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September 8, 2023
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Does Freedom Have a Future?
Ryan T. Anderson
Fusion

To ensure that the future of freedom is bright, I offer three suggestions: Defend both liberty and limits, without embracing libertinism or authoritarianism; defend both true moral norms and tolerance for dissenters, without embracing relativism or false pluralism; and foster the institutions of civil society that form people in virtuous freedom, without allowing liberty to dissolve community.

Any sound defense of liberty must also defend its limits. Our disagreements today—both between Right and Left, and within the Right—are not primarily about whether to protect civil liberties, but about what their limits should be. The debate isn’t “civil liberties, yea or nay,” but rather our debates are about the contours and content of civil liberties. Large majorities of Americans (including of conservatives) support freedoms of speech and religion, for example, as well as economic liberty and property rights. But we disagree over whether religious liberty should cover Satanists who want to abort babies, or evangelicals who do not want to celebrate same-sex relationships as marriages. Conservatives disagree about whether free speech should protect Drag Queen Story Hour. As a result of these disagreements about contours, content, and, hence, limits, some are giving up on the liberty interest wholesale. That’s a mistake—but there are good reasons that it's become so tempting.
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In Newsweek, Rachel Morrison writes about the threat of gender ideology ([link removed]) to pregnant workers.
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Eric Kniffin and Mary Rice Hasson filed an amicus brief ([link removed]) in support of parents denied the right to opt their children out of a public school sexuality and gender curriculum.
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Carl Trueman writes in First Things about the Anglican Church's embrace of gay marriage () .
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For WORLD, Andrew T. Walker calls out intellectuals ([link removed]) who claim that no human behavior is "unnatural."
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In his column this week, George Weigel reflects on the joy of the Gospel at EPPC's annual Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society ([link removed]) .
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For The Catholic Thing, Stephen White writes about what makes for good church leadership ([link removed]) .
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And in his column for the Washington Post, Henry Olsen warns that Speaker Kevin McCarthy must break the logjam that faces him in the House ([link removed]) .
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The fourth installment ([link removed]) of Theology of Home ([link removed]) explores the deeper questions of life, family, love, and God that should animate our efforts to cultivate the earth.

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** Minor Matters in Cyberspace
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Yesterday, Senior Policy Analyst Clare Morell participated in a Federalist Society webinar examining the complex legal and ethical implications of enacting age verification requirements for access to social media and adult websites. The panelists explored regulatory and legislative proposals and efforts, the role of tech companies and educational institutions, and the technological solutions available.
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On September 16, Fellow Theresa Farnan will deliver a lecture at Benedictine College’s conference “Faith and Reason in a Post Truth Era: Celebrating 25 Years of John Paul II’s Fides et Ratio ([link removed]) .” The conference will be available in-person and online.
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