The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined yet again a petition related to the constitutionality of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. This time, petitioner Michael Newdow challenged a New Hampshire law requiring teachers to lead students in the Pledge....
In last night's Republican presidential debate, moderated by John King, candidates were asked their views on church-state separation, the role of faith in government, and whether they would employ their own religiously-based litmus test for those in their...
Written by Don Byrd
In Sunday's NYTimes, op-ed contributor Katherine Stewart discusses the use of her young daughter's public school as a house of worship. She attended a service for herself, and found that the minister discusses praying for the names of children –...
As a member of the "Church of Body Modification," a high school student in Johnston County, North Carolina won't be asked to remove a stud in her nose to attend school, after a settlement was reached with the school board earlier this week to...
RNS' Adelle Banks reports on a Gallup survey indicating that 70% of Egyptians want religious leaders to play only an indirect role in a new government as opposed to the 14% that believe clerics should have create law. Even beyond this rejection of theocracy, the...
