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We need more biblical literacy in America
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 29, 2019
But, teaching Bible in schools? A qualified "meh."
Muslim groups condemn detention of Iranian broadcaster
By Aysha Khan — January 23, 2019
(RNS) – Muslim civil rights organizations have joined press freedom and other human rights groups in questioning the detention of the American-born journalist.
Judge grants Christian Indonesians time to fight deportation
By Jerome Socolovsky — February 2, 2018
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge says 50 Indonesians living illegally in New Hampshire must be given time to reopen their immigration cases and argue that the conditions in their home country have changed.
A chance for Hope, star of the State of the Union
By Emilie Kao — January 31, 2018
(RNS) — Private, faith-based initiatives are critical to America’s ability to provide long-term solutions for the needs of all the children impacted by the drug crisis.
HHS Civil Rights Office to protect freedom of conscience
By Thomas Reese — January 19, 2018
When HHS does get around to writing its rules, it would do well to listen to the Catholic Health Association in developing rules that protect individual consciences but do not discriminate.
Judge’s partial lifting of Trump ban gives refugees hope
By Yonat Shimron — December 24, 2017
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. District Judge James Robart granted a nationwide injunction that blocks the administration's restrictions on reuniting refugee families and partially lifts a ban on refugees from 11 mostly Muslim countries.
Man arrested for smashing Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol
By Steve Barnes — June 28, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) The suspect, identified as Michael Reed, faces three charges, including felony defacing an object of public interest.
Ten Commandments monument installed on Arkansas Capitol grounds
By N'dea Yancey-Bragg — June 27, 2017
(USA Today) The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and other opponents have vowed to sue over the controversial display.
Critics line up against expected executive order on religious liberty
By Adelle M. Banks — May 3, 2017
(RNS) President Trump can expect serious pushback on a religious liberty executive order he is reportedly poised to sign.
Alabama Senate gives megachurch the right to form its own police force
By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2017
(RNS) Briarwood Presbyterian Church may be the first church in the country to be allowed to form its own police force, invested with the powers of 'regular' police.
Muslim students join lawsuits against Trump
By Zachary Siegel — February 16, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) For Hadil Mansoor Al-Mowafak, a 20-year-old international affairs student at Stanford University, the president’s executive order meant that if she went to see her husband in Yemen, she risked not being able to return.
Contempt ruling upheld against Kentucky clerk
By RNS staff — July 14, 2016
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to vacate a contempt ruling that sent a Kentucky county clerk to jail last September after she refused to issue marriage licenses for gay couples.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is discriminatory. Let’s fix it
By guest — May 18, 2016
(RNS) RFRA is being used as a vehicle for institutions and individuals to argue that their faith justifies myriad harms -- to equality, to dignity, to health and to core American values. This is wrong.
ACLU sues to block Mississippi law denying services to LGBT couples
By RNS staff — May 10, 2016
Supporters call it a religious freedom law that lets wedding vendors opt out of serving same-sex couples. The ACLU calls it discrimination.
Gordon College professor sues for retaliation over LGBT comments
By Yonat Shimron — May 5, 2016
(RNS) Gordon’s long-standing policy became controversial in 2014 after its president signed on to a national push from religious colleges to seek exemptions from hiring LGBT people.
