The Children of Bellow and Roth: New Book of Short Fiction Takes On the Male Jewish Experience
“I’m unbelievably bored writing about Judaism as a journalist,” author Gordon Haber said during a…
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“Freedom” vs. “Liberty”: Why Religious Conservatives Have Begun to Favor One Over the Other
Religious “liberty” is code for something else entirely.
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Will SB 1146 End LGBT Discrimination in California’s Religious Schools?
A new religious freedom battle has been brewing in California, but you probably haven’t heard of…
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Mississippi’s Gov. Bryant Resorts To Far-Fetched Analogy To Defend Anti-LGBT HB 1523
According to Bryant, the carve-outs in HB 1523 are no different than federal laws protecting pacifists from military conscription.
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Religious Freedom Is No Carte Blanche: Highlights from Mississippi HB 1523 Court Ruling
Mississippi’s House Bill 1523, the law the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Andrew Seidel called “excruciatingly…
Read More5 Most Important Quotes from Trump’s Evangelical Summit
It seems like not a day goes by when a reporter or political commentator declares…
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#SorryNotSorry: What U.S. Christian Denominations Teach About Homosexuality
The massacre of 49 individuals in an Orlando gay nightclub on June 12 has ignited…
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Disingenuous Pleas for “Common Ground” on Religious Liberty Aren’t Likely to Find Any
If you were to skim John Gehring’s latest piece for Commonweal, you might think he’s…
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Mississippi Religious Lib Law Violates First Amendment and Shuts Out Religious Progressives
As I predicted after the first two lawsuits were filed against Mississippi’s House Bill 1523,…
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Manufacturing Religious Freedom Martyrs
On May 12, the conservative advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom introduced the newest Christian martyrs…
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