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At Issue: Unchecked Gov’t Power Over Faith-Based Speech
Emilee Carpenter is a New York-based photographer targeting a state law she says forces her to create messages that violate her beliefs – specifically, those regarding same-sex "weddings." Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse is an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), [...]
Nigerian Christians Victims of Terrorists – and Gov’t Bureaucracy
Tens of thousands of Christians have been killed by Muslim groups in attacks in central and northern Nigeria, and there seems to be no let up. The western African nation is ranked #9 on Open [...]
Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Rule
Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers. The court seemed more open to a [...]
Abortion Supporters Howl Over Pro-Life Law In New Hampshire
Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law the Family Life Protection Act, which went into effect January 1. It bans abortions at 24 weeks and vows to punish abortionists who violate it with prison. New Hampshire [...]
In Rare Oral Hearing, High Court to Hear Rare Claim of Vast Federal Power
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Friday, January 7, in a surprise special session that was announced by the justices before Christmas. The nine-member court will hear two vaccine mandate appeals by the [...]
Christians, Religiously Unaffiliated Differ on Whether Most Things in Society Can Be Divided Into Good, Evil
Many major religions have clear teachings about good and evil in the world. For example, the Abrahamic traditions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – use concepts such as God and the devil or heaven and [...]
Striking Findings from 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most striking research findings from the past year. These 15 findings cover subjects ranging from extreme weather to the COVID-19 pandemic and [...]
6th Circuit ‘Punts’ Mandate Issue to SCOTUS
Religious organizations have filed an Emergency Stay Application with the U.S. Supreme Court to protect religious employers from President Biden's mandate that private sector workers get COVID shots or submit themselves to frequent tests. The [...]
Americans Still Support Celebrating Christmas in School
Most Americans believe religious faith makes the world a better place, and are overwhelmingly in favor of allowing Christmas celebrations in schools. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 50% of [...]
About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated
The secularizing shifts evident in American society so far in the 21st century show no signs of slowing. The latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the United States finds the religiously [...]
America’s Best Days America’s Self-Image Getting Better?
Most Americans now think they live in a basically decent country, and expect newcomers to adopt the American way of life. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 60% of Likely [...]
Church in the U.S. Capitol
Many people are surprised to learn that the United States Capitol regularly served as a church building; a practice that began even before Congress officially moved into the building and lasted until well after the [...]
More Houses of Worship are Returning to Normal Operations, but In-Person Attendance is Unchanged Since Fall
As COVID-19 cases continue to decline and pandemic restrictions are eased across the United States, churches and other houses of worship increasingly are holding services the way they did before the outbreak began, according to a new Pew [...]