Why a candidate’s support for the free exercise clause matters
Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will do more to defend the Free Exercise Clause is an important factor in deciding which candidate to support.
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“I’m on your side,” Trump tells fawning evangelicals
Yesterday, in a typical, stream-of-consciousness, rant about his self-perceived greatness, Donald Trump told an assembly of over 900 evangelical leaders in New York that he…
Trump’s troubling evasion of basic religious liberty questions
Donald Trump evades questions about whether employers should have right to discriminate on basis of religion and the tax-exempt status of religious organizations.
Why Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland deserves serious consideration
This morning President Obama threw a straight pitch directly into the strike zone when he nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court…
Yom Kippur, the Scapegoat Ritual, and the Politics of Blame
Political careers are made by identifying, or in some cases creating, amorphous bogeymen who have nothing in mind but the destruction of "The Constitution" and…
Why the 14th Amendment and Federal Courts are Essential to Protecting Religious Liberty
Have you ever wondered what legal mechanism existed that permitted the legalization of slavery in the United States after the Bill of Rights was ratified…
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Rabbi Saperstein Sworn in as Ambassador for Religious Freedom
On February 20, 2015, Rabbi David Saperstein was sworn in as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom. Saperstein is the fourth person to hold…
Opinion: Playing Political Football with the President’s Faith
By Jason Hines - Attacks on the President's faith are an attempt to redefine the constitutional role of religion in American life. Both Senator Santorum…
Seven California churches sue to keep from funding abortion
A campaign against the state of California mandating abortion coverage in insurance plans is intensifying. Several complaints have been filed with the federal government to…
Opinion: Atheists, Conscience and God’s Name
An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada recently wasn't allowed to re-enlist because he refused to sign an oath containing the phrase…