The City Council of Mission, Kansas – a suburb of Kansas City between Shawnee and Overland Park – adopted an ordinance back in August of this year that is causing controversy now. The Ordinance, No.1332 was established to enact a “Transportation Utility Fee.” In other words, all property under the jurisdiction of the city that... Continue Reading

The questions they are asking are many: Will chaplains be allowed to preach on what the Bible says about homosexuality without being accused of hate speech? Will conservative denominations pull their endorsement of chaplains? Retired Navy chaplain Mark Jumper of Illinois has spent the last several days poring over emails from other military chaplains across... Continue Reading

John McCain criticized the action, saying: “We are trying to jam major issues through the Senate of the United States. The American people have spoken and you are acting in repudiation of the message of the American people. The majority is using the lame duck session to push an agenda.” The Senate on Saturday first... Continue Reading

An evangelical professor launched a petition calling on the Pakistani government to change blasphemy laws and release Asia Bibi, the first woman sentenced to death under the laws. Warren Throckmorton, a professor at the Christian institution Grove City College and a psychology and public policy fellow of its Center for Vision and Values, started the... Continue Reading

ACLU of Tennessee sent letters to the school superintendents concluding that school Christmas celebrations are a violation of the separation of church and state. Tennessee school districts received offers of free legal defense after a civil liberties group warned superintendents against hosting Christmas celebrations. On Monday, 137 Tennessee school districts received letters from the Alliance... Continue Reading

Using this figure to suggest that a majority of service members support a change is misleading at best. The 70 percent number is inflated because it includes those who replied that they had mixed feelings Those who are opposed to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy are conducting an aggressive push to overturn the... Continue Reading

Journalist and poet Eliza Grizwold says we can learn a lot about Christianity by surveying the region where they have clashed for 200 years. When we think of Islam, we tend to think of the Middle East. But 80 percent of the world’s Muslims live elsewhere, and in regions where they encounter half the world’s... Continue Reading

Without using the term vouchers, Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott said he is considering a plan that will let parents pick their children’s school. ST. PETERSBURG — Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott on Thursday blew the door wide open to the idea of a voucher-like program for all students, saying he’s working with lawmakers to allow state... Continue Reading

A Guide to Church Property Law: Second Edition offers an indispensible guide to navigating the troubled waters surrounding potential court disputes over local church property ownership and use. A Guide to Church Property Law: Second Edition by Lloyd J. Lunceford, Ed. Reviewed by David W. Virtue Who owns the church? Conflict over property is as... Continue Reading

“People of any faith or no faith at all can recognize that when the law defines marriage as between one man and one woman, it legally binds a mother and a father to each other and their children, reinforcing the foundational cell of human society.” Leaders of some of the largest religious communities in the... Continue Reading