Religious Schools Received Huge Percentage of AZ Tax Credit Money

The Arizona Republic adds some detail regarding the state's Tuition Tax Credit program the US Supreme Court has now agreed to review. Arizona's private-school tuition tax-credit program gives donors a dollar-for-dollar reduction in state income taxes for...

Check Out the New RFTC

The newest issue of the Baptist Joint Committee’s newsletter, Report From the Capital, is now online, and it’s full of great stuff this month, including: Brent Walker on retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, highlights from Martin Marty’s...

Quote of the Day

From the Dalai Lama, writing in today's NYTimes: Finding common ground among faiths can help us bridge needless divides at a time when unified action is more crucial than ever. As a species, we must embrace the oneness of humanity as we face global issues like...

Graduation and Religion in the News

An Indiana high school is trying an interesting strategy to allow students to offer prayer during graduation ceremonies without – they hope – violating the separation of church and state. A new policy at Greenwood High School promises student speakers the...

Arizona Case “May Be Pretty Significant”

Professor Eugene Volokh predicts a Supreme Court victory for Arizona's Tuition Tax Credit Program (the petition for hearing was granted just today), and sees it as likely building on the court's ruling (in Zelman) that school vouchers are constitutional. [T]he...