When the largest church in Boulder County, Colorado wanted to expand its campus, officials denied the request for a permit, citing local land use regulations. A jury, however, agreed with the church that the county failed to meet the high standards set by the...
Determined creationist, dentist and recently defeated Board of Education member Don McLeroy still has time left on his term and seems anxious to move forward his agenda of adding God and religion to the state's public school curricula. The Board is meeting again...
Attorney General Eric Holder faced questioning Thursday by the House Judiciary Committee, and was asked by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) about two important church-state issues: the Justice Department's position (apparently) continued mis-reading of the...
In a USAToday op-ed, law professor Stephen Prothero becomes one of the few – maybe the only? – to argue that the religious beliefs of Supreme Court justices should be taken into account. When it comes to judges and their biases, there are only two...
David Saperstein writes today's must-read, on the disturbing theft of the Mojave Cross, which was just allowed to stay standing as a national war memorial by a decision of the Supreme Court. Particularly distressing are the anonymous communications, allegedly from...
The race to become the GOP's nominee for Governor in Alabama has taken a strange, disturbing turn, as two candidates and their supporters rush to claim the title of Most Committed Creationist and paint the opponent as something akin to Darwin himself. A mysterious...
