The New York Daily News reports that the Supreme Court will announce Monday whether to take up the case of Bronx Household of Faith, a case questioning the scope of a city's right to limit the use of public facilities for religious worship. The 2nd Circuit ruled...
In an LATimes piece over the weekend, Chaplain Major Darren Duncan argues that the recent investment by the Air Force Academy in a worship center for pagans and other Earth-based faiths is no accident. The space underscores the Academy's commitment to religious...
The statue of Christ at a federally owned Montana ski resort is looking to be the next hot-button religious monument controversy. Friday's NYTimes ran a profile of the dispute, which started in August when the U.S. Forest Service denied the application renewal of...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has denied the petition of the Utah Highway Patrol Association, left standing is the 10th Circuit's ruling that roadside crosses commemorating fallen state troopers is unconstitutional. The crosses – which are enormous...
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer has a piece today on the growing number of religious discrimination claims filed with the EEOC, profiling Sahud Hasan, an Ohio woman who sued Gap, Inc. alleging discrimination due to her religious head scarf. The number of complaints like...
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...
