On Wednesday, the Justice Department filed a response countering the appeal of Boulder County, Colorado officials who are claiming the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) is unconstitutional. The DOJ agreed with the Rocky Mountain Christian...
An elementary school principal in the town of Benton, Arkansas is in hot water for allowing representatives from Gideon's to visit classrooms with Bibles. Ann Kerr thought, she says, that since the Bibles were only left there for children (children!) to take if...
Via Howard Friedman, Americans United yesterday requested the IRS investigate the tax-exempt status of a church in Harrisburg, PA after its pastor endorsed mayoral candidate Linda Thompson from the pulpit. During the service, Pastor Martin D. Odom introduced...
Kyle Reese, pastor of Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida, is back from Uzbekistan after meeting with Baptist ministers and he has a message: don't take religious liberty for granted. After this life-changing experience, and feeling the need...
Bringing to the fore a story that's been bubbling for a little while, the LATimes today adds more reporting about the provision in the Senate's health care reform bill that would allow the so-called public option to reimburse patients for certain "faith...
State and local elections are going on in many parts of the country today. I couldn't help but notice the controversy brewing in a City Council race in New York. There the religious beliefs of one candidate, Dan Halloran, have become central to media coverage,...
