Tag: Church And State

On Sunday, Rick Santorum defended a statement he made last October in which he said that he “almost threw up” when he read John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Houston address on the role of religion in public life.

A small Bronx evangelical church on Monday lost the final round of its 16-year legal battle to force New York City to permit religious worship services in public schools, setting the stage for the city to eject dozens of churches and religious organizations that have been using schools for prayer.

As America celebrates its birthday on July 4, the timeless words of Thomas Jefferson will surely be invoked to remind us of our founding ideals—that “All men are created equal” and are “endowed by their Creator” with the right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” These phrases, a cherished part of our history, have rightly been called “American Scripture.”

Oklahoma faces new proposed legislation that seeks to add creationism to the public school curriculum and to define when life “begins” within the womb. The new bills proposed by Republican legislators also seek to allow public funding for churches and to make stem cell research in the state illegal.

The author decries mis-characterization of crimes such as murder and child sexual abuse as unrelated to religion when committed by churches.

A U.S. appeals court ruled that a kindergartner’s mother cannot read Scripture during her son’s show and tell.

Eboo Patel is the founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based international nonprofit working to build mutual respect and pluralism among religiously diverse young people.

Plans drawn up by the European Union to combat discrimination would allow nonbelievers to send their children to faith schools and could pave the way for gay marriage in church.

Charity worker David Booker has been suspended after a calm and friendly discussion about religion with a colleague.

Plans by the Spanish Catholic Church to build a ‘mini Vatican’ in Madrid have left residents furious over the loss of one of the city’s best loved views.

The widow of a North Hollywood rabbi says her husband only lent them to his assistant. Local Jewish court ruled in her favor; an appeal in Israel is also pending.

Clergy will be banned from joining the British National Party after the Archbishop of Canterbury called on the Church of England to name names in the fight against racism.