Religious Freedom and Discrimination post-Obergefell: Video Discussion

Religious Freedom and Discrimination post-Obergefell: Video Discussion

What are the consequences of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision for faith-based services? A new video features IRFA founder Stanley Carlson-Thies and law professor…

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Mother Theresa’s Charity Has to Stop Adoptions in India

Mother Theresa’s Charity Has to Stop Adoptions in India

Stanley Carlson-Thies Missionaries of Charity, the charity started by Mother Theresa, ended its adoption services in India in October, 2015, in response to new procedures…

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Do Administration’s Questions about Equality Act Create Space for an Alternative?

Do Administration’s Questions about Equality Act Create Space for an Alternative?

Chelsea Langston On October 6, 2015, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that the Obama administration had not yet decided to support the Equality…

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New Book on Faith-based Organization’s Religious Freedom Now in Print

New Book on Faith-based Organization’s Religious Freedom Now in Print

Now available through booksellers is Free to Serve: Protecting the Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations (BrazosPress) by IRFA senior director Stanley Carlson and premier FBO…

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FBOs Give Positive Response to Administration’s Changes to Faith-based Regulations

FBOs Give Positive Response to Administration’s Changes to Faith-based Regulations

On October 2, 2015, evangelical and Catholic organizations submitted comments to nine federal agencies that had proposed some changes to the Equal Treatment regulations about…

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President Obama Announced New Faith-based Advisory Council

President Obama Announced New Faith-based Advisory Council

On September 24, 2015, President Obama announced the appointment of 18 religious and nonprofit leaders to form a third Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood…

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Growing Concern About Limits on Religious Freedom in the US

Growing Concern About Limits on Religious Freedom in the US

An August-September, 2015, survey by the Barna Group, repeating questions first asked in 2012, showed significantly increased concern about limitations on religious freedom, not only…

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Religious Freedom Arguments to Reach the Persuadable Middle

Religious Freedom Arguments to Reach the Persuadable Middle

“Getting to Purple: Religious Freedom Arguments to Reach the Persuadable Middle” is the title of a workshop and PowerPoint presentation made by Prof. Tom Berg,…

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Beyond culture wars: protecting a place for faith-based services

Beyond culture wars: protecting a place for faith-based services

Heated debates about whether, and how much, religious freedom should be accorded to various persons and organizations are not merely legal tiffs nor just noisy…

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The Impact of Recent Contraceptive Mandate Rulings on Religious Freedom for FBOs

The Impact of Recent Contraceptive Mandate Rulings on Religious Freedom for FBOs

On August 31st, a federal judge held that the secular nonprofit pro-life organization March for Life, is permitted to opt out of the Affordable Care…

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