Fresh off of a stinging defeat over the state's "I Believe" license plates, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster sounds anxious to wade back into treacherous church-state waters, this time offering state resources to defend any town sued for...
Writing at the On Faith site of the Washington Post, Baptist Joint Committee Director Brent Walker issues a strong response to the misguided call for Muslims to be banned from the US military following the shootings at Ft. Hood. Religion should only disqualify someone...
At a Veterans Day event for Bloomington Schools in Minnesota last year, representatives from the American Legion surprised school officials by taking the opportunity to lead students in prayer. So, this year a sensible policy required participating groups to refrain...
President Obama's first federal appeals court nominee, David Hamilton, has still yet to make it to a full Senate vote, having been held up with procedural blocks for months now due to objections over his ruling against the Indiana House opening prayer policy. Now,...
Bob Allen at Associated Baptist Press reports a federal magistrate in North Carolina has ruled Forsyth County's practice of opening board meetings with distinctly Christian prayers unconstitutional. In his decision (pdf), Trevor Sharpe argues that Supreme Court...
A federal judge has ruled a South Carolina law ordering the creation of Christian-themed specialty license plates is unconstitutional. The plates were to include the phrase "I Believe" with a cross and stained-glass windows in the background, an improper use...
