Douglas Laycock
Opposition to Respect for Marriage Act reflects bishops’ paranoia on religious freedom
By Thomas Reese — December 13, 2022
(RNS) — The U.S. Catholic bishops’ opposition to the Respect for Marriage Act is destroying their credibility.
Teachers at religious schools fear Supreme Court took away their civil rights
By Yonat Shimron — July 22, 2020
(RNS) — This month’s Supreme Court ruling established that any religious school teacher who performs a religious function is beyond the reach of civil rights protections accorded to other workers.
The Obama presidency: ‘War on religion’ or ‘Amazing Grace’?
By Adelle M. Banks — January 9, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) A president who had been viewed as reticent about his faith wowed many when he sang ‘Amazing Grace’ at a funeral for a Charleston, S.C., shooting victim. But his record on issues that matter to faith groups was mixed.
Justice Roberts asks if the case of the Muslim prisoner’s beard is too easy
By Lauren Markoe — October 7, 2014
(RNS) In the first religion case of the Supreme Court season, a Muslim prisoner asks for the right to grow a very short beard.
Supreme Court wrestles with how ‘religious’ prayer should be at public meetings
By Lauren Markoe — November 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) "Give me an example of a prayer that would be acceptable to Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists,” Justice Samuel Alito asked the lawyer representing two women who did not like Christian prayers at town meetings. “Hindus. Give me an example of a prayer. Wiccans, Baha'i.”
American Atheists wrestles with its cherished ‘grumpy’ image
By Kimberly Winston — March 29, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) The annual Easter weekend convention of American Atheists is a delicate balancing act between the group’s image as the angry bulldog of secular organizations and its need to attract younger and less strident nonbelievers.
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