At the Buddhism Examiner, Emily Breder has a fascinating interview with Erik Curren, who is a candidate for Virginia's General Assembly. Curren is Methodist, but also a practicing Buddhist. Breder: There seems to be… an environment in the United...
The Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn reports on the details of Illinois' recently passed $31 billion capital spending bill, in which he found millions of dollars earmarked for religious facilities: Page 101 earmarks $250,000 for renovations to the Friendship House...
In his address yesterday at the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, President Obama included the religious freedom of minorities as an important area of disagreement with China. I have no illusion that the United States and China will agree on every issue, nor...
By a vote of 13-6, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to send the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. In his statement prior to voting yes, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) noted his belief that Judge Sotomator would protect...
An Idaho charter school's plan to use the Bible as a textbook is being challenged by the ACLU as a potential violation of church-state separation. Officials at Nampa Classical Academy maintain they will use religious documents only in a secular manner as an...
