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

Singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” might be okay in Maplewood-South Orange schools in New Jersey. But “Silent Night” and “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” are still out. A board of education policy that prohibits celebratory religious music in district schools was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. The three-judge... Continue Reading

BERNE (ANS) — The Swiss vote in favor of a ban on minarets has been met with controversial reactions in the Christian community of the alpine country. In a referendum on November 29, a proposed building ban for further minarets received a 57.5 percent majority. The motion was supported by the conservative Swiss People’s Party... Continue Reading

In a vote that displayed a widespread anxiety about Islam and undermined the country’s reputation for religious tolerance, the Swiss on Sunday overwhelmingly imposed a national ban on the construction of minarets, the prayer towers of mosques, in a referendum drawn up by the far right and opposed by the government. The referendum, which passed... Continue Reading

Television lights burned brightly in the room at the National Press Club where the Consumer Federation of America was holding a press conference on holiday spending. Outside the room where something called the 2010 Hunger Report was about to be released, the juice-and-muffin table was swarmed. Things were a little quieter in the Zenger Room.... Continue Reading

‘The two MMs have been after the CRU station data for years. If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the U.K., I think I’ll delete the file rather than send to anyone. . . . We also have a data protection act, which I will hide behind.” So apparently... Continue Reading