The Pew Research Center has released a new poll showing that for the first time more than 50% of Americans surveyed believe churches should "stay out of politics" as opposed to "express views". The most interesting part is where the shift is coming...
A year ago, a 3-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Appeals Court agreed with the Najavo plaintiffs that plans to expand Arizona's Snowbowl ski resort, in mountains sacred to many Native American tribes, violates their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration...
Writing in today's Baltimore Sun, Interfaith Alliance head Welton Gaddy adds to the growing chorus of concern over the Faith-Based Initiative. When the government gives money directly to religious institutions, those funds are mixed with other private funds into a...
When Lynne Bloch led her Shoreline Towers Condominium Association to institute a regulation outlawing all "objects of any sort" from the hallways of her building, she wasn't expecting that disputes three years later would lead to having her own mezuzah...
The focus is rightly on Senator Ted Kennedy today, as his cancer diagnosis has left heavy the hearts of Americans. Among other virtuous positions, Kennedy has been a stalwart defender of religious liberty and the separation of church and state. My brother e-mailed to...
The Baptist Joint Committee, along with a group of religious and legal organizations, filed an amicus brief with the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case challenging Detroit's decision to send taxpayer money to churches, funding beautification efforts ahead of...
