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News out of California late yesterday had us dusting off an intersection award for the state’s governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Religion News Service reports that Schwarzenegger vetoed a [...]

Steven Colbert had a great riff Wednesday night on the recent Supreme Court case about the Mojave Cross.  The case involves a large white cross that was erected on federal land as a memorial to [...]

President Obama became the first U-S president to take part in a celebration of the Hindu festival Diwali.  The White House event was an acknowledgement of the minority faith and a chance for the [...]

An editorial published in yesterday’s Times correctly points out President Obama’s lack of action on the issue of religious discrimination and the faith-based initiative. Obama has [...]

Thanks to the FreindlyAtheist blog for pointing our attention to a recent post by David Hume at Secular Right.  Hume looks ahead to the 2012 presidential election (pre-maturely he admits) and [...]

Post courtesy of Interfaith Alliance’s Jay Keller, Director of Outreach and Operations I left home at 6:45 am to drop copies of our Same-Gender Marriage and Religious Freedom booklet at the [...]

Good news emerged from Congress last Thursday when the House approved a bill to expand hate crimes protections to cover sexual orientation. The hate crimes bill is attached to a defense policy [...]

Blog post courtesy of Interfaith Alliance’s  Public Policy Manager, Arielle Gingold This morning, before the sun was up, I joined scores of tourists, activists, and concerned citizens in [...]

Two recent Obama picks are facing heated opposition over their sexual orientation because (surprise!) we are talking about the Religious Right here and now groups like Family Research Council and [...]

…or so wonders New York Times film critic A.O. Scott in a recent article about a spate of films at the box office, all of which deal with the theme of Jewish identity. Scott starts with the [...]