James Madison
Yes, Virginia, the Constitution does separate church and state
By Mark Silk — April 28, 2023
(RNS) — No matter what they're saying in Texas.
Religious freedom becomes political correctness
By Mark Silk — January 31, 2017
(RNS) Trump's followers don't know their own country's history. Worse, neither does the president.
COMMENTARY: Town prayers: What does the Supreme Court mean by ‘coercion’?
By John Ragosta — May 6, 2014
(RNS) The heart of future litigation will likely be whether the governmental prayer is sufficiently coercive or proselytizing, a point on which, in this case, the court split.
Obama’s Religious Freedom Day Proclamation
By Daniel Burke — January 16, 2013
(RNS) President Obama's official proclamation for Religious Freedom Day.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Something to celebrate on Religious Freedom Day
By John Ragosta — January 15, 2013
(RNS) Wednesday is Religious Freedom Day. Why celebrate? Because our government does not tell us how to pray, or to whom or for whom. Because our government does not use our tax dollars to propagate religion. By John Ragosta.
GUEST COMMENTARY: First Amendment protects everybody’s religious freedom
By Charles C. Haynes — July 23, 2012
(RNS) Attempts to favor one faith -- historically Protestant Christianity -- over others in the public square are doomed to fail in the new religious America of the 21st century. But that won't stop many in the majority from trying. By Charles C. Haynes.
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