan Fox, a professor of religion and politics at Bar-Ilan University, has produced one of the most complete, sophisticated, and systematic studies of global religious freedom available. Every conception of religious freedom, Fox claims, must answer fundamental questions about civil authority. . . . . Continue Reading »
What Christians Can Expect From Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
by Kenneth CraycraftThe president-elect and vice president-elect have made it very clear that they intend to make it very costly to practice one’s faith. Continue Reading »
Religious Freedom: Bleached, Blanched, and Rinsed Out
by George WeigelIt is fatuous to dismiss concerns over the rinsing-out of religious freedom as the overwrought fretting of culture warriors. Continue Reading »
Kamala Harris’s Threat to Religious Believers
by Kenneth CraycraftJoe Biden and Kamala Harris’s understanding of the free exercise of religion is the foundation for severe restrictions on religious exercise. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousAfter reading Douglas Farrow’s “The Secret of the Saeculum” (May), I found myself unsure of how to understand it. Take, for instance, the following striking passage: Our age is a very definite age, a very well-defined age, precisely because it is bracketed by the first and second comings of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Roberts Court Attempts a Compromise
by Mark MovsesianThis Term, both progressives and the traditionally religious can claim victories in the debate over sexuality, gender, and equality. Continue Reading »
Defending the Freedom of the Church
by Michael P. MorelandOur Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania might have profound implications for religious freedom in the years ahead. Continue Reading »
A Win For Religious Schools
by Richard W. GarnettThe Espinoza v. Montana ruling is the latest step in a decades-long doctrinal evolution that is as striking as it is welcome. Continue Reading »
Unjust Rules for Religious Believers
by Charles J. Chaput and Michael P. FarrisWhen public officials allow people to gather in secular settings but not religious ones, the government effectively declares that religious practice is not really necessary. Continue Reading »
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