A feature article in this weekend's NYTimes Magazine asks "How Christian Were the Founders?" Examining the efforts of the Texas Board of Education to revamp the Social Studies curriculum in a way that elevates the role Christianity has played in...
Later this month, the Forsyth County (NC) Board of Commissioners will vote on whether to appeal a federal district court's ruling that the distinctly Christian prayers opening their meetings violate the First Amendment. And while it seems to me likely destined to...
An editorial in today's Hartford Courant applauds the removal of area public school graduations from church buildings. Many board members are unhappy about these decisions. First Cathedral, they argue, has plenty of space inside and plenty of parking to...
By a 51-8 margin yesterday, the Oregon State House voted to repeal a decades-old ban prohibiting teachers from wearing religious attire in the classroom. HB 3686 now heads to the Senate for consideration. If passed there and signed by the governor — which is...
How often do we hear complaints that schools have become religion-free zones, or that students are not allowed to pray? Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. But there are right ways and wrong ways to conduct religious activity on campus, rules that try...
