The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the U.S. Forest Service to remove a statue of Christ from the Big Mountain ski resort in Montana. The display has been maintained by the Knights of Columbus, a private group apparently leasing the small plot of land on...
UPI's Michael Kirkland discusses issues surrounding the case of Bronx Household of Faith, a dispute over the church's use of a public school for Sunday worship services. The 2nd Circuit ruled 2-1 against the church, on the grounds that use of the school for...
A few weeks after suspending 34 Muslim employees in a dispute over the company's accommodation of prayer time, Hertz has moved to fire them. ABC News reports: Hertz sent termination notices to the Somali Muslim workers Thursday after suspending them on Sept. 30...
In a story that slipped past my radar last week, the Justice Department announced a settlement with the Berkeley, Illinois school district. School officials had denied a teacher's unpaid leave-of-absence request for the purpose of a religious...
Via Americans United, a district judge has ruled unconstitutional yet another plan by South Bend, Indiana officials to transfer land to a local religious high school for an athletic field. Back in September, the court struck down the city's original plan to...
In a response filed in district court this week, the Giles County School Board argues that Ten Commandment displays in public high schools are acceptable because no public funds were used to purchase them, and private individuals will be posting them. The Roanoke...
