Category Archives: Religious Freedom

Who’s Experiencing Discrimination Now?

My quarterly religion column in the Newport News Daily Press asks, Which world do we live in? Is atheism really “the last big taboo in the U.S.?” Or is there a rising tide of legal pressure against Christians? [From Tom Gilson's religion column - dailypress.com] I submitted this article to the paper just before the …

February 12, 2012 – 6:18 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Religious Freedom | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (16)

“AlbertMohler.com – What Compromise? This Policy Leaves Religious Liberty in Peril and Planned Parenthood Smiling”

Thank you for this, Dr. Mohler: Fifth, the President’s remarks today betrayed a fundamental problem that lies at the heart of this controversy and his own thinking. He clearly sees the controversy as a matter of balancing a policy goal, on the one hand, and religious liberty, on the other. He even spoke of religious …

February 11, 2012 – 3:01 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Religious Freedom | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

“The New Rule on Religious Employers and Contraception Coverage » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog”

Religious freedom has been rescued today — ? Under the old rule, the employer had to pay for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations, and contraception. Under the new rule, the employer has to pay for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations, and contraception, but President Obama will say that it doesn’t, and we’ll believe him. That fixes everything. And to …

February 10, 2012 – 9:22 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Religious Freedom | Tagged | Comments (0)

“Wuerl, Colson and Soloveichik: United We Stand for Religious Freedom – WSJ.com”

I’m posting a lot on this topic. It’s that urgent. Stories involving a Catholic, a Protestant and a Jew typically end with a punch line. We wish that were the case here, but what brings us together is no laughing matter: the threat now posed by government policy to that basic human freedom, religious liberty. …

February 10, 2012 – 10:20 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Religious Freedom | Tagged | Comments (2)

More Voices for Liberty

Urgent: Mr. President, I Still Believe Also: Evangelicals Supporting Catholics First They Came for the Catholics: Obama’s Contraceptive Mandate A Battle the President Can’t Win Rick Warren at Politico.com Different though related: The Liberal Enforcers

February 10, 2012 – 7:10 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Religious Freedom | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Voices for Liberty

A selection. This is urgent. If you only read one, read the first one, and please say yes to Chuck Colson’s request, too: The Time Is Now The Death of Religious Liberty At Stake: Religious Liberty » Evangel | A First Things Blog Religious Liberties and Who Pays for Contraception | Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, …

February 9, 2012 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Religious Freedom | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Police Ban Bible in Christian Café?

Hat Tip to SteveK

September 27, 2011 – 12:15 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Religious Freedom, The Faith | Tagged , | Comments (10)