With Josh Dubois – head of the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships – watching, President Obama today signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation. Calling it a day of "unity and prayer", he adds: Let us… use...
An article in yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle discusses the impact of the current debate on "conscience rules", as we all await the Obama Administration's plans for repealing President Bush's last-minute policy change. Two things seem to be...
The Washington Post reports that President Obama has decided to ask Congress for an extension on school vouchers for D.C. students currently enrolled in the program. He remains opposed to the idea of school vouchers, but doesn't want to remove students from their...
Is it constitutional? Perhaps the courts would say yes. But that doesn't make the National Day of Prayer a good idea. The Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker explains why it's "unnecessary" and "misguided": "There is nothing...
A controversial video being aired on Al Jazeera News shows a gathering of U.S. soldiers in Bagram a year ago with stacks of Pashto-language New Testaments apparently sent to one of them by his church for the purpose of distributing them to the people of Afghanistan....
The Washington Post's God in Government blog argues Justice Souter's replacement could "alter the church-state mix" on the court. Indeed, it's hard to see how President Obama will find a nominee with Souter's blend of passionate support for...
