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July 2014

July 18, 2014

NYTimes warns: Evangelistic speech near the National Mall!

Are there any GetReligion readers out there who remember the mini-media storm back in 1999...

July 17, 2014

On Hobby Lobby, explain that ‘deeply held religious belief’

You got so close, Philadelphia Inquirer. You got so close to a fair, enlightening news...

July 14, 2014

So, what religions use mind-altering drugs?

MICHAEL-ANN’S QUESTION: While millions observed Easter Sunday or the Passover season April 20, some folks...

July 12, 2014

Pod people: Grading the grades on Supreme Court coverage

After two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, I tried a different approach to analyzing some...

July 07, 2014

How does that HHS mandate ruling affect American religion?

THE RELIGION GUY EXPLAINS: So far, no-one has yet posted a question on the June...

July 07, 2014

Sun leaves Hobby Lobby out of its timely higher-wages story

So, are there any Hobby Lobby stores in the greater Baltimore area? Yes, it appears...

July 03, 2014

Attention editors: Is there a ‘Little Sisters’ case in your area?

While the post-Hobby Lobby meltdown continues on the cultural and journalistic left -- this New...

July 03, 2014

Big news report card: Hobby Lobby and contraceptives

One of the big misconceptions about the Hobby Lobby case (with apologies to Conestoga Wood Specialties)...

July 01, 2014

And the Baltimore Hobby Lobby angle is … the Little Sisters

All news is local. That's one of the first laws that journalists quote whenever we...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Hobby Lobby in narrow win; Little Sisters of the Poor on deck

So why are the Little Sisters of the Poor at the top of this post...

June 26, 2014

How NOT to cover the ruling in the Hobby Lobby case

Hey @GetReligion, read the fear-filled, one-sided piece in @Forbes re: what will happen if @HobbyLobbyStore...

June 17, 2014

Politico’s long-but-shallow exposé on Hobby Lobby family

Cue the dramatic music. Politico has a breathless, 2,200-word profile of the Greens — the...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

AP’s one-sided report on teaching Bible in public schools

Gotcha! That's the distinct tone of an Associated Press story out this week (just three weeks...

April 2014

April 17, 2014

Ahhh … a balanced article on religion … thanks, David

After carving apart so many journalism-challenged articles, it's nice to be able to throw laurels...

April 01, 2014

Pod people: Hobby Lobby and the Mennonite angle

On this week's episode of the GetReligion podcast "Crossroads," host Todd Wilken and I discuss media...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Ready, set, go! Hobby Lobby at the Supremes

Hobby Lobby gets its hearing before the Supreme Court this morning. This is big, folks....

December 2013

December 02, 2013

CNN puts religious liberty in scare quotes, but corrects it

It was one of the most famous First Amendment cases in American history. As the...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Hobby Lobby, the Little Sisters of the Poor and the NYTimes

As a rule, conflicts between church and state are extremely complex and often produce headaches,...

September 2013

September 21, 2013

The ‘exceptional importance’ of the Hobby Lobby case

It's no surprise that the "Hobby Lobby" case is in the news. The valid headlines...