Via Kathryn Jean Lopez who observes: "A perfectly reasonable argument, shut down. This is where we are? This is where we want to be?"
Me: Ryan Anderson isn't given a chance to complete his thought. Since Anderson is the most articulate spokesperson who knows the law and knows the threat to religious freedom, I guess we shouldn't be surprised he would be cut off. What's surprising is that MSNBC had him on in the first place.
- National Review Online offers an editorial: "Liberals Against Religious Liberty in Indiana"
- Andrew T. Walker - "Indiana's RFRA: Eight Theses" Excellent overview and summation
Update: Ed Schultz brought Ryan Anderson back on his program, but Schultz still wouldn't allow Anderson to finish his thoughts and accused Anderson of not being capable of having a civil discussion. Wow... The truth is that Anderson is terrific. Who is Ryan Anderson? Click here or click "continue reading" below
- Good Q&A with Anderson on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. - This is a MUST READ. I may put it up on a separate blog post. Click here.
- On the Daily Signal Ryan Anderson talks about getting cut off by Ed. Schultz:
Anderson is also the editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, N.J.
Anderson’s recent work at Heritage focuses on the constitutional questions surrounding same-sex “marriage.” He is the co-author with Princeton’s Robert P. George and Sherif Girgis of the acclaimed book “What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense” (Encounter Books, December 2012). Justice Samuel Alito cited the book twice in his dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court case involving the Defense of Marriage Act. The three also co-wrote the article “What is Marriage?” in the winter 2011 issue of Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.
In addition to a memorable 2013 debate about marriage on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Live,” Anderson’s broadcast and cable appearances include news programs on CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC. His work has been featured in or published by major newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, National Review, Weekly Standard and Christianity Today. It also has appeared in journals such as Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, First Things, Claremont Review of Books, New Atlantis, Touchstone, Books and Culture, The City and Human Life Review.
Anderson’s previous positions include assistant editor of First Things; journalism fellow of the Phillips Foundation; and executive director of the Witherspoon Institute, where he was research assistant to Robert P. George and Jean Bethke Elshtain.
Anderson received his bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa andmagna cum laude. He earned his doctoral degree in political philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he received his master’s degree. His research spans the natural law tradition in conversation with classical and contemporary liberalism. His dissertation, which he defended in October 2014, is titled: “Neither Liberal nor Libertarian: A Natural Law Approach to Social Justice and Economic Rights.”
Anderson, who was born in Baltimore, Md., currently resides in Washington, D.C.
Follow him on Twitter: @RyanT_Anderson