A Little Rock church has canceled a matinee performance of "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" for local school children after critics complained the show was too religious and therefore violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.
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School Tells 6-Year-Old to Remove God from Poem Honoring Her Two Veteran Grandfathers
A North Carolina community is community is embroiled in controversy after a school ordered a 6-year-old girl to remove the word "God" from a poem she was supposed to read during a school assembly marking Veterans Day at West Marion Elementary School.
Judge Blocks Christmas Displays in Santa Monica After Atheist-Christian Spat
A federal judge on Monday denied a bid by churches to force city officials in Santa Monica, Calif., to reopen spaces in a city park to private displays, including life-sized Christmas nativity scenes.
Atheist Group Sues IRS Over Churches Endorsing Politics
After 1,586 pastors purposely broke the law Oct. 7 by endorsing political candidates from the pulpit, an atheist group has taken the bait and sued the Internal Revenue Service Wednesday for not taking action against these pastors’ churches.
Do We Need to Protect Religious Freedom in the Pulpit?
On October 7, pastors across the nation addressed issues during their Sunday sermons that should cause the IRS to come after them for "political speech." And that was precisely their intention.
Pastors to Challenge IRS Over Political Endorsements on 'Pulpit Freedom Sunday'
As part of "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" on Oct. 7, religious leaders across the country will endorse political candidates -- an act that flies in the face of Internal Revenue Service rules about what tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, can and cannot do.
'Freedom of' or 'Freedom from'?
What is now upon us is the sense that our constitution does not simply call for the freedom of religion, but the freedom from it. In other words, that we must sanitize any and all aspects of religion from public life.
Faith, Freedom and Virtue
One way to grasp what kind of nation we were founded to be is to look closely at what we’ve abandoned.
Missouri Passes 'Right to Pray' Amendment by More Than 600,000 Votes
On Tuesday, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment that supporters feel will protect religious freedom.
Missouri to Vote on Prayer Amendment as Critics Warn of Legal Nightmares
Missourians will vote August 7 on a proposed amendment to the state constitution that supporters say would protect residents' right to pray in public, and if a recent poll is any indication, it could pass by a mammoth margin.
