Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 — Bunk History

Protesters outside the Supreme Court on December 5, when oral arguments were heard in 303 Creative LLC v. Eleni.

The New Faith-Based Discrimination

A sharp uptick in challenges to U.S. antidiscrimination laws threatens decades of progress in extending civil rights to all.

by Louise Melling via Boston Review on December 14, 2022

How to Balance Competing Claims of Religious Freedom?

Peyote use has been defended with religious liberty arguments. So has Bible reading in public schools.

by Tisa Wenger via The Christian Century on October 16, 2017

Freedom vs. Liberty: Why Religious Conservatives Have Begun to Chose One Over the Other

Religious "freedom" and "liberty" have always had different connotations.

by Stephanie Russell-Kraft via Religion Dispatches on October 12, 2016

An American flag flying in front of a large Christian cross.

The Religious-Liberty Attack on Transgender Rights

Conservative Christians are out to restore their historical legal privileges.

by David Sehat via Boston Review on May 27, 2016

The Strange Career of Free Exercise

How efforts to bolster religious liberty set off a chain of unintended consequences.

by Garrett Epps via The Atlantic on April 4, 2016

Two men stand in a church doorway.

The Revival of Church Sanctuary

How a long-abandoned practice became a way for undocumented immigrants to seek protection.

by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi via New York Review of Books on November 10, 2020

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