by William C. Duncan | Dec 8, 2022
Life’s complexities demand accommodation of religious practice in policymaking Written by When the federal government tried to require Catholic nuns to offer contraceptive coverage to their employees, a wide range of religious groups joined a 2014 brief supporting...
by William C. Duncan | Dec 2, 2022
Explainer: The debate over the Respect for Marriage Act Written by Churches, people of faith, and others often join across theological and similar divides to speak up for religious freedom. Currently, however, there is some disagreement among these groups and...
by William C. Duncan | Nov 18, 2022
How spirituality helps LGBTQ youth Written by As they struggled through the physical, mental and emotional trauma of being thrown out of their homes by their families, many homeless LGBTQ youths in Ogden carried journals and Sharpies with them. When asked why these...
by William C. Duncan | Nov 11, 2022
Election winners should keep an eye on regulatory bureaucracy Written by In the final few weeks of the election season, President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama described the election as being a referendum on democracy. In a way, that is what all...
by William C. Duncan | Nov 4, 2022
People of faith have played a longtime role in encouraging civic participation Written by With Halloween now past, skeletons and gravestones will start disappearing from our neighborhoods, but a spooky atmosphere is still here … because it’s still election season....