Religious freedom
Christian PA Fired for Religious Beliefs Reaches $410K Settlement
After several years in court, University of Michigan Health-West has agreed to pay Christian physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman and her attorneys $410,000, as well as adopt religious freedom protection policies for all employees. …
DOJ Releases Guidance Strengthening Religious Liberty Protections
The U.S. Department of Justice released updated guidance strengthening federal protections for religious liberty. The DOJ’s updated memorandum, released on July 23, revises and expands the department’s 2017 Religious Liberty Guidelines in light…
DOJ Releases Guidance Strengthening Religious Liberty Protections
The U.S. Department of Justice released updated guidance strengthening federal protections for religious liberty. The DOJ’s updated memorandum, released on July 23, revises and expands the department’s 2017 Religious Liberty Guidelines in light…
Arkansas Tops List for Most Religious Freedom in State Law, Says First Liberty
Arkansas is now the most religiously free state in the nation, according to First Liberty Institute’s fifth annual Religious Liberty in the States Index. The top five states with the most religious freedom in order of ranking were: 1. Arkansas…
Religious Freedom’s Economic Benefits – Religion & Liberty Online
Defenses of religious freedom are often moral. They begin from the premise that conscience is not the property of the state and that no government can justly compel belief, worship, or religious conformity. John Locke’s A Letter Concerning…
The God-Sized Story Behind Alliance Defending Freedom
The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its 2025-2026 term late last month with its usual array of blockbuster decisions, including two cases where a majority of the justices ruled that states can prohibit men who are pretending to be women from…
The Unshakable Grit and Unfaltering Faith of Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri
The sudden release of Ezra Jin Mingri, the founding pastor of Zion Church of China, reads like something out of the dramatic sixteenth chapter of Acts. You’re familiar with the passage: an earthquake at midnight suddenly throws open the prison…
Religious Freedom is Not a Problem to Be Managed
In the ramp up to the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, you might have missed the recent release of the Religious Liberty Commission’s final 224-page report. Established back on May 1, 2025, via executive order by President Donald…
Christian Lifeguard in California Suspended After Refusing to Fly Pride Flag
Captain Jeffrey Little has served as a lifeguard with the Los Angeles Country Fire Department for over 20 years in an exemplary career. Yet, this evangelical Christian father is being represented by the Thomas More Society for refusing to raise…
U.S. Military Fights to Protect Christians in Nigeria
The U.S. government has taken significant military action to counter the deadly persecution of Christians in Nigeria in recent days. Overnight on May 16, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) working alongside the Armed Forces of Nigeria killed…