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Video: Ryan T. Anderson On The Future of Religious Liberty In America
Video: Ryan T. Anderson On The Future of Religious Liberty In America
May 26, 2026 9:46 PM

On February 11th, the Acton Institute ed Ryan T. Anderson, William E. Simon senior research fellow in American principles and public policy at The Heritage Foundation, to discuss the vitally important issue of religious liberty as part of the 2016 Acton Lecture Series. Anderson is the author of Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and ReligiousFreedom; in his lecture, he lays out the challenges and opportunities faced by religious Americans in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell decision which judicially redefined marriage in the United States, and proposes strategies by which believers might respond to the new legal and social environment they now face.

Anderson’s lecture is available via the video player below; after the jump, you can listen to Anderson’s interview on a recent edition of Radio Free Acton as well.

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