The Baptist Joint Committee has been vigilant in its critique of Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) plan for hearings this week investigating what he calls Islamic "radicalization" in the United States. Last month, a letter (pdf) signed by the BJC and the heads of...
Among the petitions the Supreme Court declined to hear yesterday was a challenge to the use of "Under God" in federal currency. The plaintiff was Michael Newdow, who famously brought cases against the use of the phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance as well. In...
School officials in a Rhode Island town voted 4-3 last night to keep a large banner in place at West Cranston High sporting an "Our Heavenly Father" prayer, fashioned about 50 years ago. The state's ACLU had warned that the prayer banner violates the...
Last fall, by a 2-1 vote, the 7th Circuit ruled that a policy of the University of Wisconsin, withholding funds for religious activity while funding other similar but nonreligious activity, is unconstitutional. As I summed it up at the time: The majority opinion...
Yesterday, national security adviser Denis McDonough gave a speech at a Virginia mosque. The NYTimes reports: “we will not stigmatize or demonize entire communities because of the actions of a few." … “In the United States of America, we...
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation will file a lawsuit to challenge military leaders' refusal to support a secular-themed concert at Fort Bragg with the same resources it provided to a recent Christian event. Critics charged the "Rock the Fort"...
