Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where he researched and wrote about marriage, bioethics, religious liberty and political philosophy. Anderson is the author of several books and his research has been cited by two U.S. Supreme Court justices in two separate cases. Read his Heritage research.
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Later this month The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on state marriage laws. Here are the three most important things you need… Read More
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What do you do if you’re pursuing unpopular interests that are contrary to the public good? How do you force change in a democratic republic… Read More
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Yesterday, the North Carolina House passed a bill that would protect magistrates who object to performing solemnizing ceremonies for same-sex marriages and clerks who object… Read More
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Forty-two years ago, in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the Supreme Court tried to settle the abortion debate by declaring the Constitution somehow creates a right… Read More
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Tuesday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court were excellent. There were so many good points made about what marriage is and why redefining marriage would… Read More
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Is the Obama administration about to wage war on religious schools? One of the more startling portions of oral arguments today at the Supreme Court… Read More
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Oral arguments at the Supreme Court today were fascinating. Over two and a half hours of discussion about whether the Constitution requires all 50 states… Read More
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As the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments about gay marriage Tuesday, it’s important to realize what the justices are actually being asked to settle…. Read More
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One week from today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about gay marriage. Here’s what you need to know. 1. There simply is nothing… Read More
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Sunday’s New York Times stated plainly what many of us have known for a while: Our nation’s elites are intolerant of ordinary Americans. The reporter… Read More
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As the loud opposition to Indiana’s religious freedom law subsides, plenty of confusion needs to be cleared up. We need to explain to our friends what… Read More
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Editor’s note: Amid the discussion about the religious liberty laws in Indiana and Arkansas this week, there’s been a lot of misinformation—and a lot of… Read More
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Editor’s Note: The Indiana Legislature passed a bill Thursday after facing backlash over the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Gov. Mike Pence quickly signed the bill into law before leaving… Read More
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Does the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act allow business owners to put their beliefs above the rights of their employees or customers? No, the Indiana… Read More
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Why is Dan Savage opposing a religious liberty bill that would protect all Americans—Muslims included? Savage sent out this tweet: “@Heritage says American Muslims should… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation’s Ryan T. Anderson defended the Indiana religious liberty law on MSNBC last night with guest host Ari Melber on “All In With Chris… Read More
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken to The Washington Post to tell the nation that, in the words of the headline, “Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws… Read More
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In a victory for religious freedom, earlier today Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., signed into law the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This is good policy that… Read More
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In recent months, heartbreaking stories of Americans such as Brittany Maynard struggling with devastating diagnoses have captured our empathy—and launched a national conversation about physician-assisted… Read More
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On Wednesday, Senators Ted Cruz, R-Tex., and James Lankford, R-Okla., introduced resolutions of disapproval that, if passed by Congress and signed by the president, would… Read More
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Should faith-based adoption providers have to agree to placing children with same-sex couples? Illinois, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia have adopted policies that would… Read More
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Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the constitutional status of state laws defining marriage as the exclusive union of husband… Read More
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San Franciscans are currently debating a simple question: Should the government respect the right of Catholic schools to be authentically Catholic? San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore… Read More
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Is Obama’s new federally-funded infrastructure package the key to strengthening our nation’s families? That’s the argument of W. Bradford Wilcox of the American Enterprise Institute… Read More
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Last week, the California Supreme Court voted to bar any California state judge from belonging to youth organizations that “invidiously discriminate,” apparently with the Boy… Read More
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Over the weekend, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law two pieces of bad legislation. These policies will saddle religious organizations and employers… Read More
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Today the Supreme Court of the United States announced that it would rule on the constitutional status of state marriage laws. It granted certiorari and… Read More
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Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired on Tuesday by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Why? Because, on his own private time, Cochran wrote a book… Read More
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Just before the Christmas break, the D.C. City Council passed a law that could force pro-life organizations to pay for abortion coverage. But that wasn’t… Read More
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The abortion rate keeps dropping. The latest numbers from the CDC, released last week, show that the abortion rate is the lowest it’s been since… Read More
