In the US, veterans hospital Bible lawsuit dismissed; separate display proposed
Concord, New Hampshire, USAP A judge agreed to dismiss a nearly three-year-old lawsuit Wednesday over a Bible displayed on a table at a New Hampshire veterans hospital after the plaintiffs’ lawyer proposed a separate display and sought to work with the hospital. Two US Air Force veterans filed the lawsuit in federal court in 2019 […]
US judge upholds Nevada’s cap on size of church gatherings
Reno, Nevada, USAP A US federal judge has ruled against the leaders of two Nevada churches who argued that the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings are an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights. US District Judge Richard Boulware II on Tuesday denied requests from a church in rural Lyon County and another in […]
Trump pledges to prevent “unacceptable” repression of school prayer
Washington DC, USRNS President Donald Trump, surrounded by schoolchildren of a variety of faiths, has announced what he called “historic steps to protect the First Amendment right to pray in the public schools.” Within hours of senators being sworn in for Trump’s pending impeachment trial, the President and nine federal agencies on Thursday made moves […]
ESSAY: CULTIVATE COMMON GROUND REGARDING FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE
In an excerpt from her new book, ‘Faith in Public Life’, MELISSA ROGERS, former executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and now a visiting professor at Wake Forest University, underlines the important role decisions about faith in public life play in determining the country’s future…
ESSAY: WHAT IT MEANS TO ‘GET’ RELIGION IN 2020
US Catholic commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks, writing for the US context, at the implications when those who control the public discourse fail to understand the importance of religious beliefs…
New law requires professors in US state to accommodate religious holidays
RNS A new state law makes it easier for college students to take time off for religious holidays. Governor Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5166 into law on Monday, making Washington the first state requiring that institutions of higher education provide academic accommodations to students who need them for religious observances. This includes rescheduling exams […]
Military Bible display at centre of religious liberty tussle in US
RNS A Bible placed on a memorial table at a Wyoming Air Force base is at the center of an ongoing battle over what constitutes religious liberty and what violates it. In response to demands by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Colonel Stacy J Huser, commander of the 90th Missile Wing at FE Warren Air […]