Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) is interviewed by Tali Yahalom on "how faith informs his politics": Tali Yahalom: You are quoted as saying that many of your American values are "synonymous" with your Jewish values. Can you talk about that? Henry...
Last December, the state capitol building in Olympia, WA was host to a chaotic battle over the right to display (among other things) symbols of religious holidays. Rather than seek to ban such expression, the state allowed all, and the result was a forum featuring...
It's kind of a slow news day, so I might as well focus on what's dominating many of our lives this week anyway: it's back to school time. When it comes to church-state separation, public schools offer special challenges for representatives of government...
Via Religion Clause, a request by Haskell County (OK) to delay the removal of a Ten Commandments monument pending appeal to the Supreme Court was denied 2-1. The monument had previously been ruled unconstitutional 3-0. No deadline, however, was set for its...
AP reports on yesterday's 2nd Circuit ruling that some religious displays in a church-run Post Office violated the Constitution. Ed Brayton passes along the first-person account of an Army Captain who experienced persistent discrimination in the military for not...
The Full Gospel Interdenominational Church in Manchester, CT may enter a partnership with the federal government to run its community's Post Office, but must distinguish its religious functions from government functions, according to a 2nd Circuit decision...
