In 2012, the First Liberty Institute documented over 600 overt cases in America of “legal, social, or cultural” attacks on religion and infringements of religious liberty. This year’s report has 1,285.
This doesn’t count, of course, the climate of hostility to religion in certain social groups.
Jesus told his followers to expect hostility, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise. But it remains a curious cultural shift. Do you think American Christians, who have tended to crave popularity, are ready for this?
From Kelly Shackleford, Hostility to Religion Harms Everyone | RealClearReligion:
Hostility to religion in America is rising like floodwaters, as shown by the increasing numbers of legal, cultural, and social attacks documented in the 2016 edition of Undeniable: The Survey of Hostility to Religion in America. The survey is out this week by the non-profit religious liberty law firm I lead, First Liberty Institute.
In 2012, we began documenting the dramatic rise in attacks on religious liberty in America. That year, we recorded over 600 instances in which religious liberty was threatened or suppressed. By the end of 2015, we identified a stunning 1,285 attacks on religion — double the number in just three years.
This flood of hostility is engulfing ordinary citizens who simply try to live according to their faiths and consciences.
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