Father Custodio Ballester faces a possible 3-year prison sentence and fines after a trial this week found him guilty of ...

Can lawmakers destroy the right of freedom of conscience? Evidently, James Madison thought it a possibility in 1785 and feared that loss could end representative government and lead to those in power ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Does Vermont still believe in the separation of church and state? This is a question that the newly elected legislature in Vermont must address. In ...

A new declaration has been launched by Christians that calls on the UK government and leaders in society and academia to ...

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The new division will be devoted to "conscience and religious freedom." — -- The Trump administration announced on Thursday a new division within the Department of Health and Human Services ...

NIGHT FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. GENDER IDENTITY COULD COME UNDER FURTHER FIRE IN STATE WORKPLACES AS LAWMAKERS LOOK TO CRACK DOWN ON THE USE OF PREFERRED PRONOUNS. WESH 2’S DAVID JONES SPOKE WITH ...

Not a great many English-speaking Americans — there still are some — have heard of Boualem Sansal, fewer have read his remarkable novels; so maybe the simplest way to introduce him is to say he is ...

When I was 5 years old, I believed I could be nothing but a Southern Baptist. My friends were Southern Baptists, my family ...

Three Newfoundland-based activists are sailing with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition en route to Gaza to bring humanitarian aid ...