by Kevin Bauder | Jun 30, 2017 | Islam, Liberalism, Religious Freedom, Social Issues, Tolerance
Writing for the Witherspoon Institute, Ismail Royer responds to Bernie Sanders’s attempt to impose a religious test for public office: such people “are not protecting religious pluralism but are rather demanding that all public servants be...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 4, 2017 | America, Ethics, Politics, Religious Freedom, Social Issues
One of my greatest objections to candidate Trump was his threat to ban Muslim immigration. As a Baptist, I believe firmly that religion should never be made a test of legal standing. With President Trump’s immigration ban going into effect, it’s time to...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 2, 2017 | Religious Freedom
Lidiya Mishchenko argues for the affirmative in the George Washington Law Review.
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 18, 2017 | Baptists, Catholicism, Christianity, Church History, Reformation, Religious Freedom, Tolerance
During the English Reformation Catholics burned Anglicans and Anglicans burned Catholics. Now the Archbishop of Canterbury has decided it’s time to express remorse. Apparently, plenty of people in the UK find this gesture pretty ridiculous. Perhaps it’s...
by Jeff Straub | Jan 14, 2017 | Persecution, Religious Freedom, Tolerance
http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2017/january/top-50-countries-christian-persecution-world-watch-list.html
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 26, 2016 | America, Anthropology, Politics, Religious Freedom
The Department of Education publishes a list of schools that have received religious exemptions from Title IX. What’s that mean? Title IX allows a religious school to be exempt from government policies that would undermine its religious identity. The need for...