The Mojave Memorial Cross  (Photo credit: Wikipedia) From ABC News: A federal judge approved the lawsuit settlement on Monday, permitting the park service to turn over a remote hilltop area known as Sunrise Rock to a Veteran of Foreign Wars post in Barstow and the Veterans Home of California-Barstow. The park will give up [...]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that it is illegal to display the following phrase from the Declaration of Independence in a public school: “…all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator…” Also equally problematic is the sign above containing the official US Motto, along with a phrase from [...]

        (Bloomberg via Wikipedia) 32 out of 51 members of the New York City council protested, along with over 300 people including pastors from all over the city, the upcoming expulsion of over 60 churches  from meeting in NYC public schools. Since the U.S. Supreme court refused to hear the case in December, notices of [...]

                                         (Image via Wikipedia) Today (Tuesday 1/17) the US Supreme Court declined to hear a case coming from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Appeals Court had ruled in a 2-1 panel decision last October in Joyner v. Forsyth County (North Carolina) that public legislative meetings could not begin with prayers in the “name [...]

                       (Image by OZinOH via Flickr) It is very rare indeed for an unanimous decision to be handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States. However in this key case on religious freedom that is exactly what has happened. The SCOTUS justices ruled that the government has no right to interfere with the [...]

                                    (Image via Wikipedia) The US Supreme Court has Refused to hear the case and overturn an Appeals court decision that allows New York City to ban churches from renting public schools for religious worship services. This means that over a dozen churches presently meeting in NYC schools will have to find a new place [...]

On Monday (5/16), the Supreme Court of the USA refused to hear an appeal from Michael Newdow who brought a complaint against the traditional reference to God (“So help me God”) in the Presidential Oath of office. Newdow originally sued to stop Barack Obama from using the traditional oath and lost. He wanted to overturn [...]