This piece quotes Religious Freedom Institute 's president Eric Patterson's testimony. His written testimony, including recommended Congressional and Executive Branch actions, is at religiousfreedominstitute.org/rfi-president-….

An excellent commentary on this peculiar and harmful development.

RFI's Nathan Berkeley speaks to the cultural basis for threats to #religiousfreedom in America today.

Very well said, Mike Cosper. It should go without saying that the baseline demand of every group, regardless of their capacity to express it, is to have their life preserved. Rev. Lambert may have good motives, but his reasoning is outrageously deficient. We live in strange days.

“A recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision puts the state on a collision course with the First Amendment, with troubling consequences for ministries -- even churches -- engaged in charitable work there.”

My latest Religious Freedom Institute piece: “States Must Stop Punishing Religious Orgs for Serving Everyone.” “Countless faith-based [orgs] serve God by serving those w/in & beyond their faith communities. Religious orgs should never be punished for serving everyone.” religiousfreedominstitute.org/states-must-st…

NEW ARTICLE: "Celebrating America’s Independence and First Freedom" by Nathan Berkeley | READ: religiousfreedominstitute.org/celebrating-am… #IndependenceDay2024 #4thofJuly

If you tell the truth about Clinton/Biden/Harris, their partisans say, "See! He's for Trump." If you tell the truth about Trump, his loyalists say, "See! He's for [the Democrat]." But what we need, especially in these worrying times, is for people to tell the truth ... period.

My latest article at Public Discourse: “Michigan Conversion Therapy Ban Violates Human Nature & #ReligiousFreedom.” This law “mandates a harmful conception of human nature that is antithetical to the convictions of countless religious professionals.” thepublicdiscourse.com/2024/08/95641/

The assisted suicide debate in the UK has been startling. Graham Tomlin, former Bishop of Kensington, wrote what I think is an excellent piece on the matter for The Spectator: spectator.co.uk/article/why-re….

SCOTUS has granted cert in this important Becket Fund case, in which the Wisconsin Sup Ct found that Catholic Charities isn’t religious enough to qualify for a religious exemption. As Nathan Berkeley and I wrote for National Review, this is a dangerous precedent now ripe for correction.

My latest in Public Discourse on U.S. v. Skrmetti in which “Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson appear blind to the chasm btw medical interventions that foster natural human development & those that frustrate that development. The consequent blind spots & errors are enormous.”

NEW ARTICLE: "The Intersection of #ReligiousFreedom and Immigration Enforcement" by RFI President David Trimble for RealClearPolitics realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/…

This is an excellent piece by Charles C. W. Cooke National Review in defense of Justice Amy Coney Barrett in light of the array of attacks she is facing right now. nationalreview.com/corner/in-defe…

Faithful Christian universities do not have answers to all questions, and they are not perfect places with perfect people, but they are able to engage a number of big questions about human nature, human flourishing, our world, and the God who created them in ways that other kinds

Taken from a letter written to his daughter as she embarked on her college search. christianscholars.com/dear-daughter-…

NEW ARTICLE: "New York’s Assisted-Suicide Bill Puts Conscience Rights at Risk" by RFI's Nathan Berkeley in National Catholic Register ncregister.com/commentaries/n…

I had the opportunity recently to speak on the podcast of a tremendous organization — Napa Legal Institute — on challenges to religious freedom in states that legalize physician assisted suicide. It is available here: youtu.be/YVm7jcYraNQ.

Eleven years since the #YazidiGenocide began. Hundreds of women and girls are still missing. Families continue to live in camps, waiting to return home. The #Yazidis are resilient, but they need our help: Help bring justice. Help bring the girls home. #HumanRights #FoRB #IRFBA

NEW ARTICLE: "Let the Little Sisters of the Poor Be Faithful" by RFI President David Trimble and RFI Associate VP Nathan Berkeley for National Catholic Register. "No more ultimatums. Leave them alone and #LetThemServe." READ: ncregister.com/commentaries/l…