Included in the programs receiving funding extensions in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 passed 79-12 by the Senate yesterday was the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. In danger of losing its authorization on September 30, the bill extends the...
At see-you-at-the-pole events yesterday in Sumner Count, Tennessee, teachers involved in a lawsuit over religion in schools attended but did not participate. Andrew Schmeltzer, an English teacher and assistant baseball coach at Wilson Central High School, sang along...
Via Religion Clause, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a principal's restriction of a student's distribution of religious material was a violation of the students' First Amendment rights. A reasonable person would not have believed that...
The Bronx Household of Faith has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2nd Circuit's decision in a dispute with New York City over the church's desire to meet in a public school building. In a 2-1 decision earlier this year, the 2nd Circuit affirmed...
Yesterday, a Nevada court heard arguments in a fascinating dispute about who is allowed to perform marriage ceremonies. A state law requires those seeking certification to be either government officials or affiliated with a church or religious organization. The ACLU...
