Conservative group’s religious-freedom rankings don’t follow clear red/blue divide

Listing gives high value to conscience protections in health care

State rankings as evaluated by the conservative First Liberty Institute.

An organization that has an unabashedly conservative vision of religious liberty means has ranked the U.S. states on how much religious freedom they have — and the listing doesn’t always follow the tradition liberal/conservative lines. In fact, Illinois, a blue state, is ranked the …