Tag: Church and State

Muslim Ban Stress Tests The Separation Between Church State (VIDEO-TWEETS)

Separation Between Church & State The phrase "wall of separation between Church & State" was originally penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. The metaphor of...

See You at the Pole: Advocating Prayer in School

Robert Basevitz is the plaintiff in a suit against Fremont, Colorado Re-2 School District and Florence High School. Basevitz claims that the school and...
racism

Racism Returns To The Christian Right

The Religious Right Has Tried for Years To Lose Its Reputation for Racism. With the emergence of the Tea Party and its overtly racist attitudes,...
Rick Santorum on the stump in Iowa in 2011 (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Rick Santorum: Separation Of Church And State Is A Communist Plot

As I've mentioned several times, the religious right's claims that it just wants a place at the table for socially conservative Americans gets exposed...
The Mississippi State Capitol (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Mississippi Wingnuts Want To Declare Christianity The Official State Religion

A neo-Confederate group in Mississippi is gathering signatures for a proposed constitutional amendment that would declare Christianity to be the official religion of the...
Tony Perkins speaking at the 2011 Values Voter Summit (courtesy Gage Skidmore's Flickr)

Tony Perkins: Americans Wouldn’t Be Fighting For ISIS If Government Favored...

Every once in awhile, a major religious right leader is actually honest about what he and his compatriots want to this country--shred the First...

Are We Creating Holy Warriors In Our Military?

The separation of church and state is a founding principle of American democracy. Has this separation disappeared in the American military? This doctrine was...

Thoughts On A Liberal God…

A Liberal God? Depending on who you ask, liberals are supposed to be atheists, and conservatives are more comfortable with the idea of God....

Southern Racist Etiquette Backfiring On GOP

The aftermath of the recent government shutdown resulting in record low approval ratings for the Republican Party, seems to have given the big money...

Kentucky Sneaks Around To Make Creationism Public School Curriculum

The Louisville Area Christian Educator Support (LACES) organization in Kentucky hosted a curious event in an auditorium on May 9th. The purpose of the...