samuel alito

A new worry in conservative circles has slowly gathered steam since the Supreme Court heard arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, on whether the Constitution requires states to issue marriage licenses to…

For a millennium the church had no “coherent or obligatory liturgical tradition” regarding marriage.

This May, the Supreme Court’s Town of Greece vs. Galloway ruling allowed sectarian invocations at town meetings. But moderates assured us that that could mean any “sectarian.” As if to support this…

Apart from whether or not we like the Hobby Lobby decision, there seems to be some confusion about the ruling evidenced by the fact that people keep asking “What about Blood transfusions in companies…

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), five men on the Supreme Court told us this morning in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., is broad enough to protect the religious exercise rights of a…

The view from inside the courtroom.

Will the challenge to build “an homage to the historic/literary Satan” at Oklahoma’s capital actually change anything?

Opponents of marriage equality may be celebrating too soon.

The erosion continues.

Upholds Westboro Baptist Church’s constitutional right to protest dead Marine’s funeral.