A common theme around here is the tension that can exist between governmental rules – everything from zoning to building codes, sanitation and public health – and First Amendment rights to practice religion according to one's conscience. Sometimes,...
A plan for the Wind Ensemble of Henry M. Jackson High School in Everett, Washington, to play a version of Ave Maria during graduation ceremonies was nixed three years ago by school officials who felt inclusion of religious programming at the official event was an...
The Tennessean today profiles the first Buddhist Army chaplain, Thomas Dyer of Memphis. Recruiting chaplains from diverse faiths is a challenge, in part because the recruiting system favors Christians and Jews. A potential chaplain must have a master's degree in...
Breckinridge High School (KY) football coach Scott Mooney thinks there is nothing wrong with inviting his team to a church revival and baptism service. After all, attendance – by teenagers no doubt eager to please and win favor with their coach – was...
I've been trying to keep up with news coming out of Spencer, Iowa, where the school board has been considering a "religious liberty" policy for schools. After wisely scrapping an early attempt that included curriculum changes to add a class with a...
Responding to criticism from Rev. Welton Gaddy of Northminster Baptist Church in Monroe, La over the use of taxpayer funds to take numerous trips to churches around the state, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal mostly launched unrelated attacks at Gaddy's Interfaith...
