• Evangelical leaders support abortion compromise in health-care plan

  Thirty-nine pro-life Christian pastors and leaders released a statement Dec. 18 applauding alternative language aimed at preventing health-care reform from being derailed by debate over abortion.

  12/18/2009 - By Administrator

• Supreme Court to deal with rights of religious groups at state schools

  The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 7 to hear a case dealing with sticky questions about whether religious groups at state schools can be forced to either comply with non-discrimination policies or forego the access to funding and other benefits that go along with official school recognition.

  12/07/2009 - By Administrator

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  No more imprecatory prayers; now Drake wants treason trial for Obama

  A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who made headlines in June when he said on national radio that he was praying for Barack Obama to die now says he wants to see the president live long enough to stand trial for treason.

  11/20/2009 - By Administrator

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  Group says proposed prison likely unconstitutional

  A church-state watchdog group says a faith-based prison being proposed in Oklahoma would likely be unconstitutional.

  11/19/2009 - By Administrator

• Texas textbook battles have national impact

  Battles in the Texas State Board of Education over social studies textbooks really amount to a conflict over what kind of nation the United States was founded to be—and what it may become in the future, a nationally recognized authority on religious liberty issues told an interfaith gathering in Dallas.

  11/11/2009 - By Administrator

• Commission hopes religious freedom report will serve as ‘call to action’

  An independent government panel that monitors global religious-freedom conditions thanked the State Department for its latest comprehensive report on the subject Oct. 26, but said the administration could move more boldly to protect freedom of conscience in some places.

  10/27/2009 - By Administrator

• Advisers urge caution on religious/federal partnerships

  White House advisers recommended federal officials do more to ensure that government partnerships with faith-based groups are constitutional, transparent and support religious liberty.

  10/14/2009 - By Administrator

• One American in five may be secular by 2030, study shows

  The number of American adults who do not identify with a particular religion is growing and may comprise more than 20 percent of the population in two decades, according to a new study.

  10/13/2009 - By Administrator

• Evangelical group endorses immigration reform

  The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed comprehensive immigration reform, saying new policies should reflect “biblical grace to the stranger.”

  10/09/2009 - By Administrator

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  Supreme Court gets technical in arguments on Mojave cross

  Although the case of a lonely cross on federal land in California’s Mojave Desert ultimately could have wide-ranging implications for the separation of church and state, justices on the Supreme Court spent much of the Oct. 7 oral arguments asking attorneys about highly technical and procedural issues.

  10/07/2009 - By Administrator

• White House concerned about spreading flu in churches

  The White House and federal health officials have released guidelines recommending that worshippers take precautions against spreading germs to reduce the risk of contracting swine flu.

  10/06/2009 - By Administrator

• Court turns away attempt to force ‘Choose Life’ plates on Illinois

  On the opening day of their 2009-2010 term Oct. 5, the justices of the Supreme Court turned away an anti-abortion group’s attempt to force Illinois to offer special license plates that support the pro-life cause.

  10/05/2009 - By Administrator