Freedom of Religion

Pence, undeterred by the controversy surrounding his appearance, spoke broadly about the importance of freedom of religion.

If Jewish tradition holds that life begins at birth and Islam says it begins at the fourth month of gestation, does the ban impose on religious liberty?

China outlined how they uphold religious freedom on Tuesday while the Bible was pulled from online retailers.

The Health and Human Services Department announced the creation of a division to enforce protections for religious health care workers, but activists worry that it could lead workers to opt out of helping LGBT patients and those seeking abortions.

The State Department redesignated 10 nations as "countries of particular concern" under the International Religious Freedom Act.

The bill would roll back the Johnson Amendment, a 1950s-era law that prohibits houses of worship from engaging in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate.

Only 26 percent could name all three branches of the government.

The chaplain, Captain Sonny Hernandez, says supporters of the rights of Muslims, Buddhists and other religions are "deceived."

Sam Brownback previously barred the use of Sharia law in state courts and withdrew Kansas from the resettlement program for Syrian refugees.

The dispute pits two provisions of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment against each other.

The detention of Dennis Christensen is the first since Russia's Supreme Court upheld a ban on Jehovah's Witnesses nationwide.

Even though an appeal has yet to be heard, an order banning Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia has already had a significant impact.

Satanic Church members are marking their one-year anniversary as an officially recognized religion in Russia while Jehovah's witness branches have been eliminated.

Russia's Supreme Court upholds a claim by the country's justice ministry that Jehovah's Witnesses is an extremist organization.

Trump took aim at a long-standing statutory barrier between politics and religion called the Johnson Amendment.

Despite what evangelicals say, God's OK with you selling baked goods to a gay couple.

Christian groups are demanding a full exemption from an Obamacare mandate to provide insurance that covers contraceptives.

Title IX's inclusion of transgender and gay rights on campus has Christian universities controversially requesting exemptions on the basis of religious freedom.

Russia has ordered Crimea's religious groups to register with Moscow or lose their legal status.

Its new home is on the grounds of an Oklahoma conservative think tank.

The "Sister Wives" reality show is set to test both a state bigamy law and protection of freedom of speech.

Puritans, Anglicans, Jews, Baptists and Quakers lived side by side, proving that diversity works.

Chris Christie has signed a law stopping the Catholic Church from selling graveyard monuments. Why?

With 70 percent misidentifying turban-wearing Sikhs, it is important to learn about Sikhism.

After years of slow but steady decline, Christians are being driven from the Middle East by ISIS.

Hating minority groups like Muslims is alien to America's culture of tolerance.

The White House said Obama had a "great relationship" with the Dalai Lama.

Next month, the Supreme Court must decide where religious discrimination starts.

Satire wounds, but it does not kill.