An Oregon rancher who President Donald J. Trump pardoned recently has said his new goal is to put religion back in public schools. 

Creationist Ken Ham uses unscientific numbers to calculate the age of the Earth, so it should come as no surprise that Ham also has been accused of using fuzzy math to calculate attendance figures for the Ark Encounter, his taxpayer-funded, Noah’s Ark-themed amusement park in Kentucky.

Under Putin, the Russian Orthodox Church has assumed a prominent position, both culturally and politically, and the “traditional values” that church leaders champion are becoming government policy. In many ways, modern Russia is the Religious Right’s ideal society.

Rimpal Bajwa’s essay titled “A Rising Tide Of Religious Discrimination In America Threatens To Wash Away America’s Tradition Of Tolerance” is awarded first place in AU’s third annual student essay competition! Bajwa cites the Muslim Ban and the growing Islamophobia in American government as the biggest threats to religious freedom.