Nuanced New Research on Faith-Based Organizations

Nuanced New Research on Faith-Based Organizations

Although it is common to talk about faith-based organizations as a generic term, in fact the organizations are very diverse, not only in the kinds…

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IRFA President Delivers 2013 Kuyper Lecture at Calvin College

IRFA President Delivers 2013 Kuyper Lecture at Calvin College

IRFA President Stanley Carlson-Thies on April 25 delivered the 2013 Kuyper Lecture at Calvin College. He defended the religious freedom of faith-based service organizations in…

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IRFA Submits Comments on HHS Contraceptives Mandate

IRFA’s comments argue that the administration’s proposed “accommodation” for faith-based service organizations such as hospitals, colleges, and charities does not solve the religious freedom problem.

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Worth Reading on Religious Freedom and Anti-Discrimination Rules

Worth Reading on Religious Freedom and Anti-Discrimination Rules

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on March 22 held a briefing on the intersection between religious freedom and the growing set of non-discrimination requirements….

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Call for Comments:  Combined Federal Campaign Proposed Regulations

Call for Comments: Combined Federal Campaign Proposed Regulations

New regulations for the Combined Federal Campaign have now been officially proposed in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and comments can be submitted through June…

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Supreme Court: Oral Argument About Speech Restrictions on Grantees

Supreme Court: Oral Argument About Speech Restrictions on Grantees

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the difficult case, USAID v.Alliance for Open Society. The case involves the federal program to combat…

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Obama Faith-Based Advisory Council Continues

Obama Faith-Based Advisory Council Continues

On April 5, President Obama issued Executive Order 13640, continuing for another two years the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. No word…

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Changes in the Obama Faith-Based Initiative

Changes in the Obama Faith-Based Initiative

In March, 2013, Melissa Rogers replaced Joshua DuBois as head of President Obama’s White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. IRFA President Stanley Carlson-Thies…

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Protecting Religious Freedom

Protecting Institutional Religious Freedom

Increasingly, governments are imposing on faith-based service organizations laws and regulations that do not respect their freedom to be distinctive—to serve their neighbors as they believe God calls them to serve.

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