The beginning of a new presidential campaign season has once again brought to the fore the issue of whether American voters are ready to elect persons outside the white Protestant mainstream to the nation’s highest office.
The first concern for anyone should be whether a candidate is willing to uphold the Constitution and the governmental [...]
HOUSTON—The Houston National Cemetery has come under fire for alleged acts of religious censorship and a woman whose husband is buried there believes religious freedoms are at risk.
“This is not what these men and women fought for,” said Donna Kessler.
Both Kessler and her husband are Navy veterans. Edgar Kessler passed away in 2009.
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For the people who have had a bit too much religion mixed into their politics, Connie Ryan Terrell of the Interfaith Alliance of Des Moines, IA is responding with a call to candidates running for the 2012 Presidential race–a call to respect people of other faiths, rather than playing [...]
JERUSALEM (RNS) The international basketball federation has decided to permit an Orthodox Jewish basketball player to cover her arms during competitions in accordance with her religious beliefs.
FIBA made the decision several weeks after point guard Naama Shafir, a member of the Israeli national women’s basketball team, said she would be unable to play in [...]
A young Muslim woman is accusing preppy retailer Abercrombie & Fitch of firing her for wearing her headscarf on the job, according to court papers.
Hani Khan, 20, said that managers at an Abercrombie-owned Hollister Co. store in San Mateo, Calif., initially said [...]
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