discrimination/religious freedom

Twenty-one religious leaders of various faiths gathered on the steps of the National Cathedral on Friday to sign a pledge for religious freedom and to call on public officials and political candidates…

We hear a lot about the ways that religious exemptions impact the divisive cultural issues of our day—like abortion, marriage equality, and increasingly basic vaccinations. But the resistance to…

A university is a public institution. It is not a Sunday school.

When Pope Francis came to New York last week traffic came to a standstill. But traffic on social media was brisk, with many of my friends from the social justice world celebrating the Pope’s “liberal”…

A federal judge on Wednesday denied Kim Davis a stay of his order requiring her office to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples who want one, the latest setback for the Kentucky county clerk…

Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who continues to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples despite the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear her case, says she is obeying “God’s…

Today over 130 civil rights, religious liberty, educational, feminist, and LGBT rights groups wrote a letter to President Obama, urging him to instruct the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal…

In the latest addition to It’s Your Fault, The Cubit ’s series on blame in contemporary society, RD associate editor Sarah Morice-Brubaker explores how some conservative Christians channel their…

Reactions from conservatives (and those courting their votes) range from angry to apoplectic. With a strong dose of the ridiculous.

Last week, Christianity Today ran a piece headlined, “Why Christian Education in Israel Could Vanish.” The reason? “Funding discrimination” by Israel’s Ministry of Education: The ministry provides 100…