Rachel Morrison on Religious Liberty, Biden’s Policies, and Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias

In this episode of Faithful Politics, Will and Josh sit down with attorney and EPPC fellow Rachel Morrison to unpack the legal and political fight over “anti-Christian bias” in America. Drawing from her new Ethics and Public Policy Center report responding to President Trump’s Executive Order 14202, Rachel explains what the Anti-Christian Bias Task Force actually is, how it differs from the new Religious Liberty Commission, and why her research focuses less on sound bites and more on concrete federal actions. She walks through three key areas where she believes the Biden administration has sidelined religious liberty: conscience protections in health care at HHS, rulemaking that treats religion as an afterthought, and EEOC enforcement choices that chill religious exercise in the workplace.

Along the way, the conversation hits RFRA, the Affordable Care Act’s contraception and abortion mandates, pronoun and dress-code disputes, and the messy reality of COVID vaccine mandates for employees who requested religious accommodations. Rachel closes with what she sees as the most important fix Congress could make right now and why everyday people of faith should care about the “boring” world of federal regulations as much as the headlines.

Guest Bio:

Rachel N. Morrison is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she focuses on the intersection of law, religious liberty, and public policy. She directs EPPC’s Administrative State Accountability Project, monitoring and challenging federal agency regulations that affect life issues, conscience protections, and nondiscrimination laws. Before joining EPPC, Rachel served in the Office of General Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), litigating and advising on federal employment discrimination law. Her background gives her a front-row view of how executive orders, agency rulemaking, and internal enforcement priorities can either safeguard or erode religious liberty for health-care workers, federal employees, and religious organizations across the country.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

EPPC ReportEradicating AntiChristian BiasA Response to Executive Order 14202

Executive Order 14202Trump administration order establishing the AntiChristian Bias Task Force