Expect the new challenge to religious liberty.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point.

Christian legal experts are bracing for an invited administration reversal of a 2019 conscience rule,

which protected faith-based groups from being forced to violate their beliefs.

To quote one Christian attorney, reversing this protection would create an existential threat

to religious-based employers, who'd be forced to provide

services such as abortifacians or gender assignment surgery, or face fines, lawsuits, and legal

challenges that could drive them out of business. If they're to respond in a helpful way,

Christians have to remember the basics of religious liberty, that it's for all individuals,

that it's the cornerstone of a free and democratic society,

that it's the first freedom from which every other freedom springs.

Respecting the right to conscience provides a setting in which both people and society can thrive,

remove it, and there's nothing to stop some future administration or regime from imposing its worldview on millions of people.

Religious liberty is the direct

result of a Judeo-Christian worldview, and it's the birthright of every American. That's why it's

worth fighting for. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.