Neil Gorsuch Shows How Donald Trump Loses (Some) White Evangelical Christians
When it comes to the president’s support among white evangelical Christians, my first instinct is…
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In Latest Round of LGBTQ Discrimination Cases Before SCOTUS, Religion Is ‘The Elephant in the Room’
There’s much to say about this week’s arguments, including the question of whether the employers were arguing, in effect, that it is acceptable to discriminate against LGBTQ people so long as they discriminate against all LGBTQ people.
Read MoreReligious Freedom Battle Is Far From Over: Here’s What to Look for in 2019
While the issues are piling up, the Supreme Court—and U.S. society more broadly—will have to face the questions ducked in Masterpiece Cakeshop, or else be willing to settle for a level of uncertainty that serves no one.
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How a Catholic-Majority SCOTUS Fulfilled an Evangelical Dream
This is not a majority Catholic court. It’s the Supreme Court that the strange alliance of the religious right built.
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What Justice Gorsuch’s Record Suggests About the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments December 5 in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil…
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The Subway Sandwich Artist Argument; When “Religious Freedom” Isn’t About Religious Freedom
Consider this faintly ridiculous hypothetical: I am in line at my local Subway sandwich shop,…
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Pence’s Prayer Breakfast Appearance Underscores Fractured American Catholicism
The annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast is hardly a bipartisan or nonpolitical event. It was…
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Gorsuch Confirmed… But Don’t Get Too Bent Out of Shape
Well, it’s done. Moments ago the Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch as the newest associate justice…
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Special Hell: Progressive Catholics Reckon With the Rise of Trump
To many, Catholic support for Trump feels like a repudiation of the Catholic social justice tradition.
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Religious Freedom Org Sticking By Trump Clinging to SCOTUS Nominations
The foul-mouthed businessman still has a few reliable allies going to bat for him.
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