After the Election - Affirming the Vital Need for Diverse Faith-Based Organizations and Religious Freedom for All

After the Election – Affirming the Vital Need for Diverse Faith-Based Organizations and Religious Freedom for All

The IRFA Staff, November 10, 2016 Whatever your assessment of the election outcomes, IRFA, a Christian-inspired alliance that serves organizations of every faith, affirms that…

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Religious Freedom to Stand Up Against Sexual Harm, Whatever Your Sexual Ethics

Religious Freedom to Stand Up Against Sexual Harm, Whatever Your Sexual Ethics

Chelsea Langston, Bombino, October 21, 2016 Our society’s commitment to religious freedom is consistently weakening, in large part because of disputes over sexual ethics and…

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Beyond Birth Control, Baking and Bathrooms: The Vision of Religious Freedom That Millennials Need This Election Season

Beyond Birth Control, Baking and Bathrooms: The Vision of Religious Freedom That Millennials Need This Election Season

Chelsea Langston-Bombino, October 6, 2016 Pew recently surveyed Americans about their stances and sympathies regarding some of the emerging challenges between religious freedom and reproductive…

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End of SB 1146 Threat to California Religious Colleges—For Now

End of SB 1146 Threat to California Religious Colleges—For Now

Stanley Carlson-Thies October 7, 2016 California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1146 into law on Sept. 30, 2016—but by then the bill had been radically…

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Positive Public Perception Important to Future of Faith and Freedom

Positive Public Perception Important to Future of Faith and Freedom

Chelsea Langston Bombino, September 22, 2016 In our time of a growing public commitment to eradicate discrimination against LGBT people, faith-based organizations with a religiously…

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Federal Report Overlooks Pluralism to Condemn Minority Religious Convictions

Federal Report Overlooks Pluralism to Condemn Minority Religious Convictions

Stanley Carlson-Thies, September 22, 2016 On September 7 the US Commission on Civil Rights released a report and recommendations on how to deal with conflicts…

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Religious Freedom: An Invitation to Wash Some Feet This Election Season

Religious Freedom: An Invitation to Wash Some Feet This Election Season

Chelsea Langston Bombino, September 19, 2016 [This article is a re-print of a recent Capital Commentary article.] The current campaign season has elicited negative reactions…

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Silence from Presidential Candidates on Faith-based Initiative

Silence from Presidential Candidates on Faith-based Initiative

Stanley Carlson-Thies, September 9, 2016 In the 2016 presidential election campaign, in the midst of all the speeches and commentary, there is an odd and…

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Happy Birthday Charitable Choice, 20 Years of Success

Happy Birthday Charitable Choice, 20 Years of Success

Two Decades of Bipartisan Cooperation on Government Funding and Religion Carl H. Esbeck & Stanley Carlson-Thies, Monday August 22, 2016 [This article appears, in slightly…

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California SB 1146 is Modified to Remove Penalties for Religious Colleges and Universities That Hold Minority Views

California SB 1146 is Modified to Remove Penalties for Religious Colleges and Universities That Hold Minority Views

Stanley Carlson-Thies, August 11, 2016 SB 1146, a bill in the California legislature that would have severely penalized religious higher education in the state, is…

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