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February 2017

February 16, 2017

No Religious Exemption for Abuse

Late last summer, a group of Illinois pastors sued the state for their right to engage in...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

The Grace of Being Freed From Judging My Neighbor

Earlier this week, I had an op-ed about religious freedom published in the local newspaper,...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Making Religious Homophobia Illegitimate

I have a dream that someday, religious homophobia will be as illegitimate as flat-earth cosmology...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

When Religious Freedom Only Protects Heteropatriarchy

It’s not really religious freedom. Conservative politicians have been on a roll for the past...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

Because Religion?

Consider this: George Fox University decided that references to sex in Title IX don’t include...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Religious Freedom … Really (UCC edition)

I’ve written before about the problems with so many claims of protecting “religious freedom” in...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

This Week in Religious Freedom & Healthcare

This picture of me shouldn’t be revolutionary. And yet … Here is a great 90...

November 2013

November 05, 2013

BREAKING: Marriage Equality IS Coming to Illinois!

This just in from Illinois Unites For Marriage: The Illinois House just passed the freedom...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Pluralism, Marriage, & Religious Freedom

The following is an excerpt from a commentary I wrote for my local newspaper, the...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

When the Personal Becomes Political

I wrote about the religious element of Joe Biden’s response to Martha Raddatz’s question about...

October 09, 2012

Religious Freedom Is For Everyone

What’s wrong – and right – with the role of faith in American politics today? ...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

An Open Letter to Illinois Pharmacists

Who do you think you are? Your religion does not trump mine. If you have...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Whose Religious Freedom?

When the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops launched their Fortnight for Freedom, a two week...