Via Religion Clause, the Southern Baptist Convention's Southwestern Seminary is sponsoring a new program in Texas prisons that will train inmates to be Christian ministers within the prison system. Officials are assuring that no taxpayer money will support the...
Citing the need for courts to spend weeks analyzing concerns about the bill, a federal judge in Alabama has issued a temporary injunction halting the state's controversial new immigration bill. Judge [Sharon] Blackburn indicated that at this stage her ruling...
Indiana's new school voucher program is sending thousands of students, along with their tax-funded tuition money, to religious schools. Associated Press reports (my emphasis): Weeks after Indiana began the nation’s broadest school voucher program, thousands...
The city of Lilburn, Georgia has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice after continuously refusing to zone property to allow for a mosque. Citing the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), the Justice Department filed suit on...
My recent efforts to answer lies and misunderstandings about the separation of church and state have been appreciated by readers of Report from the Capitaland by others. Certainly the likes of David Barton seem to be on a tear (featured on “The Daily Show” no less!)...
