The U.S. Supreme Court this week will consider arguments about the religious significance of the cross and whether a large memorial on publicly owned land in Maryland violates the Constitution.
As the Kansas City Star Editorial Board argues, legislation creating classes about the Bible promote the appearance of religious preference.
An appeals court ruling in Missouri relied on the First Amendment principle that judges may not inquire into areas of religious doctrine or answer essentially religious questions.
An Iowa Senate Subcommittee is set to vote on a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) proposal, reintroduced after a similar effort fell short last year.
Americans United filed a lawsuit challenging HHS’ policy allowing federally funded child placement agencies to discriminate on the basis of religion.
The BJC’s Amanda Tyler explains why the Supreme Court’s first church-state opinion of the term was an “astonishing display of religious preferentialism.”