discrimination/religious freedom

Tens of millions of people saw a now-familiar name in their newspaper Friday morning, attached to a now-familiar message: America should be a Christian nation. Every Easter and Fourth of July since…

On Monday, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, the Supreme Court relied heavily on “less restrictive alternatives” when it exempted closely-held corporations from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive…

The Atlantic’s Molly Ball describes the letter from religious leaders to President Obama, requesting an exemption from his forthcoming executive order barring sexual orientation discrimination by…

The Green family who initiated the Hobby Lobby case may be evangelical Christians, but Hobby Lobby is very much a product of the Catholic Church’s long standing efforts to create conscience exemptions…

Apart from whether or not we like the Hobby Lobby decision, there seems to be some confusion about the ruling evidenced by the fact that people keep asking “What about Blood transfusions in companies…

There’s been a lot of discussion lately of the ideological roots of the Christian Right. Sarah Posner dissected Nebraska Senate candidate Ben Sasse’s dissertation here on RD, noting that according to…

As Obama meets Francis it’s a good time to remember that he gave an inch and the Bishops may just get their mile too.

The State Department’s new office for religious engagement should resist the temptation to impose a US model of religious freedom on the world. Church-state separation may work well in the US, but in other contexts, not so much.

Is rewriting the rules on religious freedom in the works?

Maybe he’s all they’ve got.