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  • The Looming Harm of “Do No Harm”0

    Illustration by Mary Haasdyk It has been a little more than 28 years since President Bill Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law.1 An iconic photograph of the signing ceremony shows President Clinton surrounded by RFRA’s smiling supporters: then New York Democratic Representative and now Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer; California Democratic

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  • The Long Journey to Religious Freedom0

    Every promoter and defender of religious freedom should once in a while visit a few historical sites related to the struggle. It will inspire them. This is what two dozen curious “pilgrims” transported on a big black tour bus did for for two weeks throughout Italy, France, and Switzerland. We began the tour with a three-day

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  • The Limits of Civil Authority0

    There are limits to the authority of the civil power, and these limits should be clearly understood by the people. A republican form of government, as contrasted with an absolute monarchy, implies a limitation to the powers of the government beyond which it cannot rightfully go. Civil government is not the custodian of the souls

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  • The Liberty List 20220

    Welcome to Liberty magazine’s inaugural year-end roundup of outstanding books exploring the thorny intersection of religion, law, politics, and culture.  The books listed here address many different topics and represent a variety of political and religious perspectives. Some of these books are written by scholars, others by lawyers or theologians. Some are aimed at a

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  • The Legacy of Luther0

    Recently our family purchased some DNA kits. We did the customary swabs, dropped them in the mail, and waited for the lab to process them. Several weeks later our genetic profile arrived in our inbox. For me there weren’t any surprises—I truly come from the part of the world that I thought I was from.

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  • The Last Crusade0

    One of the enduring myths of the American story is that the United States is a Christian nation. The dynamic that led to a war of independence and the sensibilities of self-determinism was dominantly secular. The discussions and negotiations that led to the adoption of a Constitution and its original amendments were of a distinctly

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