(Image by Chazz Layne via Flickr) The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Mojave Desert memorial cross can stay. The cross has been covered since 2002. In a 5-4 vote the justices said: “the constitution does not oblige government to avoid any public acknowledgment of religion’s role in society.” They also said that [...]

(Image via Wikipedia) “We refuse to be Muslims by force” -replied two Christian Egyptian twin brothers after losing a court case which ruled that they were legally Muslims since their father converted to Islam. According to Egyptian law, when a father coverts to Islam the children automatically become Muslim whether they want to or not. [...]

(Image via Wikipedia) Last week came the news that a group of students at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas  petitioned the administration to remove the words “in the year of our Lord” from the school’s diplomas. Senior Sidra Qureshi, a Muslim student, started the petition in order to assure diversity at the school: “A [...]

President Obama stopped by for a visit on Sunday with 91 year old Evangelist Billy Graham at his home in North Carolina. They discussed  a number of things including their wives, golf and Chicago. It is the first time that a sitting president has visited Graham at his home. Billy gave the President two Bibles, [...]

(Image via Wikipedia) One of the earliest and most essential teachings of Christianity is that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, dead, and buried  under Pontius Pilate and rose from the dead on the third day. Read my short article comparing the very different teachings of Christianity and Islam on the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. [...]

The U.S. Congress will vote soon on a gay rights employment bill called- the Employment Non-Discrimination Act or ENDA. The measure will create special protections for gays and forbid employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Churches and allied religious groups are concerned that ENDA could end up overriding religious [...]

(Image via Wikipedia) WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal court ruled on Monday (April 19) that a Phoenix, Arizona ordinance limiting the sound of church bells was ‘an unconstitutional impingement on religious expression’. Neighbors complained about the ringing bells of Christ the King Cathedral in Phoenix in 2007 claiming that it violated a city noise ordinance. The [...]