“Freedom” vs. “Liberty”: Why Religious Conservatives Have Begun to Favor One Over the Other

In 2012, the GOP party platform mentioned “religious freedom” six times. Its section on the First Amendment was titled “The First Amendment: The Foresight of Our Founders to Protect Religious Freedom.”

In 2016, religious freedom was again used six times, only this time it was joined by four mentions of “religious liberty,” and the First Amendment section was renamed “The First Amendment: Religious Liberty.”...
http://religiondispatches.org/freedom-vs-liberty-why-religious-conservatives-have-begun-to-favor-one-over-the-other/