The Swiss vote to ban minarets reflects the fears of many Europeans but has tarnished the country’s reputation, many international commentators believe. “The irrational fear of Islam has struck once again in Europe,” said the French Libération newspaper in an editorial headed “Absurd”. “The ban on minarets has cast a sudden pall on the image... Continue Reading

For political analysts, the lesson in Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman’s loss in November in a special congressional election in New York is obvious: The right overreached. After pressuring Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava out of the race with charges that she was too liberal, conservative activists watched New York’s 23rd District go to a Democrat... Continue Reading

A Letter to the Editor of Wall Street Journal by Floyd Abrams. Abrams is an expert on constitutional law, and many arguments in the briefs he has written before the United States Supreme Court have been adopted as United States Constitutional interpretative. Regarding the Nov. 12 letter from Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley (“U.S.... Continue Reading

Group Claims Cancellation of ‘Darwin’s Dilemma’ Resulted from Organized Effort by ScienceCenter to Suppress Discussion LOS ANGELES, /Christian Newswire/ — American Freedom Alliance (AFA), a non-profit group, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against a popular science museum for cancelling an event exploring the topic of Intelligent Design. The group says its free speech... Continue Reading

ALBANY — The New York State Senate decisively rejected a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed gay couples to wed, providing a major victory for those who oppose same-sex marriage and underscoring the deep and passionate divisions surrounding the issue. The 38-to-24 vote startled proponents of the bill and signaled that political momentum, at... Continue Reading

Members of the scientific community are often seen as doubting Thomases, but the reality is more complex. Even Charles Darwin may have made room for God. Today, a century and a half after Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,” the overwhelming majority of scientists in the United States... Continue Reading

Messages questioning religion are popping up across the city of Albuquerque just weeks before the biggest religious holidays in the world. The Freedom from Religion group sponsoring the billboards said they are paid through next month. Even if some find them controversial, the group said they aren’t about to take the billboards down. “Many times... Continue Reading

Obama Administration lawyers are likely still scratching their heads over how to respond to an extraordinary ruling in San Francisco. Last week, the chief judge of one of America’s most prominent federal courts ordered an Executive Branch agency to stop interfering with a court employee’s efforts to secure health insurance coverage for her wife. “The... Continue Reading

A class on the Bible will soon be offered at Chesterfield County (Va.) high schools. There was enough interest from principals at county high schools about a class on the Bible to get the ball rolling, but the class might not be available at every school. Not because of the Bible, but because of the... Continue Reading

The display was part of a nationwide campaign to confront the erosion and hostility toward public expressions of faith especially during the Christmas Season. The display was sponsored by Faith and Action and the Christian Defense Coalition on Thursday, November 19, on the public sidewalk in front of the United States Supreme Court. Faith and... Continue Reading