Arlington County, Virginia has a prime location for a new affordable housing development. Officials hope that subsidizing a new 10-story development with 8 floors of apartments will ease the crisis caused by rapidly escalating property values. There's just one...
As focused as I am on church-state news, it's hard to ignore the major topic of the day: health care reform. There are, actually, some peripheral issues related to religion and religious liberty in the Senate bill the House will vote on later today. If you want to...
At the public high school in Alexandria, Alabama, the PA system was used at the beginning of the school day to broadcast student-led prayers. Though several classmates disapproved, as this report from the Aniston Star describes, one finally did something about it. I...
The Wisconsin legislature is considering a bill that would remove faith-healing exemptions in child abuse laws. The Badger-Herald reports: Under current Wisconsin law, an individual is not guilty of child abuse if he or she chooses spiritual healing through...
The Florida legislature yesterday debated a proposed prayer in school bill that would attempt to make it legal for teachers to pray with students in public schools. The bill has passed the state's House PreK-12 Policy Committee Citing the conflict in Santa Rosa...
Too much church-state news out there to choose from today. Here are some quick hits. The briefs are in! You can access all friend-of-the-court briefs in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, scheduled for Supreme Court hearing in April, at ScotusWiki here. The Baptist...
