How often do we hear complaints that schools have become religion-free zones, or that students are not allowed to pray? Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. But there are right ways and wrong ways to conduct religious activity on campus, rules that try...
The Oregon House is scheduled to vote today on Bill 3686, which would repeal the ban prohibiting public school teachers from wearing religious clothing in the classroom. The Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker pens a guest op-ed in the Eugene Register-Guard....
The First Amendment Center's religious liberty fellow, Robert Bernstein, discusses a State Appeals Court decision in Alaska. After reversing his finding of a compelling state interest, the panel ordered a trial court judge to investigate whether...
Via Religion Clause, Chair Melissa Rogers has posted two important votes taken by the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. 16 of the group's 25 said that religious groups receiving federal money to provide social...
Boston Globe columnist James Carroll revisits last week's National Prayer Breakfast and warns of its implications: However “ecumenical’’ its trappings, and whatever the small number of non-Christian participants make of it, the tradition amounts...
When churches close their doors, who controls the building? A growing number of local governments, concerned with architectural beauty and community tradition, are applying landmark status to church structures. Religion News Service explores the controversy this is...
