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Today I came across an encouraging article announcing that the United Church of Christ (UCC) is expected to adopt a resolution that opposes hostility towards Islam. I think we too often hear [...]

… but there are certainly some lessons to be taken from that era. This July 4 marked the 235th anniversary of the official beginning of this nation’s free, democratic existence. Since 1776, I [...]

Last week, in another blow to religious freedom, the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that prison inmates (and other institutionalized persons) whose religious freedom is violated cannot sue for monetary [...]

Earlier this month, Melissa Rogers, Director of Wake Forest University Divinity School’s Center for Religion and Public Affairs, a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, [...]

Earlier this week in an interview with The Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, (potential) presidential hopeful Donald Trump demonstrated ignorance and intolerance when he asserted that [...]

In a 5-4 decision this past Monday on an Arizona tax credit program, the Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs who challenged the program did not have standing to sue, allowing the continuation [...]

Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would provide $100 million to restart and expand the failed D.C. school voucher program. Sponsored by Speaker of the House John Boehner [...]

This afternoon, a protest outside a United Nations compound in northern Afghanistan that was sparked by the March 20th burning of a Qur’an in Florida by pastor Terry Jones’ church, sadly turned [...]

Tomorrow, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) will chair a hearing on “Protecting the Civil Rights of American Muslims,” the first hearing ever held in the newly-created Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on [...]

Last September, pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida cancelled his plans to burn the Quran amid outspoken condemnation from religious leaders (like Interfaith Alliance [...]