The “Open-Up-Now” crowd’s flawed constitutional reasoning.
religious liberty
Posted inPolitical Animal
How ‘Religious Liberty’ Is Threatening Women’s Lives
The connection between rising maternal mortality rates and conscience clauses in healthcare.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Project Blitz Is Producing Model Legislation For Christian Nationalists
Under the guise of ‘religious liberty,’ this initiative seeks to destroy the separation of church and state.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Attorney General Goes to War With the First Amendment
He doesn’t believe that human beings are capable of behaving morally outside the strictures of organized religion.
Posted inFeatured, July/August 2019, Magazine
Breaking the Faith
It took centuries to fulfill James Madison’s unique vision of religious freedom. Donald Trump threatens to undo it.
Posted inApril/May/June 2019, Books, Magazine
When Religion Is Too Free
The limits of liberty without commitment.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Conservatives on the Supreme Court Affirmed Trump’s Right to Lie
They join congressional Republicans in failing to hold this president accountable.
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Is a Dubious Reformer
Prince Mohammed will allow women to drive but he’s arresting everyone who advocated for the change.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Democrats Are the Party of Religious Liberty
This country was founded on the ideal of religious tolerance for people of all faiths and no faith.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Sam Brownback to Protect the Religiously Oppressed
The former Kansas governor makes more enemies than friends, so his prospects as the religious ambassador are doubtful.
