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The Power of Conversation 0
- July/August 2023
- July 1, 2023
Ground zero for religious liberty conflict in America today is the ongoing clash between religious freedom rights and LGBT rights—in the courts, in the media, and in our social media feeds. For a growing number of Americans, “religious freedom” has become merely code for bigotry. From this perspective, those who seek religious exemptions from anti-discrimination
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Be Careful What You Wish For 0
- July/August 2023
- July 1, 2023
Illustration by Michael Glenwood Would the Texas Ten Commandments proposal have passed constitutional muster? And more importantly, how will future “Ten Commandments laws” fare? The recent attempt by legislators in Texas to mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous place” in all public school classrooms reflects emerging fallout from the Supreme Court’s
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Can We Talk?0
- July/August 2023
- July 1, 2023
Talking to people we disagree with is hard. We should do it anyway. Disagreement is nothing new. As long as there have been choices, there have been differences of opinion. While it has always been gratifying to engage with like-minded people, there seems to have been a fundamental shift in recent years: a reluctance, or
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Thou Shalt Not Lie 0
- July/August 2023
- July 1, 2023
The myth of the Ten Commandments Asked to name the Ten Commandments in a 2006 appearance on “The Colbert Report,” Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, co-sponsor of a bill that would have required the Ten Commandments to be displayed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, responded: “Ummmm. Don’t murder. Don’t lie. Don’t steal.
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