September 2011
September 27, 2011 •
Civil Rights
EXCERPT: Just days after Iran released two Americans accused of spying in Iran, an Iranian court has upheld the apostasy conviction and execution sentence…
September 26, 2011 •
Church and State
By Steve Allred – I have some friends who tell me that I don’t make sense when it comes to my position on separation…
September 24, 2011 •
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By Martin Surridge – Like many of the other countries profiled in this blog, Germany has had a problematic, yet fundamentally important religious history.…
September 24, 2011 •
Church and State
EXCERPT: [T]his year the GOP presidential primary has also been infused, most prominently by Texas Governor Rick Perry, with examples of sectarian religiosity that…
September 24, 2011 •
Current Events
EXCERPT: Suzan Johnson Cook, an ordained Baptist minister recently sworn in as United States ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said the report outlining the…
September 21, 2011 •
Church and State
EXCERPT: An Orange County couple has been ordered to stop holding a Bible study in their home on the grounds that the meeting violates…
September 20, 2011 •
Current Events
EXCERPT: “It was her faith that led the petite 72-year-old to erect a 24-foot cross on the front lawn of her West Hills home.…
September 19, 2011 •
Church and State
NOTE: This is in reference to a law that has been on the books in North Dakota for many years. In the past, it…
September 15, 2011 •
Church and State
EXCERPT: “Jew or not Jew?”: That is just part of the question. An iPhone app bearing this name has been yanked from Apple’s App…
September 14, 2011 •
Current Events
EXCERPT: AB 101 began its career in January as a budget bill, then turned into a measure to eliminate community redevelopment agencies, and in…