Kagan’s Work on Religious Liberty Issues Gets Attention

Whether or not they provide anything controversial enough to become a confirmation hearing topic, it's still nice to see a Supreme Court nominee's religious liberty views making headlines for once. Here's Education Week's take on the documents released...

NYTimes: Kagan Supported “Expansive” Religious Freedom Rights

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan urged the Clinton Adminstration to fight for a strong reading of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, according to notes she wrote in 1996. After the California Supreme Court ruled that a landlord could not refuse to rent to an...

South Dakota Church Claims a Different Brand of Tax Exemption

Americans United has filed a complaint with the IRS over Rapid City, SD's Liberty Baptist Tabernacle. Reverend Wayne Williams, the letter says, urged his congregation to support a particular candidate in the Republican primary for Governor, a charge he did not...

VA Supreme Court Rules in Church Autonomy Dispute

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a Civil War-era law – used by a lower court to resolve a dispute over the ownership of church property – does not apply in the case. The congregations in question do not constitute a "branch" of The...

Ten Commandments Monument Battle Continues

McCreary County, Kentucky has been trying to develop an acceptable Ten Commandments monument for its courthouse ever since the US Supreme Court ruled its display unconstitutional in 2005. In 2008, a judge ruled that an effort that included other historical documents...

White House Event Urges Faith-Based Activism on Campuses

Yesterday, the White House sponsored a gathering of interfaith activists from a variety of college communities around the country. The event was intended to spark a conversation on ways to increase faith-based community service among students, faculties and...