Each year the State Department issues a comprehensive report on religious freedom around the world. Today marks the first such report from the Obama administration. In her remarks, Secretary Clinton voiced strong opposition to misguided laws that would restrict free...
Houston resident Kay Staley, who successfully sued to have monument to the Bible removed from the courthouse, has filed a challenge to the city's practice of opening each council meeting with prayer. "Just because it always has been doesn't make it...
In USAToday Monday, Jonathan Turley explained the danger of "blasphemy laws" that are gaining favor in many parts of the world. In particular, he objects to U.S. support of a United Nations resolution passed earlier this month, which, he argues, carves out...
A Sikh man fired from his federal security job for refusing to shave his beard and remove his turban has reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security. As part of the settlement, the federal government paid [Raghbir] Singh $50,000 in damages for...
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to re-hear arguments in a dispute over the state's tax credit for donations to private school scholarships. A 3-judge panel earlier concluded that the tax incentive improperly used public funds for the benefit...
Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) has abandoned plans to transfer federal land to a religious institution without compensation, after church-state watchdog Americans United warned of constitutional concerns. From an AU press release: Americans United…learned that...
