Posted on 02/21/2017 6:39:44 PM PST by marshmallow
The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice held a hearing on the state of religious liberty in America.
Four people offered testimony at the February 16 hearing:
* Kimberlee Colby, director, Center for Law & Religious Freedom
* Hannah Smith, senior counsel, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
* Rabbi David Saperstein, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
* Casey Mattox, senior counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
Colby, Smith, and Mattox expressed concern at developments that have taken place in recent years, while Saperstein (an Obama administration appointee) worried that religious liberty may be used to excuse discrimination.
“Misuse of nondiscrimination policies to exclude religious persons from the public square threatens the pluralism at the heart of our free society,” warned Colby.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicculture.org ...
Not baking a cake for a gay couple is a crime??
Religious liberty only for those religions that threaten to kill if they don’t get their way.
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