According to one of the military's fiercest critics when it comes to protecting the religious freedom of all personnel, a new Air Force Academy Superintendent has ushered in a remarkable turnaround in the climate of religious tolerance and diversity. Recently an...
Nearly 70% of the world's population live in countries in which there are severe restrictions on religious freedom, according to a monumental new study by the Pew Forum. The study attempts to quantify elements of "restriction" from both government and...
A panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's dismissal, ruling that the Council of Secular Humanism can challenge a faith-based prison program on the basis of the state constitution's "no aid to religion" provision. The...
Last December, the Supreme Court ruled (in Boumediene) that Guantanamo prisoners may file suit claiming a denial of their constitutional rights in the facility. That important decision affirmed the principle that the Constitution's guarantee of fundamental...
As the year draws to a close, the Baptist Joint Committee asked me to take a look back at 2009 and recap the most important church-state stories of the year. I’ve had the good fortune to survey religious liberty Web sites and news items daily here at the BJC’s Blog...
