Attorney General Eric Holder is being urged to reverse the Bush Administration's decision to approve congressional grants earmarked to religious organizations in 2008 appropriations bills. Americans United filed a letter with the Justice Department yesterday....
Restrictions on prayer and worship time in a federal prison in Indiana are being challenged by the ACLU in a lawsuit filed June 16. Inmates in a specially controlled facility of 40 prisoners are allowed 1 hour of group prayer a week, though – the complaint...
As an ordained minister and an expert on church-state law, I do not claim any specialized experience or knowledge in national security in general or the workings of the United States Army in particular. Even so, President Obama’s choice of U.S. Rep. John M....
In a very interesting and – I think – important case, a federal judge in California has ruled against the Contra Costa County library's policy disallowing religious worship services in its public meeting rooms. The suit hinges on a very narrow...
In Denver, The Vail Corp has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a suit brought by the EEOC for religion and gender discrimination. Meanwhile, France's government has taken a different tact to one area of religious accommodation: refusal. President Sarkozy...
The economy being what it is, and states struggling to make budgets like they are, it's probably not a good time to be flaunting a $3 million lakefront home, among other things, while running a tax-exempt religious organization. But that's just what a local...
