by Chelsea Langston In mid-May, 2015, the Nebraska legislature tabled a workplace nondiscrimination bill to add sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) to the list…
(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) At the US Supreme Court’s oral arguments on April 28, 2015, on whether same-sex marriage is a constitutional right, the federal government’s…
“The US Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision upholds a vital principle, according to IRFA President Stanley Carlson-Thies: “[T]he decision importantly vindicates business as a realm…
A Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bill has recently been considered by the Mississippi legislature. It has not received the firestorm of often-uninformed commentary that…
• Tim Sherratt, “When Religious Liberty and Other Civil Rights Collide,” Capital Commentary, March 7, 2014: “Balancing religious liberty with other civil rights and liberties…
Efforts to resolve American’s fiscal crisis–the large gap between government income and expenditures, annually and as it has accumulated into our massive national debt–could lead…
In its fundraising appeal for 2014, “Moving Freedom Forward: What You and the ACLU Can Do in 2014,” the ACLU, while professing its devotion to…
The idea popped up first in California, where it was turned into a law, and then in New Jersey, where it also became law. Now…
* John Carr, “Beyond Red and Blue,” America, Feb. 10, 2014: In the renewed interest in fighting poverty, “There are unreal, unhelpful divisions between those…
FBOs: fighting poverty or the culture wars?
(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) A mid-May, 2015, Catholic-evangelical summit brought together President Obama, academic experts, and faith leaders to consider how to more effectively address persistent…