Religious freedom is what makes America thrive, and freedom conservatism recognizes this.
Conservatism and Freedom in Troubled Times
The National Conservatism Statement of Principles published in 2022 served to reveal the widening faultlines among conservatives on questions related to economics, public religion, and foreign policy, among others. Just over a year later, “Freedom Conservatives” have put forward an alternative set of conservative commitments. The two statements continue to generate debate about what the present moment and its discontents demand from conservatives. Several Law & Liberty contributors weigh in.
The recent “Statement of Principles” reasserts important conservative commitments. But we should make sure to go beyond Manifesto Conservatism.
The Freedom Conservatives want to dial back to 2007 and ignore the issues that have fragmented the conservative movement.
America needs religious traditionalists, and they need their classically liberal allies.
To succeed, freedom conservatism must offer more than lofty principles.
Freedom Conservatism isn't only about liberty.