Church-state advocates including the Baptist Joint Committee have urged President Obama to adopt the Faith Advisory Council's recommendations for reform, recently presented to the White House. But what happens next? Will they disappear into a bureaucratic black...
Yesterday, Justice Alito issued a fairly rare dissent over the Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case involving religious instrumental music at graduation. A high school in Everett, Washington – which typically allows student music groups to choose the music...
Arlington County, Virginia has a prime location for a new affordable housing development. Officials hope that subsidizing a new 10-story development with 8 floors of apartments will ease the crisis caused by rapidly escalating property values. There's just one...
As focused as I am on church-state news, it's hard to ignore the major topic of the day: health care reform. There are, actually, some peripheral issues related to religion and religious liberty in the Senate bill the House will vote on later today. If you want to...
At the public high school in Alexandria, Alabama, the PA system was used at the beginning of the school day to broadcast student-led prayers. Though several classmates disapproved, as this report from the Aniston Star describes, one finally did something about it. I...
The Wisconsin legislature is considering a bill that would remove faith-healing exemptions in child abuse laws. The Badger-Herald reports: Under current Wisconsin law, an individual is not guilty of child abuse if he or she chooses spiritual healing through...
