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Becket Fund leader named to religious freedom panel

WASHINGTON – The executive director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a nonprofit legal advocacy group that has defended key civil rights cases, has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Speaker Paul Ryan of the U.S. House of Representatives named Kristina Arriaga de Bucholz,

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Prison ministries win religious freedom case

WASHINGTON – Faith-based groups may continue to partner with the state of Florida to help reduce recidivism rates among newly released prisoners, despite objections from a New York-based atheist group, a Florida county court ruled Wednesday. The case, brought by the Center for Inquiry, challenged the government's ability to

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Do you hear what I hear? Atheists try to silence faith-based halfway house

Two years ago, Prisoners of Christ — a halfway house in Jacksonville, Fla. — contacted the local Salvation Army to offer the men in its program as bell ringers. The Salvation Army was initially skeptical. POC's men are all recently released criminal offenders, some of whom have served decades behind