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Federal court urged to uphold ban on religious charter schools in Oklahoma

Seven mostly Jewish Oklahoma taxpayers urged a federal court to uphold the state’s February denial of an application to open a publicly funded Jewish charter school. Attorneys for...

Second court rules against Christian saints on public building in Quincy

The City of Quincy, Mass., may not install two statues of Christian saints in front of its public safety building, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. “The likeliho...

Organizations requests records on Washington County Schools' Ten Commandments plans

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Multiple civil rights organizations have requested all public records from Washington County Schools and four other Tennessee school districts reg...

Letter: U.S. does not guarantee freedom from religion

Nowhere in any founding document, including the Constitution, is there a requirement for the “separation of church and state” (“Don’t impose religion of any ilk on Americans, Star-...

A Democrat Sounds the Alarm on Christian Nationalism in Congress

Representative Jared Huffman of California, the only self-declared “humanist” in Congress, writes in a new book that the separation of church and state is in grave danger.

Air Force Base's Christian-Rooted Greetings Cease After 34 Complaints

Military A U.S. Air Force base has ceased extending religious greetings at its gates to uniformed members following the reported intervention of an anti-discrimination organizatio...

'Nonbeliever' In Congress Argues New View of Religion is Gaining Ground

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At Alliance Defending Freedom’s summit, church and state are one

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) among speakers The post At Alliance Defending Freedom’s summit, church and state are one appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ New...

Bill Advances Requiring Equal Treatment For Religious Student Groups

C. Fix The House Committee on Education and the Workforce recently advanced legislation that would strip public universities of funding if they deny religious student groups the s...

Federal employees seek injunction to stop USDA secretary from sending religious messages to staff

A group of federal employees and their union on Thursday has requested a federal court to temporarily bar US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins from sending official communica...

Flunk Those Who Want a Religious Test for Office

The Republican lieutenant governor of Indiana wants to change his state’s Constitution to bar non-Christians from holding public office. A Christian Nationalist pastor who won his...

Inside Christian Nationalists' War on Religious Freedom

The Hill Earlier this year, a presidential commission staffed almost entirely by conservative Christians urged Americans to

Did this field trip to a mosque violate the First Amendment? A group of Palo Alto parents think so.

A group of Jewish, Hindu and Zoroastrian parents and students are suing a California school district, alleging that a high school program’s field trip to a mosque — and no other ho...

Should West Virginia Promote Religion in its Schools?

News From the States "This Bible is the foundational, American historical document presented during the Revolutionary era, and it's referenced in the study of early American cultu...

Supreme Court asked to hear case on Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools

The case could set up a landmark clash over the separation of church and state.

Court Rejects Lawsuit Alleging Religious Liberty Commission Isn't "Fairly Balanced"

From Interfaith Alliance v. Trump, decided Monday by Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.): [A.] [T]he Federal Advisory Committee Act ("FACA") …… The post Court Rejects Lawsuit Alleging Rel...

Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court: What Every Faith-Based Organization Should Be Watching in 2026

Students with religious degrees appeal to Supreme Court over discrimination

Two Christian university students are suing against Virginia’s policy that denies tuition money for programs deemed ‘too religious.’

Does The "Aloha Spirit" Violate The Establishment Clause?

The statutory definition of the "aloha spirit" seems very much like any other progressive nondeist religion.

Multifaith group urges Supreme Court to weigh in on Texas commandments case

A group of multifaith families in Texas filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court Aug. 17 challenging a state law mandating Ten Commandments displays in all public-school classr...

Saturday Lagniappe: 'The Burge Report: Why Immigration Won't Reverse America's Secular Drift'

The Burge Report: Why Immigration Won't Reverse America's Secular Drift A common argument says immigration could help reverse America’s secular drift because immigrants are assumed...

The State of Religious Liberty in the States

Jordan J. Ballor, WORLD As we continue to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, today marks yet another milestone. The fifth edition of the Religious...

Letter: Don’t impose religion of any ilk on Americans

In response to the letter, “Christian beliefs form foundation of America,” nowhere did our founding fathers specifically identify a religion or God from which our laws, Constitutio...

SCOTUS Asked To Review Law Requiring Ten Commandments In Schools

AP Civil rights advocates on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, teeing up a potential new test of....