By a 6-1 vote last night, Forsyth County Commissioners decided to continue their quest for sectarian prayer to open meetings. There are some conditions. The Winston-Salem Journal reports: Under the resolution the commissioners approved, the county must reach an...
The U.S. Army has approved the "Rock Beyont Belief" concert at Fort Bragg that will feature atheist speakers and a theme of non-theism, following criticism of an earlier cancellation of the event alleging religious bias. AP reports: Sgt. Justin Griffith, a...
Saturday brought Governor Rick Perry's controversial Christians-only prayer gathering in Houston's Reliant Stadium. Most reports of the event indicate the speeches were, "low-key and apolitical," and indeed Perry emphasized that God's...
And the hits keep coming… Just a week after the 4th Circuit threw out a county commission's prayer policy in North Carolina, the 3rd Circuit has done the same in the highly intense Indian River School Board dispute in Delaware (See the despicable...
Slate's Dahila Lithwick has a great piece up about to the Forsyth County ruling. Many seem to believe, she says, that religious freedom rights enable the majority to dictate what the minority must endure. They view those who would object to a sectarian prayer...
