Religious Liberty

Eighty-one percent of Americans say the law should not allow companies or other institutions to use religious beliefs to decide whether to offer a service to some people and not others. Read More

The Danger of Making a Religion of Politics

What makes Donald Trump think he can fix it? Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The Declaration of Independence summarizes liberalism—not as a political creed opposed to conservatism ... Read More

56% See Government as a Threat to Religious Rights

Amid warnings about “Christian nationalism,” the number of voters who view the U.S. government as a threat to religious liberty ... is a threat to Americans' religious rights, more than ... Read More

Liberty University holds massive, public prayer gathering as anti-Israel mobs get arrested at Columbia, USC

Students at Liberty University in Virginia gathered together peacefully for a campus worship event, in contrast to anti-Israel protests at other campuses across the country. Read More

Gay Rights and American Law

Austin 'Gay Rights and American Law makes an impressive contribution both to the contemporary debate over lesbian and gay civil rights and to the scholarly literature on the politics of judicial ... Read More

Most Americans think religion's influence is declining and it's not a good thing, poll says

Most Americans believe religion's role in society is declining, and they aren't happy about it, a new poll finds. About 80 percent of U.S. adults think religion is losing its influence on American ... Read More

Religious Liberty Arguments for Abortion Rights

This volume therefore asks: how did liberal American Jews influence abortion politics, and how did reproductive politics change liberal American Judaism? Elizabeth Sepper is a nationally recognized ... Read More

Texas attorney general hates migrants more than he loves religious liberty

“Defendants’ unexplained demand for sensitive information,” Annunciation House declared, “infringes on AHI’s constitutional rights, including religious liberty, association, and equal ... Read More

How new House Speaker Mike Johnson spent years fighting against gay rights

An ABC News examination of public records, news reports and documents shows the extent to which Johnson dedicated earlier phases of his career to limiting gay rights, including same-sex marriage ... Read More

How Religious Freedom Could Help Liberals Win the Abortion Rights War

The right has successfully wielded the idea of sincere religious beliefs as an antisocial legal cudgel. Should the left be using it to further its own ends? Read More

Americans Think a President's Power Should Be Checked, AP-NORC Poll Finds — Unless Their Side Wins

Americans Think a President's Power Should Be Checked ... a sign of the public's willingness to push the boundaries of the political framework that has kept the U.S. a stable democracy for ... Read More

Indiana appeals court upholds injunction on abortion ban, citing religious liberty

In utilizing Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act to protect the right to an abortion, the plaintiffs in the case are seeking to reverse the political ... filed by the American Civil ... Read More