They believed in a future illuminated by the statue’s torch. There are many symbols of freedom, hope, and tolerance throughout our country. Some are prominent in our national consciousness ...

This is why religious liberty is, and must remain, America’s “first freedom”—a precious heritage to be preserved for the next generation of Americans. The Constitution secures religious ...

Twenty-seven religious organizations came together earlier this month to sue the Trump administration over its decision to authorize immigration enforcement actions in churches and other religious ...

(Editor’s Note: Thomas Farr, the president emeritus of the Religious Freedom Institute, received the 2024 Defender of Religious Freedom Award presented at the RFI’s annual dinner Nov. 13 in ...

Another damaging trend is the increasingly prevalent idea that religious freedom should be regarded as merely a subordinate component of the right to freedom of thought, rather than as a preeminen ...

It is the First Amendment of the Constitution that protects religious freedom, with the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause further safeguarding that right. A recent report by First ...

The statue’s genesis came from what was essentially an act of religious propaganda ... it is a wonderful sensation of freedom.” Braga – who calls the restoration project an “enormous ...

(RNS) — The religious freedom watchdog urged the new Trump administration to appoint a new ambassador-at-large to address religious restrictions and persecution around the world. (RNS ...