That's the quote coming from an initial CNN report on today's meeting between Attorney General Eric Holder and religious liberty advocates including the Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker. [UPDATE: Following the meeting, Holder released a statement...
From Martin Peretz, editor-in-chief of The New Republic: Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims. And among those Muslims led by the Imam Rauf there is hardly one who has raised a fuss about the routine and random bloodshed that defines their brotherhood. So,...
A story I'll be watching closely today is this afternoon's meeting between Attorney General Eric Holder and religious liberty advocates including the Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker. As a followup to their August 30 meeting with Justice Department...
Maryland's Court of Appeals heard arguments last week in a fascinating religious accommodation case. Alexander Neustadter lost his lawsuit against Holy Cross Hospital after refusing to participate in 2 of the trial days due to his observance of Shavuot as an...
In a decision from late July that I missed, a district judge in Texas ruled against a local school in its decision to black out religious messages in some Christmas cards being sold as part of a fundraiser. Its an interesting case: school officials were concerned...
From former George W. Bush speechwriter and policy advisor Michael Gerson in a Washington Post op-ed: The Christian fundamentalist view of Islam bears a striking resemblance to the New York Times' view of Christian fundamentalism — a simplistic emphasis on...
