The other day I wrote about three teachers ejected from a Bush speech because they dared to wear t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan "Protect Our Civil Liberties." More information about Read More...

In debates of posting the Ten Commandments in government buildings or constructing monuments to them, there is one crucial issue that is often missed: there is more than one version Read More...

Many people argue that there is no "right to privacy" that includes a right to be able to control one's reproduction and, hence, a right to things like abortion or Read More...

George W. Bush has at times been called the "CEO President," in part because he wants to run the government like a business and in part because he seems to Read More...

The Anglican report may have condemned the elevation of an openly gay man to the position of bishop, but Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson won't resign and won't apologize. He Read More...

Would you accept a course of action that could lead to war and perhaps the death of millions on the word of the President of the United States? Probably not. Read More...

For almost thirty years Anne Nicol Gaylor has been at the helm of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. She is, after all, the one who founded it in 1976 and Read More...

The Seventh and Eighth Crusades were led by King Louis IX of France and they were complete failures. In the Seventh Crusade Louis sailed to Egypt in 1248 and recaptured Read More...

Philip Jensen, Anglican Dean of Sydney, Australia, has called the Archbishop of Canterbury a "theological prostitute." That's actually one of the milder comments of his about the current state of Read More...

Parents at the Desert Sands Unified School District in La Quinta, California, are upset because they feel that religion has so pervaded the middle school that an atmosphere of coercive Read More...

October 21, 1960: In Puerto Rico, a pastoral letter from Roman Catholic leader prohibited any Catholics from voting for candidates in the Popular Democratic Party led by Governor Luis Muñoz Read More...

It has been tried many times in many different places, but for the first time ever a school board has actually decided to introduce "Intelligent" [sic] Design into the curriculum Read More...

A judge has tossed out a lawsuit over gay marriage - but it's not quite what you may think. Two men tried to obtain a marriage license and were refused. Read More...

There is a growing movement to deny women access to birth control pills through the guise of "conscience clauses." The argument is that pharmacists have a right to refuse to Read More...

Recently Received: First Crusade, the: A New History, The Roots of Conflict Between Christianity and Islam, by Thomas Asbridge. Publisher: Oxford University Press. The First Crusade was one of the most Read More...