Via their announcement:

[The Ethics and Public Policy Center's] American Religious Freedom program is devoted to protecting and enhancing the inherent religious freedoms of Americans of all religious faiths. The American Religious Freedom program works to inculcate a sound understanding of America's religious freedoms among members of the media, government officials, the legal and academic communities, and the public.

Through its exemplary history of affording robust religious freedoms to all persons, America has preserved national unity and avoided the religious divisions and violent religious conflicts that have plagued peoples and nations throughout the ages and across the globe. The American Religious Freedom program works in coalition with individuals and organizations of all faiths who are committed to protecting religious freedom, regardless of those individuals' and organizations' political affiliations or ideologies.

Brian Walsh is executive director of the American Religious Freedom program.