June 15, 1215,is one of the most well-known days in Western history. Eight hundred years ago today, in Runnymede, England, King John signed Magna Carta (the Great Charter), a nascent constitution/bill of rights for English nobility. Magna Carta maintains an
On Friday morning, President Obama spoke at the 63rd annual National Prayer Breakfast. The breakfast was attended by legislators, officials and clergy, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and our new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
These 15 words shape the United States' “First Freedoms,” enshrined in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights as the separation of church and
