THE BYU INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND RELIGION STUDIES PRESENTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE COMMON GOOD 2018 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ANNUAL REVIEW | 1 2 | Presenters elcome to the fifth annual Religious Freedom Annual Review! We at the International Center for Law and Religion Studies are delighted that you’re able to join us for a chance to focus together on the question of religious freedom and the common good. In this often-polarized political climate, we don’t always have the opportunity to sit down with people from a variety of backgrounds and listen to each other. If we do listen, it’s often only to find fault rather than to understand and find common ground. Our hope with the Religious Freedom Annual Review is to provide a forum for thoughtful engagement on the important issues of religious freedom and religion in public life. You may not agree with everyone you hear, but we hope the Review will be a place where we can discuss these topics in mutually respectful ways that can help foster understanding and genuine pluralism. This year our topic focuses on how religious freedom can contribute to the common good. We’ll hear discussions on media coverage of religious freedom and how advocates of religious freedom and LGBTQ rights can find common ground. Through these and other sessions, we hope to explore how we can bridge the very real personal and cultural divides that often occur on these issues and how civility and respect can help us understand and promote the common good. This year we’re making new efforts to encourage discussions and networking among conference participants as well. At the registration desk, you can obtain interest dots that you can add to your name tag to indicate if you’re particularly interested in talking about one (or more) of the main topics of the conference. The name tag dots don’t mean that you consider yourself a representative of or an expert in that topic, just that you are interested in discussing it with others. We’ll also have tables set up at the lunches so that you can easily post a sign on the table indicating a topic or two that you’d like to discuss with other lunch partners. Thanks for joining us in dialogue on these important issues! We believe that there should be room in a free society for many overlapping beliefs about the common good, and that protecting religious freedom plays a vital role both in advancing meaningful and important visions of the common good and in preserving the fundamental right of freedom of religion or belief for all. We welcome you to contribute to a spirit of constructive, thoughtful, respectful problem-solving regarding issues that arise at the intersection of law and religion. With warm regards, BRETT G. SCHARFFS Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University and ELIZABETH A. CLARK Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Program Chair, Religious Freedom Annual Review PROGRAM SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 8:30–9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION Harris Fine Arts Center 9:00–10:00 A.M. KEYNOTE SESSION Harris Fine Arts Center, Pardoe Theater Moderator Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; Program Chair, Religious Freedom Annual Review Welcomes James R. Rasband, Academic Vice President, Brigham Young University D. Gordon Smith, Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Keynote Address Elder L. Whitney Clayton, General Authority Seventy and Senior President of the Quorum of the Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 10:00–10:15 A.M. BREAK 10:15–10:45 A.M. GENERAL SESSION: WHY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MATTERS TO ME Harris Fine Arts Center, Pardoe Theater Moderator Gary B. Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Speakers Terryl and Fiona Givens, Authors of The God Who Weeps, The Crucible of Doubt, and The Christ Who Heals 10:45–11:00 A.M. WALK TO WILKINSON STUDENT CENTER FOR BREAKOUT SESSIONS 11:00–11:45 A.M. CHOICE OF FOUR WORKSHOPS (REPEATED IN THE AFTERNOON) Media Stream: Religious Freedom 101 for Journalists Part 1: How Did We Get Here? Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3380 Moderator Jane Wise, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Speaker Thomas C. Berg, James L. Oberstar Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of St. Thomas School of Law 2 | Program Schedule Religious Freedom Issues Facing American Muslims Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3290 Moderator Daniel C. Peterson, Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic, Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages, Brigham Young University Speakers Haroon Azar, Senior Fellow and Program Director, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations Sahar Aziz, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, Center for Security, Race, and Rights, Rutgers University Law School Ossama Bahloul, Resident Scholar, Islamic Center of Nashville Recent Legal Religious Freedom Developments Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3280 Moderator Hannah Clayson Smith, Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Speakers Nathan Lewin, Lewin & Lewin LLP Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO, First Liberty Institute Walter Weber, Senior Counsel, American Center for Law & Justice Communicating About Religious Freedom with Millennials Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3211 Moderator Blythe Shupe, Communications Specialist, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Speakers Chelsea Langston Bombino, Director of Strategic Engagement, Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance Emily Hardman, President, Amicus Communications 11:45 A.M.–1:00 P.M. LUNCH Pick up pre-purchased lunches in the Garden Court or purchase lunch in the Wilkinson Center Food Court 1:00–2:30 P.M. GENERAL DISCUSSION SESSION: HOW CAN RELIGION CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMON GOOD? Wilkinson Student Center, Varsity Theater Moderator Michael D. Frandsen, Director of Public Affairs, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2018 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ANNUAL REVIEW | 3 Speakers Angela Carmella, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law Holly Hollman, General Counsel and Associate Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Erik Owens, Director of the International Studies Program; Associate Professor in Theology and International Studies, Boston College Michael Wear, Founder, Public Square Strategies; Author of Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America 2:30–2:45 P.M. BREAK 2:45–3:30 P.M. CHOICE OF FOUR WORKSHOPS (REPEATED FROM THE MORNING) Media Stream: Religious Freedom 101 for Journalists Part 2: Where Are We Headed? Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3380 Moderator Carrie Moore, Newsroom Manager, BYU Universe Speakers Kelsey Dallas, Religion Reporter, Deseret News Bobby Ross Jr., Chief Correspondent, Christian Chronicle Gene Schaerr, Schaerr Duncan LLP Religious Freedom Issues Facing American Muslims Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3290 Moderator Daniel C. Peterson, Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic, Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages, Brigham Young University Speakers Haroon Azar, Senior Fellow and Program Director, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations Sahar Aziz, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, Center for Security, Race, and Rights, Rutgers University Law School Ossama Bahloul, Resident Scholar, Islamic Center of Nashville Recent Legal Religious Freedom Developments Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3280 Moderator Hannah Clayson Smith, Senior Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Nathan Lewin, Lewin & Lewin LLP Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO, First Liberty Institute Walter Weber, Senior Counsel, American Center for Law & Justice 4 | Program Schedule Communicating About Religious Freedom with Millennials Wilkinson Student Center, Room 3211 Moderator Blythe Shupe, Communications Specialist, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Speaker Chelsea Langston Bombino, Director of Strategic Engagement, Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance Emily Hardman, President, Amicus Communications 3:30–3:45 P.M. BREAK 3:45–5:15 P.M. GENERAL SESSION: FINDING COMMON GROUND AND THE COMMON GOOD ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND LGBTQ RIGHTS Wilkinson Center, Varsity Theater Moderator Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Speakers Shapri LoMaglio, Vice President for Government Relations and Executive Programs, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Tyler Deaton, President, Allegiance Strategies William Eskridge Jr., John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence, Yale Law School Thomas C. Berg, James L. Oberstar Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of St. Thomas School of Law THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018 8:30–9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION Harris Fine Arts Center 9:00–9:45 A.M. KEYNOTE SESSION Harris Fine Arts Center, Pardoe Theater Moderator W. Cole Durham, Jr., Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Susa Young Gates Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Keynote Address Emma Green, Staff Writer, The Atlantic 9:45–10:00 A.M. BREAK 2018 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ANNUAL REVIEW | 5 10:00–11:00 A.M. GENERAL SESSION Harris Fine Arts Center, Pardoe Theater Moderator Jane Wise, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J.