Rules for Journalists

I love that this topic has become a major focus of the 2012 election season: how the media – and, by extension, the public – should inquire about a candidate's religious beliefs. Last month, the NYTimes' Bill Keller suggested there should be much...

Cowboy’s Graduation Speech Prompts a Change

Graduation ceremonies in North Carolina's Macon County will avoid religious proselytizing in the future. That is the outcome of a letter sent to Superintendent Dan Brigman from Freedom From Religion Foundation attorney Rebecca Markert concerns about last...

Judge Hears Argument Over South Bend School Dispute

Yesterday, attorneys argued over the question of whether the city of South Bend, Indiana should be able to transfer $1.2 million worth of property to a Catholic high school for use as an athletic field that the city will also be able to access for public use....

TN Judge Refuses to Reconsider Mosque Decision

Opponents of a planned mosque construction in Murfreesboro, Tennessee were rejected yet again, after asking a judge in Rutherford County to reconsider his dismissal of their suit challenging the project. “Those who are adherents to Islam are entitled to pursue...

When Should Military Burial Ceremonies be Religious?

When surviving families ask for a religious ceremony? Or when they simply don't ask for a secular one? The NYTimes profiles the Houston Cemetery dispute, a lawsuit in which plaintiffs claim the Department of Veterans Administration is improperly restricting...