LIVINGSTON, N.J. (RNS) It started as a simple gesture.
But it could have implications far beyond the quiet New Jersey street where Patrick Racaniello affixed a wooden cross on a tree in his front yard.
Livingston Township officials say Racaniello’s display, which he intended as a celebration of Lent, violated an ordinance that generally prohibits [...]
HOUSTON (ABP) — A Baptist church will serve as host site to an ecumenical event formed in response to “The Response”—the prayer rally Gov. Rick Perry initiated at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.
Americans United for Separation of Church & State and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas are sponsoring the “Family, Faith and Freedom” celebration [...]
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League praised a federal court decision banning sectarian prayers at a county commission’s meetings in North Carolina.
“This decision is a clear victory for religious freedom in North Carolina,” the ADL, which had filed a friend-of-the-court brief, said Tuesday of the 2-1 decision July 29 by the 4th U.S. Circuit [...]
The Air Force has suspended a training course for nuclear missile launch officers that used Bible passages and religious imagery to teach them about the ethics of war.
The course had apparently been taught by chaplains at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for more than 20 years, but officials pulled the plug after an [...]
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