A lawsuit that originated in 2004 claiming the Salvation Army was proselytizing with government money has finally settled out of court. The NYTimes' City Room blog has details. The settlement, approved by a federal judge in Manhattan, requires the numerous city,...
Michelle Boorstein reports that an EEOC complaint has been filed against the US Commission on International Religious Freedom by a former policy analyst. Safiya Ghori-Ahmad…alleges that her contract was canceled because of her Muslim faith and her...
In remarks at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Qatar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized human rights and religious freedom as necessary ingredients for progress. This year, we rejoined the United Nations Human Rights Council. And one of our first acts was...
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a new lawsuit claiming the tax break ministers enjoy for housing violates the First Amendment's separation of church and state. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation says the housing exemption gives...
The Oklahoman reports that on Friday of this week the Supreme Court is set to consider the petition of Haskell County over its Ten Commandments monument, declared unconstitutional by the 10th Circuit. If the Justices decide to hear the case, it would mark the return...
