First, it was Bernie Sanders, but now it’s Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin and Al Franken joining in on the religious litmus test for government officials and judicial nominees. Sanders asked a nominee to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Russell Vought, about his religious views during his hearing. At the time, conservatives were outraged by […]
Here’s the buried lede in the NBC News article, whose title was, “Federal Judge Strikes Down Mississippi ‘Religious Freedom’ Law.” Also note the scare quotes used to describe ‘religious liberty’ when it isn’t done with ‘abortion rights,’ ‘gay rights’ or other liberal issues. In his 60-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, a President Obama […]
From the Washington Examiner: Department of Homeland Security officials have agreed to revise their naturalization tests following pressure from a Republican senator who worried they were promulgating a “confined” understanding of religious liberty.