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Ian Speir

Ian Speir is a Senior Legal Fellow with the Religious Freedom Institute and a First Amendment attorney representing religious organizations across the country.

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Ian Speir

Ian Speir is a Senior Legal Fellow with the Religious Freedom Institute and a First Amendment attorney representing religious organizations across the country.

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Freedom to be Bound: Religious Liberty from Moses to Madison

Religious liberty is understood best as the freedom of a community to be bound to obligations greater and higher than those of the state.

By Ian SpeirCultureTheology

By Mere Orthodoxy

December 8, 2025 · 7 min read