The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to re-hear arguments in a dispute over the state's tax credit for donations to private school scholarships. A 3-judge panel earlier concluded that the tax incentive improperly used public funds for the benefit...
Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) has abandoned plans to transfer federal land to a religious institution without compensation, after church-state watchdog Americans United warned of constitutional concerns. From an AU press release: Americans United…learned that...
In a controversial pair of decisions announced 4 years ago, the Supreme Court declared some Ten Commandment monuments displayed on public property constitutional, and some not, depending on the context of their presentation and history. The losing display in that...
In a speech to the Justinian Society yesterday, Justice Samuel Alito correctly indicated that the religious affiliation of judges is irrelevant to their qualifications and abilities, noting that having 6 of 9 Supreme Court Justices that are Catholic is not a concern ....
At a Naples, Florida public high school, an after-school event last week designed to "encourage students to live out their faith on their school campuses" was sponsored by the Fellowship for Christian Athletes. It was reported without concern for any...
No. It is an American idea that also happens to support a key Baptist principle: that of the competent, free soul of each individual believer, empowered to make personal decisions of faith without the fear of, nor the favor from government. Unfortunately, that ideal...
