The Bostock Ruling with Tim Schultz

Tim Schultz joins Matt, Derek, and Alastair to discuss the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling and what it means for the conservative Christian world.

Tim Schultz

Tim Schultz, president of the 1st Amendment Partnership, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting religious freedom for Americans of all faiths, joins Matt, Derek, and Alastair to discuss the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling. The discussion includes an overview of the ruling, the ruling’s implications, the response given by Sen. Josh Hawley, what social conservatives can learn from other religious minorities, and more.

Resources mentioned:

Was It All for This? The Failure of the Conservative Legal Movement

Timestamps

0:00
Overview of Bostock v. Clayton County
7:32
What Bostock means for religious liberty
11:49
Is there an opportunity for co-belligerency between Christians and LGBT people?
15:00
What is a more likely read of Bostock, pessimism or optimism?
20:49
Will this ruling impact people’s approach to voting?
22:09
Matt’s optimism is deflated
26:05
Is SCOTUS acting in place of congress?
29:46
The Hawley speech
39:25
Social conservative’s inability to work with co-belligerents
45:00
What should the stance of social conservatives be post-Bostock?

Follow Derek, Andrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Caleb Wait for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

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