Religious Liberty

“Why was the persecution of Baptists more intense in Virginia than other colonies? How did that persecution lead to religious liberty in America?” - Baptist Press

“Thus, enter all the predictable howls that ‘Christian Nationalism’ is now upon us and that a violation of the ‘separation of church and state’ and all the other familiar canards require all the usual protests.” - World

Also…

“…according to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, 64% of Americans do not want to live in a primarily Christian nation. Instead, they prefer an America of many faiths without a Christian majority.” - RNS

“The men who landed at Normandy understood this. They knew instinctively that they were fighting against regimes that demanded absolute allegiance not merely from the body, but from the soul itself.” - National Review

“the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division at HHS [is] a federal watchdog tasked with defending healthcare workers and patients whose faith is increasingly under siege in American medicine.” - CPost

“We need to be vocal and speak out about any kind of violence or racism targeting churches or any of these things, but especially there seems to be more animosity towards Jewish people and Muslims” - Baptist Press

“Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) has reached a partial settlement in its legal battle against state athletic officials, securing over half a million dollars in damages after being barred from competition over its stance on transgender athletes by the Vermont Principals Association.” - MinistryWatch

“Upholding the Constitution’s religious liberty protections, which also safeguard our own faith, precludes the government targeting Islam for legal discrimination… But insisting on that freedom of conscience does not mean leveling all religions or pretending there is no conflict of belief between Christianity and Islam….It’s not “Christian nationalism” to recognize that fact.” - CToday

“Locke breaks from the way Christian thinkers had treated these topics for centuries. In the classical Christian tradition, religion is not merely inward belief. It is a lived, embodied reality: sacramental, hierarchical, liturgical, and communal. And while politics should protect rights and prevent harms, it also has a pedagogical function.” - L&L

“He also wrote that there was a simple solution for churches that wanted to avoid being penalized for endorsing candidates: ‘Put differently, if the plaintiffs here gave up their 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, none of the harms they allege could occur.’” - RNS