Backlash Over Religious Freedom Laws Marks New Moment In Culture Wars

Category: Culture Wars

A demonstrator calls on the state of Indiana to roll back the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, outside the City County Building in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 30, 2015. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Lawmakers in Indiana today announced plans for changes to the states new religious freedom law that sparked state and nationwide outrage. Lawmakers in Arkansas are debating revisions to a similar bill that has also been the focus of heavy criticism.

Both bills, critics say, would allow discrimination, particularly against gays and lesbians. So what do these laws, and the backlash over them, say about the social and cultural moment were in right now?

This is the subject of Times new cover story, Freedom Fight: How a showdown over religion and gay rights is changing the culture war. Here & Nows Jeremy Hobson talks to Elizabeth Dias, a correspondent for Time, and one of the reporters on the story.

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Backlash Over Religious Freedom Laws Marks New Moment In Culture Wars

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April 3rd, 2015
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