After being publicized in Jason Leopold's Truthout reporting, the Air Force Academy has suspended its nuclear war ethics class, which in part taught religious arguments and biblical figures. The Washington Post adds: [A] PowerPoint presentation used in the...
AP reports on the growing number of school voucher initiatives across the country: As of mid-July, at least 30 states had introduced bills that would use taxpayer dollars to send children to private schools, most limited to poor or special needs children,...
Last year, the US Supreme Court ruled that a university policy requiring student organizations to accept all who wanted to be members is constitutional. In that "all-comers" context, that meant religious groups cannot limit membership based upon religious...
It's been an interesting couple of years for American Muslims. Mosque construction has been threatened – both in courts and by vandals; growing unfounded fears of Islam's Sharia Law have become an avenue for continued discrimination, misunderstanding,...
The Winston Salem-Journal reports that 4 of 7 county commissioners are already on record supporting an appeal of last week's 4th Circuit decision ruling their invocation policy unconstitutional. One consideration for the group? The cost: The county has the option...
