Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he is one vote shy of the number he needs to pass the new omnibus appropriations bill. Among those he is targeting are Senators who want an amendment to extend DC's school voucher program, which is being defunded in the...
In Wilson County, TN, church-state controversies are not new to school officials. Last year, the ACLU successfully argued that Lakeview Elementary improperly promoted religion, including giving special access to a group of parents known as "Praying Parents"....
In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to accept Navajo Nation v. U.S. Forest Service, the RFRA case in which the 9th Circuit decided an Arizona ski resort was not substantially burdening the religion of Native American tribes by...
As promised, a federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Amish families in Morristown, NY. The 17-count complaint charges that since 2006, Morristown officials have singled out the Amish, who belong to the Old Order Swartzentruber Amish, for prosecution under local...
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the controversy surrounding California's Proposition 8 has led to accusations that the Mormon Church was improperly involved, violating their the church's tax-exempt status. But the truth is that IRS' strict...
Watertown, NY has been engaged in a year-long battle with a local Amish community over building codes. They are not alone. 2008 has seen a rise in similar disputes across the country as the Amish way of life increasingly finds itself at odds with local government...
