- The Washington Times - Wednesday, August 26, 2026

In a 50-state comparison of laws that secure, preserve and protect the religious liberties rights of individuals, Arkansas leads the way.

That’s according to First Liberty Institute’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy’s annual Religious Liberty in the States index, the fifth year’s of which was just released.

Worst states? Some of the Democrat-controlled jurisdictions.



But as Mark David Hall, director of the project, said: Most states didn’t even make it past the 50 percent mark for upholding religious liberties — meaning, most states still did and do a poor job of protecting these core birth-rights of the individual.

To check how your state fares, click here, on the link.

But to hear more from Mark David Hall on the state of religious liberty in America, as well as what it really means to be a Christian nationalist, tune in.

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