{"id":2683073,"date":"2026-10-13T18:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignblue-states-are-redefining-religious-freedom-to-stop-christians-from-practicing-christianity-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T18:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:26:52","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignblue-states-are-redefining-religious-freedom-to-stop-christians-from-practicing-christianity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignblue-states-are-redefining-religious-freedom-to-stop-christians-from-practicing-christianity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue States Are Redefining Religious Freedom To Stop Christians From Practicing Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignblue-states-are-redefining-religious-freedom-to-stop-christians-from-practicing-christianity-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2683073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content suggests that if faith can only be practiced within the church, then the state has effectively gained control over that faith. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-lawmakers-push-manchin-to-oppose-bidens-atf-nominee\/\" title=\"West Virginia Lawmakers Push Manchin To Oppose Biden\u2019s ATF Nominee\">statement highlights<\/a> a critical concern: if faith and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/switzerland-bans-face-coverings-in-public-including-religious-wear\/\" title=\"Switzerland Bans Face Coverings In Public, Including Religious Wear\">religious practice<\/a> are confined exclusively to the church,then the state-by regulating or limiting that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >space-inevitably exerts control<\/a> over religious expression. This suggests that restricting faith to a specific institution can undermine its independence, perhaps allowing government authorities to influence, manipulate, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-lawmaker-accused-of-hate-speech-over-tweet-from-6-years-ago\/\" title=\"Christian Lawmaker Accused of &#039;Hate Speech&#039; Over Tweet from 6 Years Ago\">suppress religious beliefs<\/a> and practices. It underscores the importance of maintaining a separation between church and state to preserve religious freedom and prevent undue state interference in spiritual matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A faith that may be freely exercised only within the church is a faith the state has already succeeded in controlling.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A faith limited to church control is already regulated by the state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1859,"featured_media":2683074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7432022562_ffb903102e_k-1200x675.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42793,5695,52735,32274,83886],"class_list":["post-2683073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blue-states","tag-christianity","tag-religious-discrimination","tag-religious-freedom","tag-religious-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7432022562_ffb903102e_k-1200x675.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683077,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683073\/revisions\/2683077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2683074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}