AUDIO: PRA's Jay Michaelson Discusses "Religious Liberty" on NPR
Jay Michaelson, author of Political Research Associates’ report Redefining Religious Liberty: The Covert Campaign Against Civil Rights, joined NPR’s All Things Considered program over the weekend to discuss the Right’s claim that individuals’ religious liberty is being threatened by not being allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The Often used interchangeably with Christian Right, but also can describe broader conservative religious coalitions that are not limited to Christians. Can include right-wing Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, and members of the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon. Learn more has been waging a highly-successful PR campaign to completely redefine the meaning of “Religious Liberty” for Americans, shifting away from the basis of the First Amendment, which guarantees the free practice of religions themselves, and redefining certain religious individuals as the victims for not being allowed to use their religious beliefs as a basis for The act of favoring members of one community/social identity over another, impacting health, prosperity, and political participation. Learn more in non-religious commercial settings.
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