A Statement from the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance Every day, throughout the United States and overseas, people inspired by religious faith serve people in need-the…
Last Sunday, October 7th, was Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a day organized by the Alliance Defending Freedom for pastors to “preach[] biblical Truth about candidates and…
Maybe before the glittery ball falls in Times Square, signaling the arrival of the New Year, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the President…
New York’s Marriage Equality Act was adopted by the legislature in June, 2011, only after being amended to include stronger religious freedom protections. But how…
From Stanley Carlson-Thies, “Which Religious Organizations Count as Religious? The Religious Employer Exemption of the Health Insurance Law’s Contraceptives Mandate,” now available as part of…
It is difficult to keep up with the court cases challenging the HHS contraceptives mandate–the requirement that employee health plans (except for grandfathered ones and…
Often religious freedom, including the freedom of faith-based service organizations, is treated as a matter of a limitation on what government may do: it should…
An October Pew Forum report, “‘Nones’ on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation,” explores the views of the growing number of Americans who…
* Why Government Should Look Elsewhere Than Churches For More Revenue Leroy Huizenga, “Euro Cities to Try Taxing Churches,” First Thoughts (First Thingsmagazine), Sept. 16….
The Obama administration’s positive action was not much noted at the time, so, although very belatedly, here is the story. The PEPFAR program, started by…