The Christian Science Monitor editorial board – in a piece yesterday – suggests that the proposed French ban on women wearing a burqa in public is in the same spirit with which the Iranian government required women to wear head covering in public. Both,...
Earlier I posted about a federal judge's ruling that the Contra Costa (CA) Library may not enforce its meeting room use policy banning worship, because – Judge Jeffrey White reasoned – efforts to distinguish between speech from a religious...
Attorney General Eric Holder is being urged to reverse the Bush Administration's decision to approve congressional grants earmarked to religious organizations in 2008 appropriations bills. Americans United filed a letter with the Justice Department yesterday....
Restrictions on prayer and worship time in a federal prison in Indiana are being challenged by the ACLU in a lawsuit filed June 16. Inmates in a specially controlled facility of 40 prisoners are allowed 1 hour of group prayer a week, though – the complaint...
As an ordained minister and an expert on church-state law, I do not claim any specialized experience or knowledge in national security in general or the workings of the United States Army in particular. Even so, President Obama’s choice of U.S. Rep. John M....
In a very interesting and – I think – important case, a federal judge in California has ruled against the Contra Costa County library's policy disallowing religious worship services in its public meeting rooms. The suit hinges on a very narrow...
