Bradford Richardson

Terry McAuliffe, Virginia governor, vetoes religious exemption bill

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday kept his promise by vetoing a bill that would have allowed religious parishes and wedding vendors to decline to service same-sex wedding ceremonies.

March 30, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook write letter to N.C. governor denouncing transgender law

A group of 80 predominantly Silicon Valley-based business executives, headlined by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook, signed a letter to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday denouncing a law prohibiting transgender people from using the public facilities of the opposite sex.

March 29, 2016

Scripps College censures ‘racist’ pro-Donald Trump message

In a campus-wide email Saturday with the subject heading "Racist Incident," the Scripps College student body president denounced those who scrawled a pro-Donald Trump message on a whiteboard affixed to a student's door.

March 28, 2016

Christianity helps curb drug use, study finds

For a religion whose central metaphor for salvation is wine, Christianity may prove surprisingly effective at curbing drug use, according to a study.

March 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton: More ‘research’ needed on marijuana

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she supports state experimentation with marijuana regulations, but she argued that more research needs to be conducted before decriminalizing the drug on a federal level.

March 25, 2016

NBA considers moving All-Star Game in response to North Carolina law

The National Basketball Association is scheduled to hold its 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte, but after Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday signed a religious freedom bill into law, the league is having second thoughts.

March 25, 2016

Men are fleeing Christianity, but embracing Islam

A new study confirms what regular U.S. churchgoers have long known: Women tend to outnumber men. But the Pew Research Center report also says the phenomenon is not universal. While Christian congregations may have difficulty keeping men in the pews, Islam faces no such trouble.

March 24, 2016

Student senate at UC Berkeley calls for on-campus abortion clinic

The student government at the University of California-Berkeley last week passed a resolution calling for the implementation of an abortion clinic on campus.

March 23, 2016

On Supreme Court’s front porch, divides on abortion, religious freedom on display

Religious freedom and pro-choice abortion advocates may have been standing side to side in the shadow of the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, but they were worlds apart on how Zubik v. Burwell, the case being debated just a few yards away, should be decided.

March 23, 2016

Emory students distressed by pro-Donald Trump chalkings

After chalkings supporting Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump began appearing like specters throughout the Georgia campus, students from Emory University petitioned the administration to take action.

March 23, 2016

North Carolina General Assembly calls special session to block ‘bathroom bill’

The North Carolina General Assembly will hold a special session on Wednesday at which the legislature is expected to block a Charlotte ordinance that would allow people to use restrooms and other public accommodations on the basis of gender identity.

March 22, 2016

Pope Francis speaks out against ‘blind violence’ in Brussels bombing

Pope Francis on Tuesday denounced the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium, as "blind violence."

March 22, 2016

Donald Trump promises to nominate pro-life justice to Supreme Court

Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump on Monday reassured conservatives that he wants to put a pro-life Supreme Court justice on the bench.

March 22, 2016

Gay rights group attacks use of religious freedom

Ahead of a Supreme Court case that could drastically shape the scope of religious liberty, a gay rights group is blaming religion for promoting slavery and racial discrimination and drawing an analogy to religious leaders now.

March 21, 2016

Merrick Garland denied review to pro-life priests challenging contraceptive mandate

Conservatives looking for a window into Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland's jurisprudence need look no further than a circuit court ruling he joined denying further review to religious, pro-life groups being forced to comply with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' contraceptive mandate.

March 21, 2016