Who Defines Religious Freedom?
In the United States, who defines religious freedom? The First Amendment? The courts? The legislature? Religious…
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The Latest on Zubik v. Burwell: Religious Orgs Propose a Compromise That They Themselves Would Oppose
With headlines like “53 Percent Say Making Nuns Participate in Obamacare Birth Control Mandate is Unfair,”…
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“Little Sisters” Being Sold As Face of Contraception Case
As the Scalia-less Supreme Court gets ready to hear the latest challenge to the contraceptive…
Read MoreThe “Batsh*t Crazy” Party’s Candidates Assume Their “Religious Liberty” Stances
If last night’s debate revealed anything beyond the fact that, in the words of Lindsey Graham,…
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Scalia’s (Not Very Catholic, Right Wing) Originalism
The late Antonin Scalia is rightly being remembered for almost single-handedly creating and promulgating the…
Read MoreReligious Freedom Advocates Warn of “Theocratic Zones of Control”
With Kim Davis and representatives of the Little Sisters of the Poor both trotted out…
Read MoreDid Religious Universities Just Get a License to Discriminate?
The news that more than two dozen religiously affiliated colleges and universities had received exemptions…
Read More3 Reasons the SCOTUS Challenge to Contraceptive Mandate is a “Religious Liberty” Stalking Horse
Now that the Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a consolidated set of…
Read More“Paperwork” Defense Takes Step Closer to Supreme Court
Employers who refuse to even fill out paperwork for their religious accommodation on contraception win a battle…
Read MoreNuns Say Pope Still Doesn’t Get Women and Abortion
Responding to Pope Francis’ announcement that during the upcoming “Year of Mercy” all priests would…
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