If you read only one piece about holiday church-state controversies this year, make it Jonathan Zimmerman's op-ed in today's Philadelphia Inquirer. His point is simple, but poignant and true: disputes over government-sponsored Christmas displays are nothing...
Musician Michael Feinstein asks a question about diversity and the holidays in a NYTimes ope-ed: Whose Christmas Is It? We live in a multicultural time and the mixing, and mixing up, of traditions is an inevitable result. Hence we have the almost century-old...
Portions of a North Carolina statute intended to keep convicted sex offenders away from children is overbroad and vague, according to a trial court ruling by Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour. The provision effectively prohibited registered offenders from attending...
According to one of the military's fiercest critics when it comes to protecting the religious freedom of all personnel, a new Air Force Academy Superintendent has ushered in a remarkable turnaround in the climate of religious tolerance and diversity. Recently an...
Nearly 70% of the world's population live in countries in which there are severe restrictions on religious freedom, according to a monumental new study by the Pew Forum. The study attempts to quantify elements of "restriction" from both government and...
A panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's dismissal, ruling that the Council of Secular Humanism can challenge a faith-based prison program on the basis of the state constitution's "no aid to religion" provision. The...
