Christian Liberty
Freedom to profess Christ — including the freedom of others to disagree.
What this measures
Does this candidate defend the freedom to publicly profess Christ — including the freedom of others to disagree — without state compulsion against Christian conscience?
Why it matters
We use "Christian Liberty" rather than the generic "religious liberty" deliberately. Religious liberty implies a state-blessed pluralism in which every path is equally valid — including the path to hell. Christian Liberty names what we actually want: the freedom to publicly profess Christ as Lord in every sphere, the freedom to decline participation in what violates Christian conscience (gay weddings, gender-transition medicine, abortion procedures), and the freedom of others to disagree without state coercion in either direction. This is the apostolic posture of Acts 5:29 made political.
But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men."
— Acts 5:29The 5 scored questions
Each question is binary (True / False / null). True earns +2 points. Null is "not yet verified from primary sources" — neither penalized nor credited. Use the toggle below to see the wording for federal, state, or local officials — the moral spirit is identical across tiers; what changes is the chair making the call. Read the tier architecture explainer →
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Q1. Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)Q1. Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)Q1. Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Q2. Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educatorsQ2. Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)Q2. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
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Q3. Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)Q3. Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian convictionQ3. Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
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Q4. Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protectionsQ4. Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure lawsQ4. Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
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Q5. Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutionsQ5. Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutionsQ5. Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Key bills, votes, and laws we track
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) — Federal 1993 + state-level versions. Sponsorship + defense votes tracked.
- First Amendment Defense Act — Protects religious organizations from federal discrimination based on marriage beliefs.
- Conscience Protection Act — Defends medical professionals + institutions from being forced to participate in abortion.
- Equality Act (opposition) — Federal bill that would gut RFRA — opposition is scored positively here.
Organizations and PAC vectors we score
- Alliance Defending Freedom — Christian-liberty litigation tracker.
- First Liberty Institute — Conscience-clause case tracker.
- Becket Fund for Religious Liberty — Religious-liberty amicus tracker (broader than Christian-specific but tracked).
- Freedom from Religion Foundation — High-profile FFRF support or partnership disqualifies.
⚠️ Position-level disqualifiers
- Voted YES on the federal Equality Act (would override RFRA conscience protections)
- Voted to strip Christian symbols from public buildings, holidays, or curricula
- Mandated pronoun-compliance speech in public employment under penalty
A candidate matching any of the above is graded down to the floor of this category regardless of other answers in the rubric.
Where this lives in the scorecard
This category contributes 10 of 60 in the ✝ God First tier (60 pts total) and 10 of 100 in the grand total. See the full scoring system for the 60/40 weighting rationale and the letter-grade scale (A 90+ / B 80 / C 70 / D 60 / F <60).