Graduation Prayers and Church-State Separation
Friday March 31, 2006
Category: Religious Liberty
Today, Austin Cline takes a look back at the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Lee v. Weisman (1992), which put an end to government-endorsed prayers at public school Read More...
Mississippi: Abortion Ban Off the Table Until at Least January 2007
Friday March 31, 2006
Category: Abortion
The 2005-2006 session of the Mississippi legislature met for the last time today, and failed to agree on revised language for a proposed abortion ban. What this means, in Read More...
Charles Taylor War Crimes Trial May Be Moved to International Criminal Court
Friday March 31, 2006
Category: International Human Rights
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor (profiled here by Jen Brea) is being charged with 17 war-crime violations for his role in the Sierra Leone Civil War. Read More...
Religious Discrimination in Child Custody Settlements
Friday March 31, 2006
Category: Religious Liberty
Austin Cline highlights a very routine but underreported civil liberties violation:
Imagine if Christians were commonly denied custody of their own children by judges who declared that attendance at Read More...
Rahman Granted Asylum in Italy
Friday March 31, 2006
Category: International Human Rights | Religious Liberty
When we last heard from Abdul Rahman, the Afghan Christian who faced a possible death penalty for leaving Islam, he had been acquitted on Read More...
Mississippi: Proposed Abortion Ban's Fate to Be Decided Later Today
Friday March 31, 2006
Category: Abortion
The Mississippi abortion ban has already died in conference once only to be brought back to life by a deadline extension, but the Mississippi legislative session ends for real Read More...