by Adelle M. Banks | Jan 12, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Civility Project, a two-year bipartisan attempt to get politicians and others to respect one another, is closing down after just three members of Congress agreed to the project’s pledge. “You three were alone in pledging to be civil,” Christian...
by Adelle M. Banks | Jan 11, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Facing a backlash from conservative groups, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ordered changes to a proposal to remove the terms “mother” and “father” from records of overseas births. “With Secretary Clinton’s input, we will be revising the form...
by Adelle M. Banks | Jan 7, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Army is facing questions over a “spiritual fitness” portion of a mandatory questionnaire, with some atheists calling it “invidious and not inclusive” of soldiers who are nonbelievers. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation learned in...
by Adelle M. Banks | Jan 6, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday (Jan. 4) a veterans’ memorial featuring a 43-foot cross on California’s Mount Soledad is unconstitutional. “The use of such a distinctively Christian symbol to honor all veterans sends a strong message of...
by Adelle M. Banks | Jan 5, 2011 | News
(RNS) Janine Winkler loves reading books to her 2-year-old grandson Judah, but instead of sitting on her lap at her home in Michigan, he’s usually half a world away in Nigeria, where his father works for Wycliffe Bible Translators. What connects them is Skype, the...
