July 19, 2014 – Laws, Lawsuits and Liberty
On This week’s State of Belief special guest host Kevin Eckstrom, Editor-in-Chief of Religion News Service, sits in as host Welton Gaddy continues to take some time off. We’ll hear from two civil [...]
The LGBT Equality Executive Order: When the Religious Don’t Want a Religious Exemption
In the month since the President announced that he would sign an executive order barring discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, a debate has [...]
ENDA and the Religious Exemption: When LGBT Rights Groups Don’t Support an LGBT Rights Bill
Last week a number of prominent LGBT rights organizations withdrew their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act because of the current version’s over-broad religious exemption. First [...]
Hassan v. City of New York: The NYPD’s Surveillance of the Muslim Community
Next we’ll welcome back to the show Glenn Katon, legal director for Muslim Advocates, to discuss the latest developments in their case against the New York Police Department. Since allegations [...]
The Other Religious Freedom Issue at the Wedding Altar
We’ve spent a lot of time on State of Belief making the case that full marriage equality is essential for religious freedom in the United States. However, there is another religious freedom issue [...]
