The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted 13-6 to recommend the confirmation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Republican Lindsay Graham (R-SC) joined all Democrats on the committee in voting yes. The nomination now goes on to the full...
Author Stephen Prothero takes the argument of Ground Zero mosque opponents to its logical conclusion, writing at CNN's Belief Blog: The key question underlying the Ground Zero mosque debate is whether Americans are at war with Islam — whether the so-called...
Political battles in the form of land use disputes are cropping up across the country (including of course most famously in New York City) as opposition to the construction of new mosques grow louder and, at times, uglier. In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, one planned...
The Las Vegas Sun profiles Nevada Senate candidate Sharon Angle, pointing out her controversial views on the separation of church and state, and on the role of religion in government. [A]lthough many Americans view the separation of church and state as one of the keys...
Robert Dilday has an interesting piece in the Baptist Standard on the necessity of government and religious groups working together in responding to disaster situations, and the responsibility of church organizations in that setting. Baptist disaster relief...
Failed gubernatorial candidate and disgraced former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore, is back in the news. This time he is asking the Hoover School Board to reinstate its practice of opening meetings with Christian prayer, despite the threat of...
