There can be little doubt that religious extremism is on the rise around the world and in all religions.  And while atheists seethe when you describe their beliefs as a religion, it is certainly a set of beliefs about spiritual/supernatural things whose adherents use those beliefs to make significant life decisions.  The U.S. 7th Circuit [...]

An unbelievably important thing happened yesterday, August 4, 2010. It may well be a date students are required to memorize in future American history classes. Yesterday we learned that the United States is no longer a democracy. In November, 2008, the voters of California passed Proposition 8. There were 7,001,084 of the people that democracy [...]

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation asked the Army this week to change the emblem at Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson (outside Colorado Springs). The Latin emblem says “Pro deo et humanitate” or “For God and humanity.” Like many others, the Associated Press was fooled by the organization’s deliberately misleading name and referred to [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. File) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the case between the University of California’s Hastings Law School and the Christian Legal Society (CLS). The CLS has been barred from recognition by the law school because all recognized groups may not exclude people due to religious [...]