On Friday, a federal appeals court affirmed an earlier ruling blocking a Louisiana law mandating that public school classrooms display posters of the Ten Commandments. The decision is the latest development in a series of state-level attempts to mandate religious instruction in public schools. “This is a resounding victory for the separation of church and […]
When Bridger Lee Jensen opened a spiritual center in Provo, Utah, he contacted city officials to let them know the religious group he had founded, Singularism, would be conducting ceremonies involving a tea made from psilocybin mushrooms. “Singularism is optimistic that through partnership and dialogue, it can foster an environment that respects diversity and upholds […]
On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a civil rights lawsuit against an Oakland, California, coffee shop that allegedly denied service to two Jewish customers. While the suit focuses on allegations of obvious anti-Semitic discrimination, Bondi herself has highlighted the coffee shop’s use of offensive drink names and controversial pro-Palestinian images—both of which are obviously […]
The monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery, a 1,600-year-old Greek Orthodox site in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, closed its doors to visitors in protest after an Egyptian court ruled that the monastery’s land belongs to the government. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery, St. Catherine’s faces uncertainty as the rul […]