A survey of high school biology teachers shows a significant percentage still advocate and teach creationism in the classroom, despite clear court rulings prohibiting that practice. Many more offer only a cautious, tepid introduction to evolution. [O]nly 28 percent of...
Back in 2005, the Virginia House passed a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the rights of individuals to pray openly at public schools, but it failed to emerge from committee in the State Senate. They are trying again, after voting today to add a paragraph...
The annual Air Force Academy prayer luncheon, which this year has drawn more criticism than usual due to its controversial invited speaker, faces a new hurdle today after a lawsuit filed by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation argues the event violates the...
School officials in Michigan's Plymouth-Canton district announced a new policy on Friday, to accommodate Sikh students. Males in that faith tradition are required to wear a small dagger known as a kirpan, to remind them to combat evil. For obvious reasons, that...
The LATimes has a helpful article about the role of Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood in the current Egyptian uprising. Confirming what I posted over the weekend – that the protests do not seem to be a religious movement – it also suggests that the tension...
