Seperation of Church and State

The Court's Cross to Bear

Jay Wexler | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Jay Wexler

The government should surely honor our fallen war heroes, but erecting a massive, stand-alone symbol of Christian faith is not the way to do it.

Democracy, Religion and Proposition 8

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics


Geoffrey R. Stone

From a strictly legal perspective, it is next to impossible for courts to enforce the separation of church and state in the context of laws like Proposition 8.

Four Lessons Gay Marriage Activists Must Learn From Obama

Lee Stranahan | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


Lee Stranahan

I am in total agreement with those who want gay marriage to be legal -- they are right. But being right isn't enough.

Roger Williams, the First Amendment and the Presidential Campaign

Lincoln Chafee | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Lincoln Chafee

It's hypocritical for the religious right to be hyperventilating over state-sponsored religion by Islamic extremists while gradually allowing the state to encroach on our "full liberty in religious concernments."