Stanley Carlson-Thies

Stanley Carlson-Thies is founder and president of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, which works to preserve a public square in which faith-based services can flourish without suppressing their religious identity or faith-shaped services. He served on the church-state task force of President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and in President Bush’s White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

Government

NYC Churches forced to Vacate Neighborhoods

It’s a sad irony, really. December 8th was the thirtieth anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision, Widmar v. Vincent. In Widmar, the Court firmly set out the constitutional principle that government may not exclude religious groups from public spaces and other benefits on account of their religious speech or activities. And yet, only a few days before, on Monday, December 5th, the very same Court declined to review the Bronx Household of Faith case...

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The Legacy of Mark Hatfield, 1922-2011

Mark Hatfield is a name many ought to know and emulate. After serving two-terms as Oregon's governor and spending 30 years in the U.S. Senate, it is clear that Hatfield was a man of strong faith with a very unique and much needed approach to politics. Stanley Carlson-Theis remembers this stalwart defender of religious freedom.

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