Historic Vote in Egypt Leaves State Religion Intact

While many of the protesting factions leading the revolution in Egypt apparently hoped for the chance to write an entirely new constitution that might have lessened the governmental role of Islam and allowed for more religious freedom, this week's referendum...

Quote of the Day

Laurie Lebo, discussing the essential, but too often overlooked, distinction between private religious displays and those that are school-sponsored: [M]any people, including the Giles County students, misunderstand the difference between free expression of one’s...

NJ Charter School Debate Centers on Religion

A heated debate in New Jersey over the planned expansion of charter schools is turning the state's attention toward the religious nature of some proposed schools, like Tikun Olam, which would be a Hebrew-language high school. In Highland Park, the difficult...

Colorado School District Votes in School Voucher Program

Denver-area's Douglas County has approved a pilot school voucher program that will send up to 500 students to private schools. That will include taxpayer money going to religious schools, which maake up the vast majority of those currently eligible.  After...