AU: Math Teacher’s Religious Banners are Improper

In March, a federal judge ruled in favor of California high school math teacher Bradley Johnson in a dispute over banners in his classroom with patriotic-religious messages like "God Shed His Grace on Thee" and "God Bless America". Now heading to...

What Seemed Like a Good Idea in 1958…

A Rhode Island high school has agreed to alter a decades-old auditorium banner, after complaints about its religious content led to an inquiry by the ACLU. The text is a prayer to "Our Heavenly Father", which school officials are now attempting to modify....

A Good Question

As in the previous administration, many federal agencies under the Obama White House include a "faith-based" office. During President Bush's "Faith-Based Initiative" era, these offices primarily served to ensure that religious organizations had...

Is Justice Department Pro-Prayer Enough?

Via Religion Clause, the Justice Department's filing with the 7th Circuit appealing a judge's ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional is being attacked by conservative groups for "not going far enough." The Family Research...

Quote of the Day: Newt Gingrich

Newt writes: There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is...