{"id":2224,"date":"2025-09-17T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:03:40","slug":"s13-e12-religious-liberty-randall-wenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/2025\/s13-e12-religious-liberty-randall-wenger\/","title":{"rendered":"S:13 E:12 | Religious Liberty: Randall Wenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Religious Liberty Hits Home: Randall Wenger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Religious liberty isn\u2019t just a topic for scholars or lawyers \u2014 it\u2019s something that touches everyday life. It matters when a business owner faces pressure to go against their faith. It matters when a worker is told they have to choose between their job and their religious convictions. And that\u2019s exactly why the work of Randall Wenger, Chief Counsel at the Independence Law Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, deserves attention.<\/p>\n

On a recent episode of the Cedarville Stories<\/em> podcast, Randy shared how his legal work \u2014 and his deep personal commitment to religious freedom \u2014 have shaped not only court decisions but the lives of ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n

Take the Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell<\/em> case. A family-owned woodworking business in Pennsylvania faced steep fines for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs in their employee healthcare plan \u2014 something that went directly against their Christian beliefs. Randy helped take their case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling in their favor didn\u2019t just protect one family \u2014 it affirmed that people of faith don\u2019t have to set their convictions aside when they run a business.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Groff v. DeJoy<\/em>. Gerald Groff, a postal worker, had faithfully kept Sundays as a day of rest and worship. But the Postal Service kept scheduling him anyway \u2014 until he felt forced to resign. With Randy’s help, that case also reached the Supreme Court. The Court sided with Groff, strengthening the right of all workers to seek religious accommodation on the job.<\/p>\n

These victories are more than legal milestones \u2014 they\u2019re reminders that religious liberty is not an abstract principle. It protects real people in real situations across the country.<\/p>\n

On the podcast, Randy spoke not just as a lawyer but as a father \u2014 one who\u2019s seen his own children grow in faith at Cedarville University. His message was clear: If we want to pass on a country where faith is free to flourish, we need to defend it now.<\/p>\n

Because religious liberty isn’t just a legal issue \u2014 it’s a human one.<\/p>\n