On the heels of the 7th Circuit ruling dismissing a church-state challenge to the National Day of Prayer statute, President Obama has issued the declaration for Thursday, May 5. On this National Day of Prayer, let us follow the example of President Lincoln and Dr....
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are preparing to introduce a bill that allows public school teachers to wear religious garb in the classroom. Current law prohibits every Pennsylvania public school teacher from wearing any dress, mark, emblem or insignia that would indicate...
Sometimes I read the occasional story of teachers introducing religious belief into their public school classrooms, and I wonder…. How could they not know this to be completely inappropriate? Where have they been all this time, while the rest of the academic...
In an amicus brief filed with the 7th Circuit in the case of Willis v Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections, the Baptist Joint Committee joined the Christian Legal Society, Prison Fellowship and the National Association of Evangelicals in urging the court to...
A petition drive in San Francisco would place a ban on the circumcision of children on the ballot. Many religious groups – including Jewish, Muslim and Christian organizations – have vowed to challenge any such prohibition in court as a violation of...
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has added Egypt to its list of the most severe violators of religious freedom, citing it for the first time as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). This comes after a year of protest led to the ouster of longtime...
