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Christian Right leaders know that their long-term program to marginalize the values of religious equality and pluralism is threatened by the entry of the organized Baptist community in an historic struggle to reclaim the meaning of religious freedom.

Like many other women living in Texas, news of the Supreme Court’s refusal to block Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) hit me hard. This extreme law not only bans abortion around six weeks in all cases of pregnancy…

The Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade . When the court finally got around to issuing the reprehensible 5-4 shadow docket decision on Texas’s bounty-hunting, 2-week abortion ban, which had already gone…

The Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to healthcare, and effectively overturned Roe v Wade , by doing nothing. Using the shadow docket, Justice Alito allowed a draconian, dystopian…

Read more of John Stoehr’s posts from The Editorial Board — eds. The Editorial Board’s Mia Brett has been raising awareness of a new Texas law that, in effect, creates a market for abortion…

The Religious Right’s most cherished and durable myth is its myth of origins. According to this well-rehearsed narrative, articulated by Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and countless others, evangelical…

The Religious Right is experiencing another, devastating Covid surge, especially in Southern states with Republican governors. Meanwhile, conservative state legislators are furiously passing laws…

The concerted effort by the Religious Right to redefine Religious Freedom is steadily making its way through the courts and legislators.