Religious Freedom
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Amy Coney Barrett’s views and the upcoming Supreme Court term
Barrett’s appreciation for our national tradition of religious tolerance will be an important part of her expected service on the Supreme Court – particularly because the court has been an increasingly important arbiter of religious freedom disputes in recent years.
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Q&A: AEI study shows how schools’ focus influences family life
Adults who attended Protestant schools are twice as likely to be in stable marriages, compared with adults who attended public schools, and 50% less likely to have a child outside of marriage. Why?
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Protecting religious freedom at the federal level
Congress needs to act to ensure that discrimination laws apply as intended, to protect people in need without threatening the work of religious groups and people of faith.
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Religious social services are critical to America’s inmates
If we fail to offer legal protection to the efforts of churches and faith-motivated individuals to offer material and spiritual assistance to those willing to accept it, we are really harming the most vulnerable people in society – like the…
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Utah offers way to prevent religious freedom conflicts
If a one-sided approach leads to stalemate, a different approach is necessary. This insight spurred Utah’s Legislature to try something new in 2015.
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Religious freedom scholars say Little Sisters case creates new front in divisive culture war
Unless Congress enacts legislation to settle the dispute permanently, the net effect of the Little Sisters of the Poor case will be to keep the administrative agencies in the middle of the culture war.
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Who should resolve religious freedom conflicts and how?
Advocates of religious freedom need to continue litigation activity but must begin to pay more attention to legislation.
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Religious freedom conflicts can ensnare schools, healthcare workers
While conflict between religious freedom and LGBTQ+ discrimination (or other forms of discrimination) often gets attention, there are two other prominent contexts for conflict to arise: healthcare and education.
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SCOTUS 2019-20 term marked by modest victories for religious freedom – read our Q&A with Jewish leader Howard Slugh
The theme of the term was incremental change. The Roberts court has adopted a slow step-by-step approach to building legal doctrine.
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What are the current conflicts between religious freedom and government actions?
Without resolution of some kind, we can expect continued litigation and a patchwork of state solutions that will be supportive of, or hostile to, religious interests.