Three years ago, I wrote about the saga of Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, who was fired by the mayor for writing and distributing a religious book at work that slammed LGBT people and non-Christians.... Read More

While all the attention was focused on President Trump’s decision to finally carry out the law passed by enormous bipartisan majorities in Congress over twenty years ago, honoring the sovereign right of Israel to choose... Read More

One of the most hardhearted things the Trump administration has done (it’s difficult to choose) has been to slash the number of refugees (fleeing war, persecution etc.) that the US is willing to accept from... Read More

Last week’s Atlantic featured religion writer Emma Green’s five-thousand-word homage to RLUIPA: the federal statute that undercuts the neutrality of every local zoning code in the country by mandating a jaw-dropping preference for religious institutions.... Read More

Political pundits will be scouring next Tuesday’s off-year election results for clues about the national mood toward President Trump and the chances for Republicans to maintain control of Congress next year. They will do this... Read More

First the good news: the secular team just won a victory in court, declaring part of the “parsonage exemption” in the federal tax code unconstitutional. Now the bad news: the case isn’t worth the paper... Read More

As one of the taxpayers who contributes to the Smithsonian Institution’s nearly $900 million annual budget, I finally got around to visiting its new exhibit on “Religion in Early America.” I had no idea how... Read More