More Troublesome Church-State View on the Campaign Trail

Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck has continued the recent trend of candidates questioning the separation of church and state, going so far as to declare his opposition to the principle. AP reports: Buck's opponents have been circulating a clip of him from a 2009...

Experts Discuss Church and State on NPR

Today's Morning Edition featured a discussion of the reach of the First Amendment's guarantees of religious freedom. Specifically, how precisely does the Constitution prescribe the separation of church and state? Taking as a starting place Senate candidate...

Ohio Science Teacher Drops Legal Challenge

Claiming that the cost of pursuing the action had become prohibitive, controversial Ohio science teacher John Freshwater, dismissed after allegedly promoting Christianity in class, has dropped his lawsuit challenging the firing.  In June 2009, Freshwater filed a...