CROSS CITY, Fla. — The folks who live in this sparsely populated rural region along Florida’s upper west coast don’t like outsiders butting in, especially when it comes to their religious beliefs.
They’re miffed, to put it politely, and appealing a federal judge’s order to remove a five-foot high granite monument that prominently displays the [...]
I struggled with the decision to write a response to Herman Cain’s recent appearance on Fox News Sunday in which he declared that local communities across the U.S. have the right to ban the construction of mosques. His statements were so ludicrous, so bigoted and so fundamentally at odds with contemporary understandings [...]
Dixie County has 30 days to remove a granite monument of the Ten Commandments from atop the steps of the county courthouse in Cross City, where it has sat since 2006, according to a federal court ruling Friday.
The ruling, by U.S. Senior District Judge Maurice Paul, came after the American Civil Liberties Union of [...]
Wisconsin-based religious freedom group is suing Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential contender, in an effort to block his promotion of and participation in an all-day Christian prayer event to be held Aug. 6, arguing that it violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
The Freedom From Religious Foundation, which claims [...]
The US Supreme Court in 1879 ruled that polygamy is “an offense against society,” holding that it is not protected by religious freedom, just as “human sacrifice” is not protected. One hundred-thirty-two years later, a lawsuit brought by an openly polygamous family – stars of TLC’s reality show “Sister Wives” – asks whether their personal [...]
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