US Supreme Court determines cross on Maryland highway can stay
Washington, DC RNS The large historic cross that sits in a Maryland traffic circle is constitutional, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a 7-2 decision, the high court determined Thursday that the World War I monument known as the Bladensburg Cross, erected by the American Legion in 1925, does not violate the Constitution’s establishment clause. […]
Prayer that mentioned Jesus 13 times sparks debate in Pennsylvania Legislature
RNS A prayer that mentioned Jesus 13 times in less than two minutes has sparked heated debate among Pennsylvania lawmakers and a wider discussion about how sectarian prayer and respect for religious diversity can co-exist in public life. State Representative Stephanie Borowicz’s 25th March invocation took place just before the House chamber’s first female Muslim, Movita Johnson-Harrell, […]
RELIGION OR REMEMBRANCE?: SUPREME COURT MULL CROSS-SHAPED WAR MEMORIAL
ADELLE M BANKS, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports from the US on the fight over a cross-shaped war memorial and its wider ramifications in the US…