Claiming that the cost of pursuing the action had become prohibitive, controversial Ohio science teacher John Freshwater, dismissed after allegedly promoting Christianity in class, has dropped his lawsuit challenging the firing. In June 2009, Freshwater filed a...
Michael Gerson, conservative columnist and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush writes on a disturbing trend among "Tea Party" activists: the belief that America is, or should be, a Christian nation. He sets them straight: This was particularly...
Florida's Collier County has reached an agreement with World Changers over the group's desire to continue distributing Bibles at public schools during Religious Freedom Day, January 16. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court in Fort Myers in July is...
In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the legal challenge continues regarding the construction of a mosque. After plaintiffs initially argued that Islam is not a religion – a preposterous claim refuted by the Department of Justice – they have moved on to a...
School officials in Hamilton County, Tennessee – home of Chattanooga – have halted one school's practice of starting football games with a prayer after a complaint put a spotlight on the activity. Soddy-Daisy High School's loudspeaker prayer...
Via Religion Clause, Minnesota pastor Brad Brandon is back in the news, this time interviewing a candidate for Secretary of State on his radio show who insists that America is a Christian nation, and that there is no such thing as the separation of church and state....
