Ashe McGovern, Legislative and Policy Director of Columbia Law School’s Law, Rights, and Religion Project testified before the New York City Council Committee on Women’s Issues on a bill that would require several city agencies to undergo training on “implicit bias, discrimination, cultural competency and structural inequity, including with respect to gender, race and sexual orientation.”

The Washington Supreme Court has issued a significant and unanimous decision in the ongoing dispute—being litigated in courts across the country—over whether antidiscrimination law must yield to the religious beliefs of business owners opposed to marriage equality. LRRP Director Liz Platt writes for Religion Dispatches on the implications of this decision.

This resource addresses the way the Trump Administration and the rhetoric of "Religious Liberty" engaged by Trump during his campaign may impact the relationship between the Church and the State during Trump's Presidency.

This report shows how recent legislative efforts to expand religious liberty rights, such as the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), allow religious objectors to violate laws that protect against pregnancy, familial status, and marital status discrimination.

This resource provides an overview of the types of bills that were introduced over the 2015-2016 Legislative Session.

Founding Director Katherine Franke testifies before the congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing on H.R. 2802, the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA).

After granting cert in and consolidating seven cases, receiving at least seventy amicus briefs in addition to those filed by the parties, hearing oral argument, and requesting additional briefing, the Supreme Court has finally decided…. not to decide.

LRRP Director Liz Platt on how proposed religious exemption laws could renew religious opposition to desegregation.

LRRP Director Liz Platt for Religion Dispatches.

LRRP assisted the Counsel for Church-State Scholars in the preparation of an amicus brief submitted in the Supreme Court of the United States case of Zubik v. Burwell. We also issued a fact sheet exploring what women of color have at stake in this round of litigation over the ACA.

“The silence on the part of religious liberty advocates in a pair of recent cases involving Muslim employees would appear to be a simple case of prioritizing the religious beliefs of Christians over those of minority workers. But the explanation may be both more and less cynical.” –LRRP Director Liz Platt