The 9th Circuit ruled against advocates of a Bible-based curriculum for a charter school in Idaho in a decision filed earlier this week. Charter school or no, Nampa Classical is a government entity, the Court said, and its curriculum amounts to government speech. The...
New York's City Council has passed a sweeping employment discrimination measure requiring employers to accommodate workers' religious observance requirements except in cases where doing so would mean "significant expense or difficulty" to the...
South Bend's plan to transfer publicly owned property to a Catholic high school to become part of a new athletic complex is being challenged in federal court. Americans United and the ACLU filed suit yesterday claiming the move would improperly use public funds...
A new theme emerging from this year's Republican presidential primary revolves around the religious views of Representative Michele Bachmann. Are they too far outside the mainstream? Do they betray allegiances that would be dangerous for the country? Ryan...
The Indiana State Constitution does not forbid indirect aid to religious institutions in the form of school vouchers, a judge ruled yesterday, denying plaintiffs' request for an injunction halting the program. A few elements distinguish this ruling from last...
