Read Jonathan Merritt’s June 5, 2013, interview for Religion News Service with Amy Julia Becker, who has a child with Down syndrome and is the author of A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations and a Little Girl Named Penny.

Read a March 12, 2014, Religion News Service story about a suburban Maryland bakery that employs workers with cognitive disabilities, in keeping with the Jewish principle of helping those in need to become self-sufficient.

Read a May 13, 2014, Dallas Morning News blog post by the father of two teens who have severe intellectual disabilities and autism.

Read a March 25, 2014, essay from The American Conservative‘s Patrick J. Deneen, who decries what he calls “the absurdity of a chain store representing the voice of religion in the defense of life amid an economy and polity that values turning people and nature into things.”

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.