News & Commentary about Religious Liberty
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Jun 30, 2020
Taxpayers Shouldn’t Have to Fund Religious Education: How Today’s Supreme Court Decision Further Erodes the Separation of Church and State
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Jun 17, 2020
SCOTUS Must Now Ensure LGBTQ People Are Not Turned Away From Taxpayer-Funded Programs
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Feb 27, 2020
A Hospital Refused to Provide Medically Necessary Surgery Because I Am Transgender
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Dec 9, 2019
Three Ways the “Fairness for All Act” Doesn’t Protect LGBTQ People from Discrimination
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Nov 18, 2019
Students Told They Would Be Better Off ‘If They Had Jesus in Their Life’
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Nov 5, 2019
Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination with Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding
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Oct 18, 2019
Patients’ Needs, Not Personal Beliefs, Come First in Health Care
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Oct 16, 2019
Trump Cabinet Officials Double Down on Religious Favoritism
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Sep 27, 2019
The Trump Administration Can’t Force Colleges to Further Its Anti-Muslim Agenda
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Sep 20, 2019
The Supreme Court Considers Mandatory Government Funding of Religious Education