The State Pharmacy Board in Washington will leave standing a rule requiring pharmacists to dispense Plan B emergency contraception, despite any religious objections. After four years of legal wrangling over the measure, the Board had begun a process to change that...
Christ Church in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, has finally won the right to build an expansive sanctuary and school building. City officials rejected the project on the grounds that it violated a zoning ordinance, prompting the church to file suit citing the...
In an LATimes op-ed today, Tim Rutten points a finger at the US and the West for failing to respond adequately to the threats faced by Christians in the Middle East: When America intervened to overthrow Saddam Hussein, Iraq's Christians — mostly Chaldeans...
A recent NYTimes story reported that billboards promoting atheism on city buses have outraged some religious leaders, prompting them to suggest no religious advertising at all be allowed there, rather than have to see it. Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum responds:...
Melissa Rogers (speaking of), writing at the Washington Post's On Faith page, sums up the current state of faith-based partnerships, comparing the approaches of the Bush and Obama administrations, and makes some recommendation for changes going forward. Her...
A new program emphasizing partnership between the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and the EEOC has resulted in its first case, according to this AP report . A teacher in Illinois' Berkeley School District was denied the request for 3 weeks of...
