Religious Liberty

South Korean Christians pray in 2009 during a service denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's dictatorship and alleged human rights violations.

Globe Trot: Little concern over latest religious freedom report

International |  The State Department on Tuesday released its 2012 International Religious Freedom Report. In particular, the report highlights “undue and inappropriate…

The U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to hear public prayer case

Religious Liberty |  On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case during its next term about whether a town that opened its public meetings with prayer violated the…

The exterior of Arlene's Flowers, in Richland, Wash.

Florist in gay wedding fight files religious discrimination suit

Religious Liberty |  A Washington state florist sued by the state’s attorney general over her refusal to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has filed a countersuit alleging…

William Hunter, a Sunday school teacher from southeast Georgia, poses holding a Bible he keeps in his camper while vacationing at Fort McAllister Historic State Park.

Georgia governor orders Bibles back to state park lodging

Religion |  Looking to get away with his family, atheist Ed Buckner rented a cabin at a north Georgia state park, only to find the state-owned cabin had been…

Eladio Gomez uses a U.S. flag to cover him from a light rain during an immigrant rights rally in downtown Dallas.

Signs and Wonders: America’s demographic destiny

Newsworthy |  Brown and grey. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its latest population projections through the year 2060. Fifty years from now, the U.S. will be only…

A Saudi woman attends a traditional Arda dance, or War dance, during the Janadriyah Festival of Heritage and Culture.

Saudi Christian convert’s helpers beaten and jailed

Religious Liberty |  Saudi Arabian officials have sentenced two men to flogging and prison for helping a women convert to Christianity and escape the country. The uproar started…

Judge revives Geneva College's contraceptive mandate lawsuit

Judge revives Geneva College's contraceptive mandate lawsuit

Healthcare Mandate |  A federal judge reinstated Geneva College’s lawsuit against the health insurance contraceptive mandate Thursday after acknowledging that the school is…

Saeed Abedini and his son

Saeed Abedini released from solitary in hopeful sign

Religion |  Iranian authorities released American pastor Saeed Abedini from solitary confinement today after forcing him to spend the week of his birthday in a “small…

Kountze High School cheerleaders paint a banner before a football game.

Judge gives Texas cheerleaders a W-I-N for free speech

Religious Liberty |  After nearly eight months on defense, cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can get back to pumping up their football team—and if they want to use a…

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signs the same-sex marriage bill on the steps of Legislative Hall in Dover, Del.

Same-sex marriage advocates win victory in Delaware

Marriage |  Delaware became the 11th state in the nation to redefine marriage Tuesday when Democratic Gov. Jack Markell signed a same-sex marriage bill into law just…

Musician Josh Ritter performs in 2007.

Students defend Messiah College against Josh Ritter’s bigot label

Religion |  Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter announced on Facebook Friday that he would not perform at Messiah College again unless the school changed its policy against…

The Rev. Ross Bay, Bishop of Auckland

Anglican Church in New Zealand faces discrimination claim

Religious Liberty |  A gay man in New Zealand who wants to become an Anglican priest is taking the Bishop of Aukland to the country’s Human Rights Tribunal for discriminating…

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