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Religious Freedom Restoration Act
April 22, 2024
Charles McCrary
How Religious Freedom Could Help Liberals Win the Abortion Rights War
The right has successfully wielded the idea of sincere religious beliefs as an antisocial legal cudgel. Should the left be using it to further its own ends?
April 5, 2021
Matt Ford
Texas Wants to Tell California How to Spend Its Money. What Happened to States’ Rights?
A California law bans state-funded travel to anti-LGBT states. Texas is asking the Supreme Court to rule the law unconstitutional.
April 2, 2015
Brian Beutler
Religious Conservatives Got Greedy in Indiana, and It's Costing Them
April 1, 2015
Cristian Farias
Why Arkansas' Governor Rejected the Religious Freedom Bill
It was even more extreme than Indiana's
March 31, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Real Consequences of Indiana's "Religious Freedom" Law
It's not about boutique wedding shops. What if Hobby Lobby refused to allow gay customers?
August 22, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Obama Tweaks the Birth Control Mandate—and the Right Is Still Angry
June 30, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Hobby Lobby Ruling May Not Be as Bad as It Seems—for Now
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