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…
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…
“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,…
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…
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…
In July, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13672 prohibiting sexual orientation and gender identity job discrimination in federal contracting. In April, 2015, regulations implementing…
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting public comment on proposed regulations clarifying and expanding the ban on sex discrimination in…
Today, September 10th, a wide range of religious leaders wrote to President Obama, asking him to maintain his administration’s commitment to the Religious Freedom Restoration…
Various progressive civil rights, religious, LGBT, and union organizations have asked President Obama to agree with them that religious hiring by religious organizations is discrimination…
Stanley Carlson-Thies The Equality Act, introduced into the House and the Senate in late July, 2015, is intended to comprehensively prohibit under federal law, discrimination…