Pawtucket, Rhode Island is the site of a new lawsuit, profiled this weekend as a church-state dispute by the Washington Post, over the issue of public aid to private and religious schools. Here, the story is not tuition vouchers but the use of public land. Plaintiffs...
Religion Clause's Howard Friedman posts his Top Ten list of the biggest church-state developments of 2009, including many differences and some similarities with my own Top Ten Religious Liberty Stories of the year. Check them both out!
I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas today! Regular blogging to resume after the weekend.
The trade-off for Nativity scene displays at government buildings is often the requirement that others have the right to display holiday messages as well. At the Illinois State Capitol building, that includes an atheist message denying the existence of God and the...
…that the Workplace Religious Freedom Act is finally passed? An op-ed in today's Iowa Des Moines Register makes the case that it's overdue. …claims of religious discrimination in the workplace have more than doubled since 1992. While most employers...
Iraqi Churches are canceling Christmas celebrations, or toning down festivities this week, for fear of agitating the country's Shiite Muslims, whose Day of Ashura comes 2 days later this year. Today's Washington Post offers a stark and somber look into the...
