Sightings / By Martin E. Marty Days ago, the Supreme Court’s currently-standard 5-4 majority ruled that “the Mojave Cross,” a contested war memorial in the desert of California, may stand. The case itself is too complicated – it involved lower...
Tallahassee Democrat / Op-ed by J. Brent Walker April 22, 2010 Click here to read the article on the Tallahassee Democrat’s website. As someone who was reared, educated, practiced law and lived the first 35 years of my life in Florida before following my calling...
Associated Baptist Press WASHINGTON (ABP) — With the Supreme Court’s oldest and longest-serving member announcing April 9 his retirement, advocates for strong church-state separation urged that Justice John Paul Stevens’ replacement be as devoted to preventing...
Religion News Service As Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens prepares for retirement, religious advocates are cheering his support of church-state separation and readying for the battle over his successor. Stevens, the court’s oldest justice at age 89, sent...
President’s Advisory Council presents proposal to improve the rules regarding faith-based organizations’ partnerships with the government March 9, 2010 WASHINGTON – A council of religious and secular leaders charged with improving the operations of...
