Oct 11, 2012 – publicly apologize to Pastor Nadarkhani for their flagrant abuse of his God-given right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion … In a universal appeal, the panel urged every country to "honor the God-given freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, and release…

Oct 11, 2012 – NightWatch Special Comment: There is no justification in the teachings of Islam or any religion for killing a person who wants to learn…

Oct 10, 2012 – The percentage of Americans who are not affiliated with any particular religion -- dubbed the "nones" -- rose to 20 percent in the … latest analysis by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, compared to 15 percent five years ago.…

Oct 10, 2012 – The schools say the mandate violates their constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of religion and speech. … Forcing the university to "pay a fine" for the "privilege of practicing one's religion or controlling one's own speech is un-American…

Oct 9, 2012 – Today, living in a country without First Amendment rights—freedom of speech, assembly, religion, the press, and the right to petition … redefine religious freedom to the point that, as Cardinal Wuerl explained, “HHS’s conception of what constitutes the practice of religion…

Oct 8, 2012 – consideration is whether the issues which the Court will have to resolve will necessarily turn upon competing interpretations of religion … Entanglement Doctrine' provides that a court must decline jurisdiction over a lawsuit when the dispute is so intertwined with matters of religion … "he court finds that this suit is so intertwined with matters of religion that a proper resolution could not be made herein without…

Oct 8, 2012 – That kind of expression is at the very center of the freedom of speech and religion protections in the First Amendment. … their religious speech, no matter how much groups like Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From Religion … Secondly, the federal government does not “subsidize” religion when the IRS grants a tax-exempt status to a church.…

Oct 8, 2012 – addition to the constitutional arguments that Congress lacked authority to pass the law, the suit also raised the Free Exercise of religion…

Jan 10, 2012 – back, while members of the security team that was supposed to guard the Punjab governor stood watching," wrote Terry Mattingly, religion…

Jan 10, 2012 – We need to keep religion out of politics. Really? Because politics sure isn't staying out of religion.…

Jan 10, 2012 – According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's "U.S. … The entrance polls measure religion very crudely, says John C. … New Hampshire is a little more moderate, so the religion question doesn't occur to them.…

Jan 9, 2012 – Calling a marriage creates a whole host of problems for families, for the law, for the practice of religion, for education.…

Jan 8, 2012 – He once referred to Islam as a “religion of peace,” but soon began calling it Islamofascism. Which one is it Mr. Gerson?…

Jan 8, 2012 – It sounds obvious that when people practice a religion that preaches strong morality and responsible conduct, they will behave better … It turns out that religiosity does not translate into good behavior, and disregard for religion does not go hand-in-hand with vice.…

Jan 6, 2012 – The first of the amendments codified that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free … The Founders were adamant that the government not establish a state religion -- a state church. … Those who crafted our constitution were equally adamant that the government not impede religion.…

Jan 6, 2012 – Bill Devlin, pastor of Manhattan Bible Church who was arrested, said the ban assaults freedom of religion and speech. … forbidding private speech because it's religious is not protecting the separation of church and state; rather, it suppresses freedom of religion … Lorence said the ban reflects an irrational and anti-religion sentiment in New York, one that portrays religion as "dangerous and something…

Jan 20, 2012 – Twenty-one percent of Americans say it would depend on the candidate's religion. … survey revealed younger Americans ages 18-29 (24 percent) and ages 30-49 (24 percent) are more likely to select "depends on the religion … Responses were weighted by region, party, age, race, religion, gender and education to reflect the population.…

Jan 20, 2012 – "This is bad news for freedom of conscience and for respect for the freedom of religion protections guaranteed in the American Constitution…

Jan 20, 2012 – Its new justification is not race or religion. It is nationalism.…

Jan 20, 2012 – To Obama and his ilk, we’re all just hayseed bitter-clingers, clinging to our guns and religion or our union and our food stamps because…

Jan 19, 2012 – They said Christianity is now regarded as a foreign religion following the departure of 350,000 people, most of them Christians, to … Converting from Islam to another religion is punishable by imprisonment or death in Sudan, though previously such laws were not strictly…

Jan 19, 2012 – According to John Brennan, assistant to the President for counterterrorism, terrorists who proclaim they are motivated by religion … Aboul-Enein laments, too, the fact that “Saudi Islamist Wahhabism,” the ultra-orthodox variety of Islam that is the Kingdom’s state religion…

Jan 19, 2012 – So desperate are they to find this deliverer that they have glommed onto the Catholic Santorum, a man whose religion many of them vilify…

Jan 19, 2012 – Does Obama's religion, like that of Santorum's, still inform his position on gay marriage?…

Jan 18, 2012 – Over at RealClearReligion, Jeremy Lott analyzes the state of religion in America -- and, happily for us all, concludes that the MSM … Then, of course, there are those sad folks for whom, as they proclaim the waning influence of religion in America, the wish is father…