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44<a id="w-node-bc7e6b77-09c2-89a1-7e15-b8d2dfc71ab0-1a2a7707" href="https://zeale.co/news/articles/napa-legal-files-scotus-amicus-brief-supporting-catholic-churchs-marian-grotto" class="f-link w-inline-block"><h1 class="heading-95">Napa Legal Files SCOTUS Amicus Brief Supporting Catholic Churchâs Marian Grotto</h1></a></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6a033ffb89e06083a1359076_iStock-1524637227.jpg" loading="lazy" id="w-node-_1192e7ec-3b09-69cb-744f-b763bdea1178-1a2a7707" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 991px) 726.625px, 939.15625px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6a033ffb89e06083a1359076_iStock-1524637227-p-500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6a033ffb89e06083a1359076_iStock-1524637227-p-800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6a033ffb89e06083a1359076_iStock-1524637227-p-1080.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6a033ffb89e06083a1359076_iStock-1524637227.jpg 1236w" class="image-63"/></div></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><div class="w-layout-blockcontainer container-46 w-container"><div class="w-layout-blockcontainer container-47 w-container"><div class="rich-text-block-11 w-richtext"><p>Fox News covered the recent launch of the 2025 Faith &Â Freedom Index. As noted by Kristine Parks, "the reportâs authors warned that despite the White House's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-issues-new-guidance-protect-religious-expression-across-federal-workforce">efforts to protect religious liberty</a>, several states still lag behind in ensuring that faith-based organizations are safeguarded. While many Republican-led states scored high, the report noted results did not fall neatly along partisan lines."</p></div><p class="paragraph-77">October 27, 2025</p><a id="w-node-bc7e6b77-09c2-89a1-7e15-b8d2dfc71ab0-1a2a7707" href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/alabama-kansas-top-list-most-faith-friendly-states-michigan-washington-rank-lowest-report" class="f-link w-inline-block"><h1 class="heading-95">Alabama, Kansas top list of most âfaith-friendlyâ states; Michigan, Washington rank lowest: report</h1></a></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6914f896e7f5dbfb17830428_iStock-1263450790.jpg" loading="lazy" id="w-node-_1192e7ec-3b09-69cb-744f-b763bdea1178-1a2a7707" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 991px) 726.625px, 939.15625px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6914f896e7f5dbfb17830428_iStock-1263450790-p-500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6914f896e7f5dbfb17830428_iStock-1263450790-p-800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6914f896e7f5dbfb17830428_iStock-1263450790-p-1080.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/6914f896e7f5dbfb17830428_iStock-1263450790.jpg 1254w" class="image-63"/></div></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><div class="w-layout-blockcontainer container-46 w-container"><div class="w-layout-blockcontainer container-47 w-container"><div class="rich-text-block-11 w-richtext"><p>In recent years, critics of the Trump administration in particular and the religious liberty movement in general have curiously claimed that the whole religious liberty movement has been misused as a vehicle to install âChristian Nationalismâ in America. The claim is strange because, as we will explain, all the major religious liberty initiatives in Americaâincluding our work at the Napa Legal Instituteâare even-handedly advocating for religious exercise rights that apply equally to all non-Christian religions as well as to Christians.</p></div><p class="paragraph-77">March 5, 2025</p><a id="w-node-bc7e6b77-09c2-89a1-7e15-b8d2dfc71ab0-1a2a7707" href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-is-the-left-conflating-religious-liberty-and-christian-nationalism/" class="f-link w-inline-block"><h1 class="heading-95">Why Is the Left Conflating Religious Liberty and âChristian Nationalismâ?</h1></a></div><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5dd588105572e48548cee52b/67c874f1ac790c2e34a308f4_iStock-2136983099.jpg" loading="lazy" id="w-node-_1192e7ec-3b09-69cb-744f-b763bdea1178-1a2a7707" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100v
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