Controversial new Bible literacy classes in Kentucky’s public schools now have more guidance from the state, following new standards recently approved by the Education Board.
A 2018 study of the North Carolina “Opportunity Scholarship” school voucher program reveals that 76% of voucher schools use their curriculum to promote religious doctrine.
Media coverage and analysis of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop agreed: the cakemaker’s narrow victory left more questions unanswered than it resolved.
Ultimately, the Court’s ruling in favor of Mr. Phillips turned on the majority’s conclusion that the state Civil Rights Commission adjudicated his claim from a perspective based in animus toward the cakemaker’s religious views.
Is it a substantial burden on religious exercise to have to use currency inscribed with the motto “In God We Trust”? Both the 6th and 7th federal appeals circuits took on this question in opinions issued this week.