Windsor, Marriage, and Religious Freedom

by Greg Forster

Is the Supreme Court trying to redistribute human dignity from opponents of same-sex marriage to supporters? Continue Reading »

30 Mar 2015

Does Notre Dame Have a Prayer?

by Matthew J. Franck

Yesterday, in a brief order published at the head of an otherwise miscellaneous list, the Supreme Court made a summary disposition of University of Notre Dame v. Burwell, the case involving the university's resistance to the HHS contraception-sterilization-abortifacient mandate under Obamacare. Here is the whole of what the Court said: Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2015

A Victory for Religious Freedom in Canada

by Mathew Block

Yesterday brought news of a significant victory for religious freedom in Canada.  Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2015

Religious Freedom and American History

by Stephen Cox

What is the libertarian understanding of religious liberty at the present time? Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2014

The Obama Effect?

by Mark Movsesian

Berger says the episode reflects America’s decreasing regard for religion and religious believers. And he lays the blame largely at the door of the Obama Administration. Continue Reading »

24 Oct 2014

What’s Happening in Houston?

by Mark Movsesian

Don’t make politically-charged statements about religious convictions that the government doesn’t approve, even if you’re at a private meeting in your own church. You may one day have to lawyer up. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2014

We Must Fight ISIS with More than Missiles

by Thomas F. Farr

Tomorrow we mark the 13th anniversary of the Islamist terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. What we are facing in Iraq and Syria today has deeply troubling similarities to 9/11, both in its origins and its threat to American national security. Continue Reading »

10 Sep 2014

Religion in a Heart-Shaped Box

by Owen Strachan

I never have known the joy of owning a small, pink, heart-shaped music box. In point of fact, I never will. I suppose, with two daughters in the home, that the purchase of such a box might be in the fatherly offing, but it won’t be for my own sake. Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2014

Let Religious Freedom Ring

by Timothy George

When Chuck Colson, Robert George, and I drafted the Manhattan Declaration back in 2009, some people questioned why we had chosen to include religious freedom, along with the sanctity of life and the integrity of marriage, as one of the three most pressing moral issues of our time. Life is sacred, and matrimony is holy, they said, but isn’t religious freedom just another “political” tenet? What does it have to do with the Christian faith? Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2014

Recasting Religious Freedom

by Hadley Arkes

Few among us concerned for the defense of religious freedom can doubt that these have become dark times indeed. Most recently, arguments have been brought before the Supreme Court—there has been a veritable cascade of briefs—against the government on Obamacare. Many of these have one way . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2014