Whole Foods landed in some hot water this week after advertising food for Ramadan, then seemingly backing off, then returning to their original stance.
The grocery chain, known for being socially conscious, started promoting frozen food from Saffron Road that is halal (meaning it follows Muslim dietary laws and restrictions) in commemoration of Ramadan, the [...]
For the last several years, my work as an interfaith activist has been largely defined by a single question: “Wait — you do interfaith work, and you’re an atheist?!”
That question, posed by religious people (to be fair, I’ve gotten that question from many atheists, though usually for a different reason-for more on that, check [...]
The First Amendment to the Constitution contains two instructions to public officials, or more specifically to Congress.
The first is the Establishment Clause, which restrains Congress from making any laws “respecting an establishment of religion.”
The second is the Free Exercise Clause, which tells Congress that it cannot make any law “prohibiting the free exercise” [...]
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be a case of religious correctness gone wild, the director of the Houston National Cemetery has been taken to court for banning religious expression — not once, but twice, in just over two months.
In late May, Liberty Institute, a legal advocacy group, sued director Arleen Ocasio and the [...]
Critics of circumcision regularly hurl insults at the ancient practice. Calling circumcision “male genital mutilation” has become trendy, while calling it a “sacred ritual” or citing its likely health benefits has gone out of vogue.
Yet most American Jews and Muslims are circumcised for religious reasons, and as many as
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