In the midst of heated debates about female pastors and the morality of in vitro fertilization, the national Southern Baptist Convention recently passed a religious liberty resolution that — in terms ...

The word “notwithstanding” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the ongoing public debate over whether West Virginia’s religious freedom act applies to school vaccination laws. Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024. AP Photo/John Bazemore One of the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The law ...

A showdown may be coming on the meaning of religious freedom, and LGBT advocates fear anti-discrimination protections could be weakened as a result. In Religious Freedom Debate, 2 American Values ...

Dear Editor:I found Mr. Marolt’s column (Aspen Times, March 25) shortsighted and wrong. If he were a person with the mental capabilities of seeing the big picture with impartiality (a quality we ...

A proposed constitutional amendment meant to protect religious expression in public schools sparked heated debate on Jan. 22 in its final committee stop, where critics warned that the measure could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A health worker prepares a dose of the measles vaccine Feb. 27 at a health center in Lubbock, Texas. The debate over vaccines is ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses have challenged guidelines on child abuse, alleging violation of religious freedom, equality before law ...

For centuries there has been tension—in churches, the academies, and the public square—between science and religion. Each makes truth claims and addresses essential questions. Science looks at the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ...