Religious Freedom Versus Rule of Law; Battle Over Bears Ear

Watch more of our interview with Rabbi Andrew Busch of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation about Reform Judaism’s new prayer book for the High Holy Days.

Watch more of our interview with Rabbi Hara Person, executive editor of the new "Mishkan Hanefesh" Jewish prayer book for the High Holidays.

As the Jewish High Holy Days begin at sundown on Sunday, September 13, Jews in the Reform movement begin using the first revision in 40 years to their holiday prayer book, which now includes language more friendly to younger Jews, non-Jews, and those who identify as LGBT, as well as poetry, meditations, and artwork.

Twenty-five Indian tribes want the federal government to create a national monument called Bears Ears to protect nearly two million acres of land sacred to Native Americans in southeastern Utah. But, as Lucky Severson reports, local residents want at least some of the land kept available for development and recreational use.

The case of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, has raised questions about law, conscience and religious liberty. Can exercising religious freedom trump obeying the law? We talk with Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Roger Severino of the Heritage Foundation's DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society.