January 2011

A Tennessee mosque, a good American story (First Amendment Center)

By Martin Surridge | January 7, 2011

EXCERPT: By Charles C. Haynes, Director of the Religious Freedom Education Project December 31, 2010 — The No. 1 religion story of 2010 was the emotional, often ugly debate over plans for an Islamic center two blocks from ground zero […]

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In Defense of Separation

By Jason Hines | January 6, 2011

In the past few months there has been a renewed debate about the principles surrounding the first amendment, and especially about what scholars call the religion clauses – “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting

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