Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that mandates that all denominations and religious groups reapply for state registration, which authorities reserve the right to refuse.
The judge’s decision is the latest twist in a long-running dispute over religion at a public high school outside Chicago.
This issue of A Public Witness looks back at Thomas Jefferson’s letter to Baptists penned 202 years ago this week and explores why prominent figures deliberately misrepresent the metaphorical “wall of separation” between church and state.
Conservative Christian activists are hoping to turn Texas public schools into a ‘mission field.’
The Rev. Jeff Hood, spiritual adviser to Kenneth Smith, argued the restrictions imposed during the execution would violate Hood’s right to the free exercise of religion.
This issue of A Public Witness treks to the Hawkeye State to consider a recent stunt by the Satanic Temple and what options are available beyond endorsing Christian Nationalism (or Satanic Nationalism).
The ACLU said the agency’s advertisement policy discriminated against certain opinions and violated the First Amendment.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation says that the Goddard school district ended unconstitutional practices after receiving their letter.
St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School could become the country’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
This issue of A Public Witness offers a crash course lesson from one of the preeminent experts on Ukrainian religious freedom to consider what’s happening in the besieged nation and how religious freedom rights are undermined by Russia.