discrimination/religious freedom

A network of conservative Roman Catholics and Evangelicals is using a “religious liberty” framework to attack same-sex marriage, access to contraception and more using a narrative of “religious liberty”. Where did this narrative come from?

The Virginia state legislature passed a bill yesterday that would allow religious and political student groups on college campuses to discriminate and still receive public funding. The bill, which would prevent universities from implementing wide-ranging non-discrimination policies, follows a scattered and heated debate across colleges nationwide on what constitutes religious discrimination.

How does Christian Right organizing use religious freedom to further their own anti-LGBT agenda? Amy Stone discusses the role of Religious Freedom in suppressing marriage equality in various states.

Opponents of gay marriage in Massachusetts are misleading in saying that religious liberty is threatened by its legalization in the state, says The Reverend Katherine H. Ragsdale, an Episcopal priest and director of the Somerville, MA think tank Political Research Associates.

Conservative Stephen Carter in his book “The Culture of Disbelief” has crafted a statement of the hostility thesis for the average reader—no legal training required.