96 - Using religion to justify discrimination against LGBTQ people - part 21 of an in-depth exploration - May 2022

Equality for everyone is a core American value, enshrined in the constitution. So is freedom of religion. What happens when they come into conflict with each other? This month, our guest, the eminent civil rights attorney Jennifer C. Pizer of Lambda Legal, continues her conversation with OutCaster Isha about religious liberty and how it can conflict with another constitutional guarantee, equality. In this episode: Martin Luther King said that the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. But does it bend toward justice all by itself? On this edition of OutCasting, youth broadcaster Isha continues her conversation with civil rights attorney Jennifer C. Pizer about the ongoing work to decrease the inequality imposed on LGBTQ people by religiously-based discrimination.