Sep 30, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized |
Written by Don Byrd Monday is the beginning of the 2018-19 term of the U.S. Supreme Court. One task for the justices will be sifting through the numerous petitions pending before the Court to determine whether to decline them or take them up. A handful of the cases...
Sep 15, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Written by Don Byrd An advisory group made a number of recommendations to the Texas State Board of Education for revisions to the history curriculum. Among them was a proposal to remove an emphasis on the role of Moses and other “Judeo-Christian”...
Jul 19, 2018 | Blog, International, Uncategorized |
Written by Don Byrd As announced earlier this year, the U.S. State Department will host a first-ever global religious freedom meeting next week, bringing together minister-level officials from around the world. The gathering will focus on religious persecution and...
Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Watch Dr. Charles C. Haynes, the founding director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, speak on the campus of Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law for the 2018 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and...
Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Watch Dr. Charles C. Haynes, the founding director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, speak at Mercer University for the 2018 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State. This presentation is...
Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized |
Written by Don Byrd Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a highly watched case that could impact how the law treats requests for religious exemptions from nondiscrimination laws. In Masterpiece Cakeshop, the plaintiff Jack...
