discrimination/religious freedom

A groundbreaking 2016 report by PRA senior fellow Frederick Clarkson details the strategy and agenda inside the Christian Right’s campaign to exempt not only religions, but individuals and businesses…

Religious Freedom Day provides an opportunity for us to think dynamically about the meaning of religious freedom in our time – even as the Christian Right seeks to redefine it beyond recognition.

When historians recount the history of separation of church and state in our time, one of the signature events may be a federal court case that didn’t even make it to the Supreme Court. It didn’t need…

Immediately following the mass murder some Christian Right leaders jumped onto the airwaves to claim the shooting was an example of the campaign against religious freedom in America. They were onto something, just not what they thought they were.

So much of the contemporary religious liberty campaign being conducted by the Christian Right is demagogic fear-mongering designed to justify discrimination against other Americans, particularly LGBTQ people.

The two men are experimenting with their own version of complementarity, each playing distinct roles in the manipulation of religious liberty arguments.

One of the primary drivers of the movement to corrupt and redefine religious freedom is a decades-long alliance of top Mormons and Catholics.

Since the Hobby Lobby ruling, Christian Right agencies have pushed state level RFRAs that extend certain provisions to corporations and individuals allowing discrimination.

The Christian Right’s strategy has suffered some powerful losses of late. It is good to take notice.

The Christian Right’s narrative that mainline church membership is declining primarily because of differences over things like marriage equality unravels when subjected to scrutiny.