“Most Americans ‘OK’ with a mosque in their community”
Read a March 24, 2011, CNN blog post about newly released poll results indicating that most Americans would be “OK” with having a mosque in their community.
Category: Government & politics
“The Constitutional Status of RLUIPA”
Read a Pew Forum legal backgrounder on RLUIPA released March 17, 2005.
“To What Extent Can Congress Regulate Religious Freedom?”
Read the transcript of a March 17, 2005, Pew Forum expert panel discussion on RLUIPA.
“Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Speaks at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy’s RLUIPA Event”
Read remarks by Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s civil rights division, marking the law’s 10th anniversary.
“Justice Department Issues Report on 10th Anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act”
A September 2010 news release issued by the Justice Department about its report marking RLUIPA’s 10th anniversary.
RLUIPA.org
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has an informational RLUIPA website providing a list of relevant cases, background, law review articles and other material.
“Science and Faith in the Murky Multiverse”
An article by Kimberly Roots, from the January 2005 issue of Science & Theology News, posted by Beliefnet.
“Elves, Wookies and Fanboys: Star Wars and our need for stories”
A Christian perspective on narrative myths by Roberto Rivera, a former fellow at the Wilberforce Forum at Prison Fellowship.
“Census returns of the Jedi”
A BBC News article published in 2003 about fans urging people to list Jedi as their religion in census records.