Author Randall Balmer delivered the Baptist Joint Committee's Shurden Lectures at Mercer University last week. Videos of those presentations are online here. " Where Have All the Baptists Gone: The Betrayal of an American Institution", lecture two, is a...
The White House's Faith Advisory Council has been split into 6 task forces, one for each of the faith-based priorities laid out by President Obama. But the most controversial of all – the issue of whether religious organizations receiving taxpayer money may...
In passing the state's $178.4 billion budget for the next two years, the Texas House included an amendment that would bar any funds from being used for school vouchers. Passed 122-23, the measure marks the second consecutive session such an attempt has been...
Sued many times over for their improper promotion of religion, including most recently in February 2008 over their meeting prayer policy, the School Board of Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana is making changes to those rules (again) in advance of a June trial. A special...
A federal judge has stepped in and ruled Diamond Rio's song, "In God We Still Trust" an improper promotion of religion for a Florida school assembly. One read through the lyrics will give you an idea why Judge Harvey Schlesinger, who called the song...
A group of religious leaders, including members of President Obama's new Faith Advisory Council, have sent a letter urging him to affirm his commitment to current protections in law for health providers who object to performing certain procedures on religious...
