In a decision from late July that I missed, a district judge in Texas ruled against a local school in its decision to black out religious messages in some Christmas cards being sold as part of a fundraiser. Its an interesting case: school officials were concerned...
From former George W. Bush speechwriter and policy advisor Michael Gerson in a Washington Post op-ed: The Christian fundamentalist view of Islam bears a striking resemblance to the New York Times' view of Christian fundamentalism — a simplistic emphasis on...
The Suffolk County (NY) Christian Coalition is distributing "voter guides" to area churches in hopes that they will be included in bulletins ahead of the upcoming congressional primary. Educational, nonpartisan voter guides are allowed to be distributed...
In a 2-1 decision I mentioned earlier, a panel of the 7th Circuit ruled unconstitutional the University of Wisconsin's policy of withholding funds from student groups for activities that constitute "worship, proselytizing or religious instruction." The...
In a decision that is sure to be controversial, a divided panel of the 7th Circuit yesterday invalidated a University of Wisconsin policy that prohibited student fees from funding religious worship, proselytizing and other acts that might constitute "the practice...
AP reports that the EEOC has filed suit against a prominent meatpacking plant over its treatment of Muslim employees. Federal officials say Muslim Somali workers were denied prayer time and faced harrassment and termination at two JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking...
