Earlier this week, the U.S. Helsinki Commission met to discuss "sectarian violence and the struggle for democratic transition in Egypt." The Helsinki Commission is an independent government agency consisting of 9 members of the U.S. House and 9 members of...
The Michigan legislature has changed course on an anti-bullying bill, removing language that would have created something of a religious purpose exemption from the law. Time's Amy Sullivan reports: After hearing from outraged constituents who didn’t...
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Recent action by Congress extended the funding for the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, but only for a very short time. The new sunset deadline is Friday, November 18. Without a funding renewal, the controversial watchdog will be set to expire. One...
Florida Baptist pastor Ron Baker has agreed not to hold his traditional before-school prayers on school grounds after Clay County officials determined the gatherings may give the impression of a government endorsement of religion. Baker previously sounded ready to...
North Carolina's Belmont Abbey College has filed suit over the contraception coverage mandate in last year's health care legislation. RNS' Adelle Banks reports: Hannah Smith, senior legal counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which filed the...
