The Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn reports on the details of Illinois' recently passed $31 billion capital spending bill, in which he found millions of dollars earmarked for religious facilities: Page 101 earmarks $250,000 for renovations to the Friendship House...
In his address yesterday at the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, President Obama included the religious freedom of minorities as an important area of disagreement with China. I have no illusion that the United States and China will agree on every issue, nor...
By a vote of 13-6, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to send the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. In his statement prior to voting yes, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) noted his belief that Judge Sotomator would protect...
An Idaho charter school's plan to use the Bible as a textbook is being challenged by the ACLU as a potential violation of church-state separation. Officials at Nampa Classical Academy maintain they will use religious documents only in a secular manner as an...
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing Thursday (July 30) to consider the nomination of Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) to be Secretary of the Army. In a guest post here last month, BJC Director Brent Walker raised serious questions about the nominee's...
Beginning in April of 2008, The U.S. Agency of International Development's Inspector General conducted an audit to answer two questions regarding taxpayer funding for foreign aid: 1) Were any funds used for religious activity? and 2) Were the funds distributed in...
