Religious Liberty, Anti-discrimination Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University Religious Liberty, Anti-discrimination Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University

Q&A on Free Speech, Religious Liberty, and Discrimination

Can a fast food chain refuse to serve LGBTQ customers? Can a photographer refuse to take pictures at a Jewish wedding? Haven’t businesses always been able to turn away certain customers or refuse to provide goods and services they oppose? This Q&A addresses these questions and others, explaining the latest legal developments at the intersection of anti-discrimination law and the First Amendment.

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Reproductive Rights, Religious Liberty Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University Reproductive Rights, Religious Liberty Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University

Op-ed: No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning

Liz Reiner Platt details our nation’s current trajectory, in which conservative Christians are able to shut down government programs they oppose, while religious minorities are left unprotected from threats to their religious practice.

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