We didn't need any more reasons to find fault with the Rumsfeld-era Pentagon briefings adorned with Scripture, but Bradford Winters at the Image Journal blog offers another reminder why a Bible-verse foreign policy is a bad idea. Tracing the biblical context of...
At the Washington Post's God in Government blog, William Wan gives a helpful outline of the first official meeting of the White House's Faith Advisory Council, a hand-picked group of 25 religious leaders across the country tasked to work on specific issues...
The Prince George County Sheriff's Office has heard about legal disputes in other parts of the country over a Muslim woman's right to wear religious head covering in a courtroom, and asked the Maryland AG for an opinion before the issue arises there too....
Blog of the Legal Times is reporting that the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to send the nominations of Judge David Hamilton (7th Circuit), Andre Davis (4th Circuit) and Thomas Perez (Civil Rights Div.) to the full Senate. Perez and Davis were vote out with...
In a highly anticipated speech at Cairo University, President Obama this morning made significant reference to religious freedom throughout, in terms of respect, diversity and communication across cultural-religious divides. Religious freedom was also the 5th of 7...
After a few weeks of argument between the New Hampshire legislature and Governor John Lynch regarding the level of religious exemptions included in the bill, the state House passed a version yesterday that he says he will sign. Included in HB73, which will become law...
