Emilie Kao is director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
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COVID-19 made 2020 an incredibly hard year for Americans. Governors and mayors made it worse by shrinking religious freedom. It didn’t have to be this… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on Dec. 10 in recognition of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations… Read More
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On the matter of religion in China, Beijing has made one thing perfectly clear: No religious group lies beyond the grasp of the Chinese Communist Party…. Read More
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This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made… Read More
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After the staggering human toll of World War II and the Holocaust, world leaders began a remarkable project in 1948 to identify and protect the… Read More
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In a 5-4 decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court held that families have a right to seek the best educational opportunities for their children, by preventing… Read More
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Billions of people around the world exercised their religious freedom during Holy Week, but a new United Nations report threatens to undermine both this freedom and women’s… Read More
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When Rev. Jay Voorhees, pastor of City Road Chapel just outside Nashville, Tennessee, saw dozens of people in his community laid off as restaurants and… Read More
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Anti-Catholic prejudice, which spread like gangrene in the 19th and 20th centuries, often manifested itself in so-called Blaine Amendments, which enabled government discrimination against religious… Read More
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The angry backlash against their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman started on social media. Soon activists called for a boycott…. Read More
