Religion
Egyptian Dissident Cynthia Farahat: The Middle East Is Hungry for Free Markets and Free Speech
She started the first secular, pro-market party in Egypt. Then the government sent the secret police after her.
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Early LSD Guru
Friday A/V Club: Celebrate Halloween with Gerald Heard, Boris Karloff, and some killer bees.
North America's First 'Burqa Ban' Passed by Quebec Liberals in Name of 'Religious Neutrality'
Echoing "burqa ban" policies passed across Europe, the ban would apply to anyone using public transportation or other public services.
Are Free Minds and Free Markets Compatible With Christianity?
A baker's dozen Christian libertarians weigh in
Does Reproductive Freedom Mean Forcing People to Sin?
Defenders of Obamacare's contraceptive mandate give short shrift to religious liberty.
Christian Cake Bakers and Gay Coffee Shop Owners: Why Freedom of Association Is for Everybody
Businesses shouldn't have to serve those who offend them.
Do Abortion Rules Violate Satanists' Religious Freedom? Missouri Supreme Court to Decide
The rules' purpose is to "indoctrinate pregnant women into the belief held by some...Christians that a separate and unique human being begins at conception" said appeals court.
Republicans Are Far From Consistent Champions of the First Amendment, Poll Finds
Many conservatives want to proscribe the rights of Muslims, journalists, and those who "disrespect" the United States.
Sessions Releases Guidance on Protecting Religious Freedom; LGBT Groups Fear 'Permission to Discriminate'
Mostly, memo reiterates what religious freedom protections mean.
Roy Moore Should Get a Female Muslim Uber to Drive Him to Saudi Arabia
His version of Christianity is the spiritual twin of Sharia
Trump's New Travel Ban Is More Incoherent and Just as Useless As the Old
Throwing North Korea and Venezuela on the list doesn't make it less discriminatory or America more safe
More Than a Third of Americans Have No Idea What the First Amendment Says
And 20 percent don't know atheists have the same rights as everyone else.
The Times Thinks Deregulation Is Meddling If It Helps Religious People or Gun Owners
The paper says loosening rules "runs counter to the Trump administration's less-is-more credo about government meddling."
Young Louis Farrakhan Sings a Calypso Song About Transgender Surgery
Friday A/V Club: Before his transition into the Nation of Islam
Democrats Are Increasingly Comfortable With Religious Tests
Attempting to create the impression that faithful Christians whose beliefs are at odds with newly sanctified cultural mores are incapable of doing their job.
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Gay Wedding Cakes
Can states force religious bakers to provide services to same-sex couples?
God and Man at the FBI
Dissident and offbeat religious groups have faced more than a century of surveillance.
Religious Objections to LGBT Issues in Mississippi Back in Play—for Now
Rather than advancing liberty, the controversial law establishes state-recognized beliefs.
Michael Lewis: The Supreme Court Has Harmed the Culture of Free Speech by Deciding Too Much Stuff
Starting with Roe v. Wade, the bestselling author argues in Commentary, the high court has removed too many topics from legislative debate.
Trump Administration May Finally Be Reversing the Birth Control Mandate
A rule is under review that would (reportedly) relax the hotly debated requirement.
After Violent Attack, Portland Mayor Calls for Abandoning First Amendment
For the millionth time, there's no "hate speech" exemption.
That Old-Time Civil Religion
Faith, dogma, and the constant reinvention of U.S. foreign policy
4th Circuit Exaggerates the Ambiguous Evidence Against Trump's Travel Ban
Which is more important to the president: hurting Muslims or looking tough on terrorism?
Atheism More Prevalent Among Americans Than the Polls Generally Show
A new study finds that 26 percent of Americans likely do not believe in God.
Florists Lose on Free Expression
You may see yourselves as artists, but the state of Washington does not see bouquets as a form of expression.
The Tyranny of 'Reproductive Freedom'
Accommodating religious objections to Obamacare's contraceptive mandate does not violate anyone's rights.
White Working-Class Millennials Are Less Christian, More Republican Than Their Elders
Nearly half of young working-class whites do not identify with any religious affiliation.
On Churches in Politics, Trump Does … Nothing
The president's executive order on religious freedom lacks any sort of substance.
Trump's Religious Freedom Order Doesn't Roll Back LGBT Protections
New draft of executive action does much less than rumored.
Democrats Push for National Ban on LGBT Conversion Therapy
Should Congress be allowed to forbid a private voluntary treatment because it's bad and discredited?
On the 'Invasion' of 'Libertarianism,' Pope Francis' Ignorance Is Showing
We're not all the egoistic Ayn Rand acolytes the Catholic pontiff imagines.
Lawsuit Aims to Force Catholic Hospitals Perform Transgender-Related Surgeries
Refusing any voluntary hysterectomies presented as discrimination.
Trump Administration Not Backing Off Legal Battle With Catholic Nuns
This is why you shouldn't trust a man who has no principles of his own to do right by yours.
Now That Gorsuch Is Seated, Will Supreme Court Take Up Gay Wedding Cake Case?
SCOTUS has delayed making a decision whether to tackle religious freedom claim.
What Uncle Sam and Jim Crow Taught Hitler
When Nazi lawyers went looking for racial legislation to emulate, they turned to the United States.
MOABs, Russkies, Prog Rock, Jesus, Jackie Robinson, and the F-word: Matt Welch Hosts on Sirius XM 9-12 AM ET
Lots o' loose talk, w/ Dave Weigel, Michael Brendan Dougherty and more, on channel 121. Call in at 1-877-974-7487.
Will a Constitutionally Questionable Doctrine Save Trump's Travel Ban?
The justices could choose to look the other way because of the plenary power doctrine.
'I'm Not Willing to Sacrifice Freedom of Expression on the Altar of Cultural Diversity'
Muhammad cartoon publisher Flemming Rose talks about immigration, free speech, and toleration.
