by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 4, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal judge has dismissed a suit arguing that engravings of “In God We Trust” and the Pledge of Allegiance at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center here are unconstitutional. The suit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation was dismissed Wednesday...
by Adelle M. Banks | Sep 27, 2010 | News
(RNS) Atlanta-area megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long has decried the “false allegations” lodged against him by three young men who filed suit over alleged sexual misconduct. “The charges against me and New Birth are false,” said Long, pastor of New Birth Missionary...
by Adelle M. Banks | Sep 24, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious minorities—especially Muslims—figure prominently in religious freedom investigations by the Justice Department, a new report shows. “Jewish synagogues and schools, African-American churches, and, increasingly, Muslim mosques and schools are...
by Adelle M. Banks | Sep 22, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A Department of Justice inspector concluded that the FBI improperly targeted U.S. advocacy organizations for surveillance, including the Thomas Merton Center, an interfaith group focused on nonviolence. “We found that the FBI’s investigations related...
by Adelle M. Banks | Sep 21, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Rep. Mike Pence, a fast-rising conservative firebrand from Indiana, was the surprise winner of a straw poll on Saturday (Sept. 18) among 17 possible Republican presidential candidates at the 2010 Values Voter Summit. Pence beat out better known...
