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Christianity at the Supreme Court: From majority power to minority rights

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The Supreme Court ruled that baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs.AP/David Zalubowski)

A movement for religious rights is transforming the place of religion in American public life.

From the 1960s until very recently, liberals successfully...

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