Publication Date
2020
Abstract
Religious liberty rights have been immeasurably damaged over the past several years — often in the name of protecting religious liberty.
Government officials have embraced Islamophobic policies and rhetoric; shut the door on refugees fleeing religious persecution; elevated the religious rights of their political allies over the rights — religious and otherwise — of other communities; used religion as a tool of economic deregulation; and denigrated the beliefs of religious minorities, atheists, and religious progressives.
To achieve true freedom for those of all faiths and none, a complete overhaul of religious liberty policy, and a new understanding of what this right truly means, is necessary. This report offers guidance on how a future presidential administration could protect religious freedom — not merely for a favored few, but for everyone. While we discuss specific policy measures necessary to protect religious liberty, the report is organized around a set of overarching principles in order to provide more holistic guidance about the true meaning of religious freedom.
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Religion Law
Center/Program
Center for Gender & Sexuality Law
Recommended Citation
Elizabeth R. Platt, Katherine M. Franke, Keisha E. McKenzie & Katharine R. Henderson,
All Faiths & None: A Guide to Protecting Religious Liberty for Everyone,
(2020).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3930
