This month the Supreme Court issued an order that overturned California’s limits on religious gatherings in people’s homes, such as prayer meetings and scripture readings. Religion Unplugged interviewed Dr. John Jackson, President of William Jessup University, a California-based private Christian university in the Sacramento area. In our conversation, Dr. Jackson explored the spiritual and practical impacts of COVID-19 on the Jessup community, reflected on recent jurisprudence challenging religious freedom during the pandemic and offered a vision of religious freedom lived responsibly and stewarded for the benefit of others during the pandemic.

Critics point out that the Equality Act would scrap exemptions for religious freedom, setting up various conflicts between the act and religious groups.

The Fairness for All law is a balanced, principled approach to protecting the real and felt needs of both LGBTQ communities and religious communities.