As I posted earlier, the Faith Advisory Council has approved task force recommendations and will meet with White House officials next week to discuss the report. Of particular church-state note, recommendations 4-12 of the office reform suggestions deal specifically...
On Friday, President Obama's Faith Advisory Council formally approved task force recommendations, including 12 from the group charged with offering reforms to the faith-based initiative itself. The Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker served on that task...
Today a White House official is conducting an unprecedented meeting with leaders from a group of non-religious activists to discuss their views on a host of church-state issues. Houston Chronicle blogger Kate Shellnutt has more: The Secular Coalition for America, a...
Dahlia Lithwick writes about the disturbing child custody battle playing out in Illinois headlines. There, Joseph Reyes called in TV cameras to document taking his young daughter to Catholic mass, in apparent violation of a court order requiring him not to introduce...
Earlier this week I asked how often since the Supreme Court's decision in Marsh – if ever at all – a federal court has agreed with a local government that they are allowed to open official meetings with distinctly sectarian prayer of one faith. And...
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has started a firestorm with its report, titled "Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy, which recommends that the U.S. essentially recalibrate international relations in areas of the...
