A new lawsuit challenges a local government's refusal to allow expansion of a mosque, this time in Lilburn, Georgia. Following recommendations from the Lilburn Planning Commission, the city council twice has denied the rezoning — its latest vote last month....
The Hawaii State Senate has made it official, ending its practice of opening each day with a prayer, rather than adopt a new policy restricting invocations to non-sectarian expressions. A citizen's complaint had prompted the American Civil Liberties Union...
In a truly interesting decision, the 9th Circuit has reversed an immigration judge's who earlier denied the asylum request of Lei Li, a citizen of China. Li claims to be a Christian who was being persecuted for his faith, so the judge asked him "basic...
After initially taking the sensible step of removing Ten Commandments displays from its public schools, the Giles County (VA) school board has now reversed course in a 5-0 vote today. The religious texts were removed during December following a letter from the...
In a Washington Post On Faith post, Baptist Joint Committee Director Brent Walker argues that religious liberty should not be a secondary issue in America's discussions with China, and he offers some advice to President Obama about raising the subject with...
