Via Howard Friedman, Americans United yesterday requested the IRS investigate the tax-exempt status of a church in Harrisburg, PA after its pastor endorsed mayoral candidate Linda Thompson from the pulpit. During the service, Pastor Martin D. Odom introduced...
Kyle Reese, pastor of Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida, is back from Uzbekistan after meeting with Baptist ministers and he has a message: don't take religious liberty for granted. After this life-changing experience, and feeling the need...
Bringing to the fore a story that's been bubbling for a little while, the LATimes today adds more reporting about the provision in the Senate's health care reform bill that would allow the so-called public option to reimburse patients for certain "faith...
State and local elections are going on in many parts of the country today. I couldn't help but notice the controversy brewing in a City Council race in New York. There the religious beliefs of one candidate, Dan Halloran, have become central to media coverage,...
In Wakita, Oklahoma, officials are planning for a privately-run, faith-based prison that will tout an all-Christian staff. The facility would be voluntary for inmates nearing the end of their terms. Classes in literacy, General Educational Development requirements and...
The Panama City News Herald ran a series of articles over the weekend dealing with the issue of school-sponsored prayer at football games. "Giving Up Prayer Hasn't Been Easy, But Has Been Done" "School Prayer: The Establishment Clause...
