The Washington Post's David Waters rounds up reaction from religious liberty advocates, including the Baptist Joint Committee, on news that Justice Stevens is retiring after this term. You can read Brent Walker's statement ("Stevens a Thoughtful, Diligent...
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has announced his retirement. Indications are we will have another summer confirmation hearing. There will be plenty of time between now and then to speculate on his replacement, and to look back at Stevens' long career on...
Christianity Today's Ruth Moon compiles quotations from members of the White House Faith-Based Advisory Council on the specific issue of whether houses of worship should be required to form separate corporations to receive federal funding for providing social...
The Knoxville, Tennessee school board is on the verge of banning a high school biology textbook for being offensive to the creationist viewpoint. Kurt Zimmermann, a Farragut High School parent, filed a complaint in December about the textbook's characterization of...
Like many states, Florida has a constitutional provision barring the government from sending tax money "directly or indirectly" to any "church, sect or religious denomination." If some lawmakers have their way, though, that church-state protection...
David Masci previews the upcoming CLS v. Martinez Supreme Court hearing for the Pew Research Center. He notes that if the court rules in favor of the school (Hastings) in its policy refusing official recognition to groups that discriminate, the "decision is...
