When is it wrong to stop people practising their religion? When should exemptions to laws be granted on religious grounds? In a two-part discussion, our special guests Lawrence Sager (UT Austin) and Micah Schwartzman (Virginia) talk with George and Nicos about how to understand freedom of religion. In the first episode, Sager argues that the key responsibility of government is to treat everyone with ‘equal regard’. Government fails to do that when it displays attitudes which devalue individuals because of their religious beliefs.