Posts Tagged ‘religious symbols’
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Number of Participating Churches Doubles for National Back To Church Sunday
More than 7,600 churches from 34 denominations opened their doors to an estimated 250,000 visitors during National Back to Church Sunday (www.Backtochurch.com), held Sept. 18. Twice as many churches as last year participated in...
Commentary and News
Christians, Muslims unite against UK housing ban on religious artifacts
Both Muslim and Christian elderly residents in a housing complex in the UK are upset at a ban that was issued recently against religious artifacts from being displayed on the premises. The ban was announced in a letter that was...
Arts & Culture
Feisty Indiana Commissioner defends county crèche
A commissioner in Indiana refuses to be cowed by an atheist organization that is taking issue with a nativity scene that is being displayed on the Franklin County Courthouse front lawn. Franklin County Commissioner Tom Wilson h...
Christianity is the most persecuted faith globally, report says
A newly released report says that Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world, and violence against Christians continues to rise. The 2010 report on religious freedom by Aid to the Church in Need said that religio...
News
N.C. city council reaches a compromise on Christian flag
A city council in North Carolina reached a compromise recently over the display of a Christian flag alongside several others in a Veteran’s Memorial that was set up in the town’s Central Park. The King City Council decided last...
News
Jesus Christ depictions alongside secular symbols on public buildings are constitutional
Virginia may have nativity scenes on government property during the Christmas holiday–provided secular symbols are displayed alongside them, a Virginia state attorney general said recently. In his legal opinion, Attorney ...
Commentary and News
Academics, authors say secularism is a religion
Two academics who are also respected book authors said recently that secularism is just as much a religion as is Christianity and Islam. Margaret Somerville, director of the Center of Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill Universi...
Commentary and News
Christian symbols under attack
After recent successive issues that have reached the courts over Christian symbols such as the cross and an army emblem, some are asking, “Are Christian symbols under attack?” The most recent issue, as reported by t...
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Mojave Desert Cross has its day in U.S. Supreme Court
A final decision on the legality of the Mojave Desert Memorial Cross on public property may be forthcoming within the next few months.