House Scheduled for DC Voucher Vote This Week

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State is reporting that House Speaker John Boehner will hold a vote on resurrecting the DC school vouchers program Wednesday. Baptist Joint Committee Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman wrote specifically about the DC...

KY Appeals Court Hears Amish Safety Case

The Kentucky Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a dispute pitting public safety laws against Amish religious exercise. Cited for failing to affix a reflecting triangle on the back of their horse-drawn buggies, members of the Old Order Swartzentruber Amish...

AZ Senate Sends Religious Discrimination Bill to Governor

The Yuma Sun reports on a bill passed by the Arizona Senate earlier this week that addresses religious freedom issues. State senators voted Wednesday to let student clubs at universities and communities refuse to admit members who do not share their beliefs and still...

AFA’s Fischer Says First Amendment Only for Christians

Hoo boy. What can you say about the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer? He's doubling down on his run of anti-Muslim rhetoric with a new, outrageous argument. Muslim Americans, he says, aren't protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution....

Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Muslim-American Rights

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin announced that his Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights will hold a hearing on the civil rights of Muslim Americans on Tuesday, March 29. “Our Constitution protects the free exercise of religion...