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… 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 [...]

Sunday, June 26th was not an ordinary Sunday in churches and places of worship all over the country. Participating in a project of Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First called Faith Shared: [...]

The legalization of same-gender marriage last Friday in New York State was very exciting and a great step forward in the fight for LGBT rights! However, an unfortunate facet of the legislation is [...]

Written by Ms. Madeline Richer. Madeline is a rising sophomore in a double degree program with Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary and is interning at Interfaith Alliance summer [...]

Written by Mr. Max Schechter.  Max is a rising sophomore at Cornell University and is interning at Interfaith Alliance summer 2011. He is also a participant in the Religious Action Center of [...]

As a child of the Christian Church and an active Christian minister in the Baptist tradition (the Alliance of Baptists), I want to commend the coalition of LGBT groups that traveled to the [...]

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 [...]