The God and Country Festival is a yearly tradition in Nampa, Idaho drawing thousands of attendants to an event organizers describe as "patriotic". But the sponsoring group, the Christian Defense Coalition is also a highly religious organization, as the name...
The Baptist Joint Committee's Holly Hollman has completed a thorough examination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor's church-state record, finding it – in a word – "commendable". Read the report here. She has written opinions...
France's proposal to ban the burqa has touched off a significant debate over the intersection of religious freedom and the government's role in protecting what it perceives to be the rights and human dignity of its citizens. An op-ed yesterday in the NYTimes...
When Pastor Gerry Stoltzfoos was invited to open the Pennsylvania State House session with an invocation, he was shocked – shocked, I say! – to learn that the legislative body's guidelines prohibit sectarian prayer, in keeping with Supreme Court...
AT USNews, Dan Gilgoff claims that faith has played "a larger role in Obama's White House so far than in any other President's." Obama's most substantive move on religion so far has been launching his own version of Bush's faith-based...
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has named current commissioner Leonard Leo to head the group. Felice Gaer has occupied the previous one-year term as chair. Press release is here. “It’s a privilege to serve as chairman,” said Mr....
