A massive religious gathering on the National Mall backed by the White House is sparking backlash from critics who say it ...

President Donald Trump, speaking to a sprawling crowd at a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday (Feb. 5), returned to his personal tradition of using the bipartisan convening as an ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rhetoric is raising concerns about the impact that Christian nationalist ideas are having on military unity and the freedom of religion.

The word “notwithstanding” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the ongoing public debate over whether West Virginia’s religious freedom act applies to school vaccination laws. Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s ...

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For much of the last decade, the “religious liberty” debate was one of the most polarizing political fights in Georgia. Companies threatened boycotts. Protesters flooded the Capitol. Lawmakers risked ...

Religious exemptions have risen over decades in Massachusetts. Medical exemptions that bypass immunization have fallen in the state. None of the major religions have mandates against vaccination, ...