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The Texas State Board of Education voted on Friday to approve new standards for social studies classes. The 11-4 vote was a preliminary approval for a curriculum that will serve as the framework in Texas classrooms for the next 10 years. Texas has the second largest school system in the nation, behind California, and is the second-largest textbook market in the country. The Lone Star state can thus have influence over the reading material used in classrooms nationwide. Read more »

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on national currency. The pledge does not constitute an establishment of religion, Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. “[T]he Pledge is an endorsement of our form of government, not of religion or any particular sect.” Read more »

“Nearly every important office in Washington is occupied by someone with an aggressive dislike for our heritage, our freedom, our history, and our Constitution.””Nearly every important office in Washington is occupied by someone with an aggressive dislike for our heritage, our freedom, our history, and our Constitution.” – Dick Armey Read more »

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed all claims against Shirley Dobson, the wife of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, in a lawsuit challenging the National Day of Prayer. Shirley Dobson is chair of the National Day of Prayer Task Force and was among the names listed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation in a lawsuit filed in October 2008. Read more »

Patriots, it’s time to dust off your Bibles and put your emphasis on the Word of God. Let us never forget that God established the greatest nation in the world. When we think of freedom, remember that it is The Almighty who has given us the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. What America needs is a change of heart that is faithful, true, and enduring. Read more »

A Christian legal group announced Saturday its intention to sue a Florida county school district in an attempt to restore the rights of faculty to pray. The decree bars school officials from “promoting, advancing, endorsing, participating in, or causing Prayers” and from “orally express[ing] personal religious beliefs to students during or in conjunction with instructional time or a School Event.” Read more »

America once stood on the foundation of God’s Word. But that foundation is crumbling – even in the church – and being replaced by man’s word, observed one Christian apologist. Whatever we (America) once were, we are no longer. We have changed” Read more »

A new Earth-centered worship area at the Air Force Academy has generated wide attention and discussion over religious freedom and political correctness. While officers say the site for pagans, Wiccans, Druids and other Earth-centered believers is in congruence with their duty to defend freedom for all Americans, including the freedom to practice religion, one Baptist pastor condemned it as idolatry. Read more »

The Tennessee State Board of Education approved guidelines Thursday on how to teach the Bible in public high schools. Under the new law, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Roy Herron, the state is authorized to create a course for a “nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of the Bible.” Read more »

The Texas State Board of Education has delayed its first vote on a new social studies curriculum that would examine America’s Christian heritage and the role of Christianity in the foundation of our nation. Read more »

The Texas State Board of Education on Wednesday begins hearing testimonies regarding proposed revisions to the social studies curriculum. Much of the debate has centered on proposals highlighting the religious beliefs of the nation’s founding fathers. Read more »

All government departments in Sonoma County, Calif., removed stars, angels and other religious ornaments this week after an atheist man filed a complaint that he was offended by the Christmas tree decorations. Read more »

A lot of people in America are very mixed up on religious freedom and the so-called “separation of church and state.” (I say “so-called” because while there is indeed separation of church and state in America, it isn’t what many people have been misled to believe) Read more »

Parents in New York and Oregon recently voiced their disagreement with school officials who banned Christmas trees and Santa Claus displays because the decorations supposedly promotion Christianity. Read more »

The 20-year court battle over the constitutionality of the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial continued Thursday as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments. Erected in 1954, the war memorial includes a Latin cross and six concentric walls holding black granite plaques engraved with the names and photos of war veterans. Read more »

Thanks to liberal judges everywhere, virtually everyone has heard of the “separation of church and state.” But what about “separation of mosque and state?” Some question whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s killing of U.S. soldiers at Ft. Hood was motivated by his belief in Islam or whether he got a pass from politically correct superiors fearful of accusations of religious bigotry. Read more »

The American Family Association announced on Monday that it is officially ending its boycott against Gap Inc. after the company aired an “unambiguous” Christmas ad over Thanksgiving weekend. Read more »

LifeSiteNews took a look at President Barack Obama’s Thanksgiving Proclamation and found that it is the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation that makes no direct mention of God. Read more »

A Thanksgiving proclamation by President George Washington on October 3, in the year of our Lord 1789, to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God. Read more »

As we, once again, approach this national day of “thanksgiving” I thought it necessary to reflect upon our nation’s long history of acknowledging and giving thanks to Almighty God. On October 3, 1789 George Washington issued the nation’s first presidential proclamation in which he called the nation to set aside a day for giving thanks to that “great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be….” Read more »

Who would have ever thought liberals might praise the fair and balanced Fox News channel? But Fox News criticism of a supposed mistake by Sarah Palin has liberal hearts (who hate Palin more than Fox News) all a twitter. Read more »