Stanley Carlson-Thies is the Founder and Senior Director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance (IRFA), a division of the Center for Public Justice. Individual religious…
By Meg Henry On November 15, 2018, IRFA Founder and Senior Director Stanley Carlson-Thies testified at a briefing for the Ohio House of Representatives Community…
By Stanley Carlson-Thies The American Charter of Freedom of Religion and Conscience was released to the public on November 20, 2018 at a ceremony at…
NOTE: This was originally published for Public Justice Review, a publication of the Center for Public Justice. By Chelsea Langston Bombino There is a broad…
By Chelsea Langston Bombino On the last Saturday of October, a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle and three handguns entered the Tree of…
Faith-based organizations and congregations often play a vital role in supporting the health and well-being of families, particularly mothers and young children. Many religious organizations believe the family is a foundational institution in society, created by God to serve as a first community for children. Many faith groups recognize the inherent beauty in God’s normative design for women to nurse their babies. By God’s great design, there is evidence-based research that shows how breastfeeding contributes to better whole-person (physical/mental, economic, relational) outcomes for all involved. Although breastfeeding is not always possible or practicable for every mother and child, there is strong evidence that breastfeeding has positive impacts on individual family members and on society.
By Nicole Kennedy This was originally posted at SharedJustice.org. Broken families, crippling addictions, and tragic deaths: the opioid epidemic has taken an enormous toll on…
By Stanley Carlson-Thies This article was adapted from an article that ran in the series “Making Peace with Proximate Pluralism” published in Volume 8 of…
This article is an excerpt from a new report called Time to Flourish: Protecting Families’ Time for Work and Caregiving. The report is by Families…
A Meditation on Religious Freedom for the Christmas Season
By Chelsea Langston Bombino Along with others who believe in the transcendent, in a greater force that binds and moves humanity, I view everything through…