According to LifeWay Research findings released in November 2012, 43 percent of Americans “strongly agreed” and 20 percent “somewhat agreed” that businesses should be required to provide employees with health care coverage that includes contraception at no cost even if it violates the business owners’ religious convictions.

The Coalition to Stop the HHS Mandate, also known as the Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally Coalition, includes more than 100 groups nationwide that say the contraception coverage mandate infringes on religious liberty. The coalition’s website includes a hotlinked list of member organizations.

This March 24, 2013, Religion News Service roundup includes links to a number of articles about the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood cases.

Read a July 9, 2013, Religion News Service story about activists who say religious expression in the U.S. military is being stifled.

This March 15, 2014, article in The Christian Post highlights people who endorse same-sex marriage but say the rights of those who oppose it should be respected too.

Read a March 23, 2014, Christian Science Monitor story about the contraception case and some of the legal precedents being cited by the parties involved.

Read a Feb. 24, 2014, story from The Christian Post about a poll in which pastors and laity said religious freedom in America is waning.

The Ethics and Public Policy Center’s American Religious Freedom Program works to counter what it says are misunderstandings by many Americans about the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Establishment clauses on religion. The clauses were meant to ensure a robust role for religion in the public sphere, not to relegate faith merely to a matter […]

Read a Dec. 24, 2013, column in Tablet Magazine, a Jewish publication, that says aligning with efforts to overturn the contraception mandate would be “a short-sighted strategic mistake,” even for conservative Jews who might agree with those challenging the mandate.