Articles by Ryan T. Anderson

SocietyCommentary

How the Mainstream Media Gets Hate Wrong

Ryan T. Anderson | August 17, 2017

We have a problem in the United States with hate. We saw this last week in Charlottesville, whether it be racism or anti-Semitism, whether it… Read More

SocietyCommentary

5 Good Reasons Why Transgender Accommodations Aren’t Compatible With Military Realities

Ryan T. Anderson | July 26, 2017

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that he was reversing an Obama-era policy that opened the military to people who identify as transgender. That policy,… Read More

LawCommentary

Supreme Court to Review Case of a Baker Told He Must Bake Gay Wedding Cake

Ryan T. Anderson | June 26, 2017

Today was a good day for religious freedom at the Supreme Court. In a 7-2 decision, the court upheld religious liberty by saying that a… Read More

LawCommentary

Circuit Court Win for Religious Freedom on Gay Marriage

Ryan T. Anderson | June 22, 2017

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Thursday that a Mississippi law that protects religious liberty and the rights of conscience in… Read More

SocietyCommentary

New Paper Says Puberty Blockers Aren’t the Answer to Gender Confusion

Ryan T. Anderson | June 20, 2017

Increasingly, gender therapists and physicians argue that children as young as nine should be given puberty-blocking drugs if they experience gender dysphoria. But a new… Read More

LawCommentary

Trump’s Executive Order Fails to Address Most Pressing Religious Liberty Threats

Ryan T. Anderson | May 04, 2017

President Donald Trump said he’d promote commonsense policies that would “Make America Great Again” and would stand up to politically correct bullying from the left…. Read More

SocietyCommentary

Conservatives Do Believe in Social Justice. Here’s What Our Vision Looks Like.

Ryan T. Anderson | March 17, 2017

Last month, America lost a great defender of freedom, Michael Novak. Novak was committed to rightly ordered liberty and cared deeply about the principles and… Read More

LawCommentary

Just Because Liberals Call Something ‘Discrimination’ Doesn’t Mean It Actually Is

Ryan T. Anderson | March 01, 2017

The biggest problem with current sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) laws—including “Fairness for All,” which proposes a grand-bargain compromise between SOGI laws and religious… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Trump Right to Fix Obama’s Unlawful Transgender School Policy

Ryan T. Anderson | February 22, 2017

The Trump administration acted Wednesday night to fix the Obama administration’s unlawful “gender identity” school policy and return authority to parents and teachers in the states…. Read More

SocietyCommentary

Mr. President: Don’t Cave to Liberal Fearmongering. Protect Religious Freedom.

Ryan T. Anderson | February 02, 2017

Liberals are up in arms over a possible executive order from President Donald Trump protecting religious freedom. A draft copy of the executive order was… Read More

LawCommentary

Trump Should Rescind Obama’s Transgender Agenda and Protect Religious Liberty

Ryan T. Anderson | January 31, 2017

The media was abuzz yesterday with rumors that President Donald Trump was preparing an executive order that would protect religious liberty in the aftermath of… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Make Religious Freedom Great Again

Ryan T. Anderson | November 09, 2016

Donald Trump promised that he would make America great again. If he is to make good on that promise, he’ll need to start by robustly… Read More

SocietyCommentary

DC City Council Votes to Allow Physician-Assisted Suicide. That’ll Change Us All, for the Worse.

Ryan T. Anderson | November 01, 2016

Earlier today, the D.C. City Council voted to allow physician-assisted suicide. But the debate isn’t over. The Washington Post reports that “the council must still… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Almost Everything the Media Tell You About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Is Wrong

Ryan T. Anderson | August 22, 2016

A major new report, published today in the journal The New Atlantis, challenges the leading narratives that the media has pushed regarding sexual orientation and… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Rep. Justin Amash Is Wrong on Transgender ‘Discrimination’ Policy

Ryan T. Anderson | June 06, 2016

Two weeks ago 42 Republicans voted to endorse President Barack Obama’s transgender agenda. They did it by voting for the Maloney amendment, which affirmed Obama’s… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Don’t Let the 42 Republicans Who Voted for Obama’s Transgender Agenda Spin Their Vote

Ryan T. Anderson | May 27, 2016

On Wednesday, 42 Republican members of Congress joined the Democrats to vote for President Barack Obama’s transgender agenda. Now they’re trying to spin their vote…. Read More

SocietyCommentary

42 Republicans Join Democrats to Support Obama’s Transgender Agenda

Ryan T. Anderson | May 26, 2016

On Wednesday night, 42 Republican members of Congress joined the Democrats to vote for President Barack Obama’s transgender agenda. Whereas last week Congress voted to… Read More

SocietyCommentary

3 Ways Conservative Lawmakers Should Fight Obama’s Bathroom Directive

Ryan T. Anderson | May 23, 2016

On May 13th, the Obama administration issued “guidance” to school districts across the nation purporting to require them to allow biological boys unfettered access to… Read More

SocietyCommentary

House Rejects Amendment That Would Have Curtailed Religious Freedom

Ryan T. Anderson | May 20, 2016

On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to reject the Maloney Amendment. The Maloney Amendment would have ratified President Barack Obama’s executive order barring federal contractors… Read More

SocietyCommentary

New Obamacare Transgender Regulations Threaten Freedom of Physicians

Ryan T. Anderson | May 13, 2016

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized new transgender regulations for Obamacare on Friday. These regulations threaten the religious liberty, freedom of conscience,… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Obama Unilaterally Rewrites Law, Imposes Transgender Policy on Nation’s Schools

Ryan T. Anderson | May 13, 2016

All across America, parents, teachers and local school districts have been having conversations about how best to accommodate the privacy and safety concerns of transgender… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Harvard Law Professor Says Treat Conservative Christians Like Nazis

Ryan T. Anderson | May 09, 2016

Liberals, stop being so defensive. That’s the message of Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet in a new post at Balkinization, titled “Abandoning Defensive Crouch Liberal… Read More

SocietyCommentary

ESPN Has a Right to Fire Curt Schilling. What Rights Do People of Faith Have?

Ryan T. Anderson | April 21, 2016

ESPN has fired Curt Schilling. The company said that his speech went against company values because ESPN is “an inclusive company.” What’s at stake here?… Read More

EducationCommentary

Federal Court: Schools May Not Provide Separate Bathrooms Based on Biology

Ryan T. Anderson | April 19, 2016

The Fourth Circuit Court ruled today against a Virginia school district that sought to accommodate a transgender student while also protecting the privacy rights of other… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Liberals’ Double Standard on Bathrooms, Boycotts, and Religious Freedom

Ryan T. Anderson | April 11, 2016

If it wasn’t for double standards, some liberals would have none at all. That seems to be the lesson from the past few weeks, where… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Mississippi Moves to Protect Religious Freedom on Marriage

Ryan T. Anderson | April 01, 2016

This morning, the Mississippi House passed a bill, HB 1523, protecting religious freedom. If the House disposes of a procedural maneuver that has delayed a final… Read More

SocietyCommentary

NBA’s Threatening North Carolina Is Textbook Cultural Cronyism

Ryan T. Anderson | March 28, 2016

Big business has stomped into another state, trying to impose the values of the cultural left. This time, a governor who dared to stand up… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Georgia Governor Caves to Big Business, Vetoes Religious Freedom Bill

Ryan T. Anderson | March 28, 2016

Georgia’s Republican Governor Nathan Deal has caved to pressure from big business and special interests and vetoed a very modest religious liberty bill. This shows… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Georgia Guts Religious Freedom Bill

Ryan T. Anderson | March 18, 2016

On Wednesday night, the Georgia legislature introduced new language to its religious freedom bill and passed the bill in mere hours. Haste makes waste. This… Read More

SocietyCommentary

South Dakota GOP Governor Has No Problem With Boys in Girls’ Locker Rooms

Ryan T. Anderson | March 02, 2016

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard, a Republican, officially has no problem with boys in girls’ locker rooms. There’s no other way to say it. Special interests… Read More