Columnist Leonard Pitts takes on religion in politics
Leonard Pitts, the bespectacled columnist whose commentary on race and social issues appears in the Houston Chronicle on Sundays, will come to town next week to discuss the religious forces at play in...
View ArticleLatino evangelicals focus on immigration, families
Gabriel Salguero, head of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, recently wrote an essay for the Washington Post’s On Faith entitled “What do Latino Evangelical voters want?” The answer is not...
View ArticleJewish rapper Matisyahu is letting his beard grow back
For fans of Matisyahu’s signature bushy beard, it was nice to see the latest photo the Jewish singer tweeted of himself (with his young son)last week. His grey-brown facial hair is filling in a month...
View ArticleChristians against birth control mandate still speaking out
A group of Catholic priests are suing the government over regulations requiring religious institutions provide contraceptive coverage, and Baptists joined the fight to argue against the mandate before...
View ArticleCourt allows kids to distribute religious flyers at Pennsylvania school
A Pennsylvania judge explained Monday his ruling allowing a student to distribute flyers inviting classmates to a church Christmas party at school under the First Amendment’s free speech clause,...
View ArticleMost religious states: Texas doesn’t even make the top 10
Texas is more religious than most of the country, but the rest of the Bible-belt (plus Mormon-heavy Utah) beat the Lone Star State on a list of the country’s most religious. Mississippi secured the...
View ArticleTexas court rules strip searches not a religious violation
A federal court in Texas ruled last week against a prisoner who said forcing him to undergo a strip search violated his Christian beliefs regarding modesty. Religion Clause reported on the case,...
View ArticleJon Stewart, Stephen Colbert school viewers on religion
Religious critics of Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert may accuse them of belittling faith matters during their nightly, half-hour news satire shows, but love ‘em or hate ‘em, these guys...
View ArticleMormon, Muslim faiths surge across Houston
Mormons and Muslims may have long been considered minority religions, but in Houston and across the country, their numbers have been booming since 2000. Newly released data show the Church of Jesus...
View ArticleTexas teacher tells students she’s married to God
A Spanish teacher at a public high school near Harlingen has been replaced in the classroom after subjecting students to a lengthy religious discussion, telling them Jesus fathered a child with Mary...
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