Religious freedom support reaches all-time high

(The Center Square) – Support for religious freedom grew five points from 2020 to 2025, reaching an all-time cumulative high of 71 points, according to Becket’s seventh annual Religious Freedom Index. Strategic research associate for Becket Derringer Dick told The Center Square that “this year's high of 71 indicates strong support” for religious liberty. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is “a non-profit, public-interest legal and educational institute” dedicated to protecting freedom of religion, according to its website. Dick told The Center Square that the fact the Index’s score “has risen from a low…of 66 in 2020 shows that support for the principles of religious freedom have grown.” “The Index is designed to have an intuitive score from zero to 100, where zero represents no support for the principles of religious liberty and 100 indicates complete support,” Dick said. Dick told The Center Square that “religious freedom benefits society tremendously.” He said that religious lib