I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas today! Regular blogging to resume after the weekend.
The trade-off for Nativity scene displays at government buildings is often the requirement that others have the right to display holiday messages as well. At the Illinois State Capitol building, that includes an atheist message denying the existence of God and the...
…that the Workplace Religious Freedom Act is finally passed? An op-ed in today's Iowa Des Moines Register makes the case that it's overdue. …claims of religious discrimination in the workplace have more than doubled since 1992. While most employers...
Iraqi Churches are canceling Christmas celebrations, or toning down festivities this week, for fear of agitating the country's Shiite Muslims, whose Day of Ashura comes 2 days later this year. Today's Washington Post offers a stark and somber look into the...
NPR's Nina Totenberg had a fascinating story about our Solicitor General, Elena Kagan. And while the issue of religion didn't come up, a peripheral concern did: how do you balance personal views with judicial responsibilities as advocate for the United States...
Via Ed Brayton, Reuters reports that the UN has passed a non-binding resolution condemning the "defamation of religion" for the fifth straight year, though with less support than the previous year. The assembly passed the Islamic-sponsored resolution with 80...
