Predatory Prayer: When Does “Please” Not Mean “Please”?
Is it possible to coerce someone to pray? Is it still coercion if you say please?…
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Will SCOTUS Call the “Bluff” of Religious Liberty Activists?
If the announcement that the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s…
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Huckabee Calls For Civil Disobedience, Utterly Misreads MLK, Jr.
Mike Huckabee has joined the ranks of those invoking Martin Luther King Jr. to legitimate civil disobedience…
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Religious Right Reax to SCOTUS: “A Spiritual 9/11”
Reactions from conservatives (and those courting their votes) range from angry to apoplectic. With a strong dose of the ridiculous.
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Discrimination on the Taxpayer’s Dime? The Fight To Curtail the Overreach of RFRA
Religious exemptions have allowed employers to discriminate based on faith—slippery slope would be an understatement.
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What the Catholic Supreme Court Justices Get Wrong About Marriage
For a millennium the church had no “coherent or obligatory liturgical tradition” regarding marriage.
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“Pro-Family” Ad Helps Explain Fear of Marriage Equality
In late March The Washington Post published a peculiar ad from the American Family Association (AFA) addressing…
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Evangelicals Looking for Walker to “Do Nothing” in 2016 Election
When speaking to religious audiences, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker likes to remind people that he…
Read MoreThe Rotten Core at the Heart of Religious Freedom Laws
My previous post on corporate personhood ended by asking for a principled reason why we…
Read MoreIs “Religious Freedom” Impossible After Hobby Lobby?
Last week the Supreme Court succeeded in deciding a case that it said was too…
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