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Legislature Gets a New Religious Freedom Caucus

Florida state representative Steve Precourt discusses Florida’s new religious freedom caucus in the Tallahassee Democrat.  “This new effort by state legislators exemplifies the growing movement by...

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Caucus Works to Defend Religious Freedom

In an opinion piece in The Tennessean, state Senator Brian Kelsey writes about the newly formed religious freedom caucus in his home state of Tennessee. “Americans are beginning to put aside their...

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Legislators Stand up for Religious Freedom

Missouri state Rep. Mike McGhee discusses the recent formation of a bipartisan religious freedom caucus in his state in The Joplin Globe.  The caucus “exists to protect religious liberty from the...

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Organizers Announce 130 Religious Freedom Rallies This Saturday

Over 300 rallies in defense of religious freedom have been held nationwide since March, attracting over 125,000 participants.  Now, according to this Washington Times op-ed, 130 Stand Up for Religious...

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“Amendment 8 Will Head Off New Religious Controversy”

Harvard Law and Princeton University professor Robert George and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary dean Russell Moore discuss the merits of Florida’s Amendment 8, a ballot initiative that would...

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Discriminatory Blaine Amendment Survives Florida Election

Florida Amendment 8 fell far short of the 60 percent vote it needed on Tuesday, thus leaving the state’s discriminatory Blaine Amendment intact. Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, Fla., stated that...

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Religious Diversity Seen In Election Results

America’s peaceful religious pluralism and increasing religious diversity were demonstrated in Tuesday’s election results. Stephen Prothero on CNN Belief Blog notes Hawaii’s historic election of the...

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Jefferson’s Robust Views of Religious Freedom

Brian Walsh, T.J. Whittle, and Garrett Bauman of the American Religious Freedom Program argue that notwithstanding his unorthodox religious views, Thomas Jefferson staunchly adhered to the rights of...

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Martin Luther King and the eternal truth of ‘social issues’

On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and...

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How JFK’s religion changed American public life

On the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death and funeral in Washington, D.C., American Religious Freedom Program staffer T.J. Whittle writes on the president’s positive views on...

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