An important event to watch this week will be taking place in a Leon County, Florida court on Thursday, when Judge Terry Lewis hears arguments regarding the constitutionality of a proposed "religious freedom" amendment scheduled for the November 2012 ballot....
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the U.S. Forest Service to remove a statue of Christ from the Big Mountain ski resort in Montana. The display has been maintained by the Knights of Columbus, a private group apparently leasing the small plot of land on...
UPI's Michael Kirkland discusses issues surrounding the case of Bronx Household of Faith, a dispute over the church's use of a public school for Sunday worship services. The 2nd Circuit ruled 2-1 against the church, on the grounds that use of the school for...
A few weeks after suspending 34 Muslim employees in a dispute over the company's accommodation of prayer time, Hertz has moved to fire them. ABC News reports: Hertz sent termination notices to the Somali Muslim workers Thursday after suspending them on Sept. 30...
In a story that slipped past my radar last week, the Justice Department announced a settlement with the Berkeley, Illinois school district. School officials had denied a teacher's unpaid leave-of-absence request for the purpose of a religious...
