Why Trump’s Religious Liberty Order is “a Whole Lot of Nothing”
This morning’s presidential signing of an executive order “promoting free speech and religious liberty” isn’t the…
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Texas Pastor: Christians Claiming “Religious Persecution” Are Actually Just “Selfish”
It’s not every day that a Baptist pastor based in Texas urges his congregants to…
Read MoreState-Licensed Ministers Can’t “Pray Away the Gay,” SCOTUS Affirms
The Supreme Court’s refusal to consider an appeal of California’s 2012 ban on conversion therapy is the clearest sign…
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Humiliating “Kim Davis Bill” To “Protect” Anti-LGBT County Clerks Passes Texas Senate
While everyone (including me) was busy blasting North Carolina for its latest (unconstitutional) effort to…
Read MoreIs Religion the Only Tool Left for Legal Discrimination?
While many mistakenly believe that the law protects LGBTQ Americans from employment discrimination (excepting efforts to…
Read MoreLatest “Religious Freedom” Bills Reveal a New Strategy
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin marked the arrival of Spring by signing a new “religious freedom” law…
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NPR Largely Misses Critical Distinction on Religious Freedom vs. LGBTQ Rights
This post has been edited and a correction has been added. — eds However well-intentioned,…
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Why “Religion or Politics?” Is the Wrong Question
No wonder Americans are so unhappy—we have made a virtue of denying ourselves integrity in favor of psycho-somatic division.
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If it’s Really About “Religious Freedom,” Why Mention Just One Belief?
For the past week or so, the National Review‘s Alexandra Desanctis and I have been debating…
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Sorry, National Review: “Religious Freedom” Bills Do Permit Bigotry
It is true there is no federal or state law that says “it’s OK to turn away the gays if God said you could,” but there’s also no federal law protecting LGBT people from discrimination in the workplace, in housing, in healthcare, or in public accommodations.
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