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- February 6, 2015
Can America navigate the cultural conflict around marriage, religious freedom, and LGBTQ nondiscrimination? With the Respect for Marriage Act, Congress moves beyond a winner-take-all approach. The current political toxicity in Washington, D.C., means that every question of public policy attracts stridently different interpretations from both left and right. So the level of inflammatory, contradictory messaging
READ MOREThe annual National Prayer Breakfast, attended by every U.S. president since 1953, acts as a national Rorschach test. How we look at it depends on how we answer a simple question: What role, if any, should religion play in the civic life of our country? Does the event harmlessly celebrate the diverse faith traditions of
READ MORELearning to put God and others—rather than self—at the heart of religious freedom In January 2017, four days after the inauguration of the then-president of the United States, the first class meeting of my spring-term course at Harvard Divinity School focused on the life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian of the 1930s
READ MOREAt America’s founding, an eccentric pastor, a radical vision for religious liberty, and an extraordinary legacy On New Year’s Day, 1802, Thomas Jefferson received one of the most legendary presidential gifts in American history: a gigantic wheel of cheese, 13 feet in circumference and weighing 1,235 pounds. A paper sign draped over its red crust
READ MOREIn 303 Creative v. Elenis the Supreme Court again enters the legal and cultural minefield of LGBTQ nondiscrimination and claims of faith. Last November the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act, codifying same-sex marriage into federal law and requiring states to recognize such unions if they are legal where they were entered. The bill also
READ MOREThe Mustangs, Oakwood Adventist Academy’s varsity boys’ basketball team, was having an excellent season. In fact, the best season in the team’s history. By February 2022, for the first time ever, they’d fought their way to the semifinals of the state championship. They were prepared, focused, and eager to travel to Jacksonville, Alabama, for their
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