There is a battle raging in America over public displays of religion and our religious heritage. We have been covering these skirmishes for some time now on this blog. Crosses on public lands have become the most obvious targets particularly war memorials with religious quotes and themes. Then at Christmas time the battle heats up [...]

   (Image via Wikipedia) A high school principal blocked a Jewish student from wearing a yarmulke in school until he received written support from his rabbi. It was not enough that the student’s parents approved of the religious wear of their son when queried by the school administrator. Here’s a link to the story in [...]

                         (Image via Wikipedia) Vanderbilt University administrators held a town hall meeting on Tuesday, concerning the university enforcement of a ‘nondiscrimination policy’ for all on-campus student groups. 4 out of 5 Christian groups on campus have been found to be in violation of the policy which does not allow groups to require their leaders to [...]

          (Julea Ward from ADF website) Today (Friday 1/27/12), the US 6th Circuit ruled in favor of a graduate student who was expelled from a university counseling program because of her Christian beliefs about homosexuality. It is a real victory for religious freedom. Here’s a summary of the case according to Citizen Link: “The 6th [...]

        (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 [...]

                               (Burlington, VT  via Wikipedia) According to a Task Force report to Burlington, Vermont School Board, white middle-class Judeo-Christian values and culture must be eliminated. A new educational strategy proposed to the school district is openly hostile to Christianity and biblical values claiming that Judeo-Christian culture “perpetuates inequality.” The report repeatedly cites  "white, middle-class, Judeo-Christian [...]

                              (Image via Wikipedia) Here’s another case where a Christian student group is in trouble over expecting groups leadership to adhere to a core set of beliefs. The InterVarsity Christian group at The State University of New York-Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) is in the process of being investigated for dropping a leader who wanted to pursue [...]