Department of Justice Announces First Meeting of Religious Liberty Commission
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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the first meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission. The meeting will take place on June 16, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The event will be held at the World Stage Theater, Museum of the Bible, located at 400 4th St. SW, Washington, DC 20024. The meeting will be recorded and broadcast at justice.gov/live.
The Religious Liberty Commission was created by the President through Executive Order 14291. The Commission serves as a federal advisory committee. It has a chairperson, a vice chair, and eleven other members. These members are chosen by the President. They include people from the private sector, employers, schools, religious groups, and state governments.
The Commission will give advice to the Domestic Policy Council and the White House Faith Office about religious liberty policies in the United States. It will also create a report for the President. This report will cover the history of religious liberty in America, how religious liberty has helped society, today’s threats to religious liberty, ideas on how to protect religious liberty, and programs to increase awareness and celebrate religious pluralism in America.
At the first meeting, the Commission will discuss the history of religious liberty in America. The group will talk about the Founders’ plans to protect religious liberty in the First Amendment. They will also discuss how the Supreme Court has decided cases about religious liberty, mainly from the mid-twentieth century onward. The meaning of the separation of church and state will also be a topic.
Anyone who wants to attend in person needs to register. In-person attendance is open to the first 300 people who sign up. People can register by sending their full name, organization (if there is one), and email address to the provided email address. All guests must show ID and pass a security screening.
People who want to give public comments can send them in writing. Comments must be sent by 5:00 p.m. on June 15, 2025. They can be sent by email or mailed to the Department of Justice, Office of the Associate Attorney General, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 5706, Washington, DC 20530.
For more information or to ask for help attending the meeting, contact M. Ashleigh Bondoc, Acting Designated Federal Official for the Religious Liberty Commission, by email or phone at 771-220-9743.
This meeting notice is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
Dated May 22, 2025.
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