Via Religion Clause, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to rehear en banc (the entire circuit, not just a 3-judge panel) the challenge to Orlando's ordinance requiring a permit for feeding large groups in local parks, and limiting organizations to 2 such...
Last year Florida's Santa Rosa School District entered into a consent agreement, pledging to stop promoting religion in public schools, after a claim brought by two students alleged widespread religious coercion by school administrators and teachers. That...
Here's a bit more information on the meeting yesterday between religious leaders – including the Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker – and Justice Department officials urging vigilance in the face of rising anti-Islamic sentiment....
As something of an update to my last night's rant – this from the credit-where-credit-is-due file – I'm glad to see that Southern Baptist leaders including Richard Land and Frank Page are issuing strong condemnations of the vandalism at the...
ABP's Rob Marus reports on a meeting this afternoon at the Department of Justice in which religious leaders including the Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker met with law enforcement officials to discuss the recent rise in anti-Muslim violence and rhetoric....
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is speaking out strongly in support of the right of Muslims to build mosques, including the proposed Cordoba House near Ground Zero (my emphasis): [I]f the Muslims own that property, that private property, and they want to build a mosque...
