Written by William C. Duncan
October 15, 2022
A new, 21st-century approach to preserving religious freedom should fit the realities of a 21st- century American public that has grown more secular over time.
With increasing polarization around nearly every issue, perhaps it is not surprising that religious freedom, once a unifying aspiration for the nation, has become contested. Because the on-the-ground reality has changed – the support of the people required to preserve any substantive right and responsibility has evolved on religious freedom – the principle of prudence suggests that the strategic and tactical approach of those concerned about religious freedom should change, too.
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