Stanley Carlson-Thies, president of the  Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, offers extended analysis of the current public debate over the narrow religious exemption and the contraceptives mandate in health insurance plans.

Carlson-Thies is a fellow of the Center for Public Justice.

Read his analysis, "Faith-Based Services and the Contraceptives Mandate" >>

The Center is co-sponsoring an "alternative political conversation" hosted online at www.respectfulconversation.net. The conversation provides a contrast to the hyper-partisan political discourse leading up to the November elections. More info >>

CEO Stephanie Summers was interviewed March 6 about the Center's work, on Moody Radio Chicago. Listen to the interview online. (Look for Stephanie's name and click "Listen.") 

Power and Justice: Perspectives on Political Order is the theme of the Christians in Political Science Conference at Gordon College (MA), May 31-June 2, 2012. Plenary speakers include sociologist D. Michael Lindsay and political science professors Anthony Gill and Peter Feaver. The Center for Public Justice is a conference co-sponsor. More info >>

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