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Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’

By Andrew L. Seidel

…ican principle: that there is no freedom of religion without a government that is free from religion; without a secular government. It’s not just minority religions, or religions sliding along the demographic scale toward that status, that ought to fight to uphold the principle, but any truly devout citizen. As Madison and Rakove explain on page one, “religion flourishes in greater purity, without the aid of government.” While Madison thought reli…

Religious Freedom Historian John Ragosta on “Religious Freedom”

By Frederick Clarkson

…may be shaky at best. Such complexities notwithstanding, most would agree that religious freedom is a good thing even if we can’t agree on exactly what it means. Informed people on all sides also tend to agree that the taproot of religious freedom in the United States is the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, originally drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1777 and shepherded through the Virginia legislature by James Madison in 1786. The following…

Don’t Let Bigoted Campaigns Sour You to the Revolutionary Idea of Religious Freedom

By Frederick Clarkson

…ion to replacing “men” with “people,” a 21st century paraphrase might say that we’re free to believe and express ourselves as we will and that our religious or irreligious identity neither advantages nor disadvantages us as citizens. In that spirit, a remarkable group of national organizations are promoting a model Religious Freedom Day proclamation or resolution for state and local executives and legislators. It seeks to be true to the facts of h…

Supreme Court Rules Religion is Special… This Time

By Katherine Stewart

…not the same thing. I think the Founders were right. The basic principle that the free exercise of religion requires that government should refrain as much as possible from getting involved in ecclesiastical decisions is surely sound. For the same reason, on the other hand, we must stop pretending that religious groups should be treated the same as all other groups on matters that have nothing to do with religion. To treat religion differently—to…

Muslim Students Shocked By Professor’s Column

By Haroon Moghul

…ebuke him for having written it. We are, as you allude to, an institution that treasures free speech and open dialogue. You need to think more about what this means since you don’t seem to understand it. I would suggest that if you take issue with what Mr. Vardarajan wrote you take the issue up with him. There is space for feedback on the Forbes site. Do what you do, then walk away from the consequences. Other than the earth-shaking irony of a Uni…

My Business, Myself: Piercing the Corporate Veil

By Howard M. Friedman

…of religion are at issue can become ambiguous. Can business owners assert that their free exercise is being burdened when the coverage mandate is imposed not on them, but on their business? Does the for-profit corporation or LLC have religious beliefs of its own? Does General Motors practice religion? If not, do smaller corporations exercise religion? Or are the small businesses really asserting the religious rights of their owners? It might seem…

Gordon Gekko Gets God: The Heritage Foundation of Theology

By Peter Laarman

…e Bible. Richards uses the old false dichotomy technique to make his case that free-market capitalism is fully consistent with Jesus’ teachings and Christian tradition. He wants to save us from believing either that private accumulation is “bad” and causes much of the world’s suffering, or that “God wants you to prosper and be rich”—as though the prosperity gospel is in any way the counterpart or rival or obverse of the Social Gospel. No, Jay: the…

Exclusive: Christian Right Bill Mill, Project Blitz, Hasn’t Gone Away, It’s Just Gotten More Secretive

By Frederick Clarkson

…ess up is real.” Baker’s view is more ominous. He told The New York Times that what inspired his bill was events held at public libraries “like Drag Queen Story Hour, and materials that have a clear agenda of grooming our children for the L.G.B.T.Q. community with adult themes and content that fit the description of a [sic] objectionable sexual nature.” Deborah Caldwell-Stone, the director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the Chicago-headq…

Body of Work: Remembering Daniel Berrigan, 1921-2016

By Michele Somerville

…jacket. The soul freed of its tattered covering moves on to another life. That is somewhat but not entirely consistent with the Catholic teaching on death. As I mourn the death of this extraordinary man, whom I see in the famous photo smiling and more free than most, maybe, in handcuffs, smiling. I think of the Christ and the body. I think of how expert and deliberate Berrigan was in using his body to hold on to the Christ of his imagination. I th…

Hitching a Freedom Ride: Gay Ain’t the New Black…

By Jonathan L. Walton

…heterosexual orientation that affords this right. Why deny it to others? What is more, everyone is free to have his or her own opinion concerning same-sex marriage. One need not like the idea of Jerry marrying David anymore than the thought of Thomas Chung-Kim marrying Keisha Jackson. But in a just, democratic society, those in opposition should not have the authority to deny these human beings the right to participate in an activity that neither…