Panel 2: Religious Toleration and Religious Freedom: Its History, Its Importance

Panel 2: Religious Toleration and Religious Freedom: Its History, Its Importance

Author: Cato Institute June 14, 2016 Duration: 1:13:20
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Throughout our history, Americans have been a highly religious people. Indeed, many of the original colonists came to the New World specifically to escape religious persecution. And though somewhat less devout than we once were, the United States still leads the developed world in religiosity.

Today, however, many feel that religious freedom is under serious—perhaps unprecedented—threat. With everything from health-insurance mandates, to the censoring of high school graduation speeches, to punishing vendors who refuse to work gay weddings, religious liberty seems to be increasingly curbed by powerful and intrusive government.

What should we do when a law or government action, often not intended to inhibit religious exercise, nevertheless does? How much of a connection between church and state is “too much,” such that it infringes on the rights of nonbelievers? How can we maximize harmony between religious and nonreligious Americans?

While these sorts of questions have arisen throughout American history, they may now be more important than ever. In this conference, we will seek to answer them.

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