You may have heard about Representative Paul Broun's (R-GA) bill that would establish 2010 as the "Year of the Bible" in an official resolution by the Congress. In today's Wall Street Journal, Steven Waldman discusses the complications in such an...
In a special session yesterday, the Arizona legislature saw committees in both the House and Senate advance a controversial bill that would offer tax credits for corporate donations to private school voucher funds. The bills are a reaction to an Arizona Supreme Court...
President Obama has chosen Sonia Sotomayor, from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to take the seat of retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. Brent Walker notes the difficulty in replacing Souter's strong record on religious liberty: "More...
Last week, the National Press Club hosted a debate on “Politics in the Pulpit” featuring Barry Lynn of Americans United, and law professors Donald Tobin, Douglas Laycock, and Benjamin Bull of the Alliance Defense Fund. The question was framed this way:Does...
Liberty University is a tax-exempt religious school, prohibited by IRS non-profit regulations from engaging in political campaigns for or against candidates. But Jerry Falwell's institution has caused a storm by banning the student Democrats organization from...
At the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, church-state experts Robert Tuttle and Ira Lupu discuss the ramifications of current and pending same-sex marriage laws and religious exemptions on potential legal conflicts, in "A Clash of Rights? " The...
