By Chelsea Langston Bombino In our current cultural and political moment, religious freedom in the United States is not generally regarded as a contribution to…
By Collin Slowey EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is the first in a series of articles by Collin Slowey, an intern with the Center for Public…
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…
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 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…
Updated: August 15, 2018 Published: July 31, 2018 Stanley Carlson-Thies Update on August 15: In the wake of the adverse Canadian Supreme Court decisions, the…
July 2, 2018 Chelsea Langston Bombino On June 26, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates…
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…