Church and State
Attack on Independent Judiciary Likely to Intensify Following Davis’ Release
Even though the Court has granted accommodation requested by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, eliminating an independent judiciary is the real…
Church and State
Opinion: The Spiritual Dimension to the County Clerk’s Refusal to License Same-Sex Marriages
Davis has made a decision according to her conscience, has had the willingness to not only follow it through, but also to go to jail for it.…
Current Events
Government Official Jailed for the “Right” to Discriminate Against Citizens Based on Official’s Religion
Rowan County, Kentucky, is the flash point of a culture war that threatens to take us away from a Constitutional democracy and toward an Ame…
Current Events
Americans United Expresses Church-State Concerns on Eve of Papal Visit to U.S.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued an open letter to the mayors of Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, DC, among…
International
What Does the Nuclear Deal With Iran Mean?
This morning, Democrats in the U.S. Senate announced that they have the 34 votes necessary to uphold the President's expected veto if Congre…
Church and State
If Theocracy was Good for Ancient Israel, Why Isn’t It Good for America?
(The following is taken from an appendix to the book Patriarchs and Prophets). “The question has been raised, and is now much agitated…
Abortion / Contraception
Shawn Boonstra on Elective Abortions
Planned Parenthood | VOP Blog http://vopblog.com/2015/07/28/planned-parenthood/ Excerpt: The abortion debate really boils down to one…
Religious Institutions
The Theology of the Tax Exemption
By Jason Hines, PhD, JD - Has Christianity in America become so materialistic that we conflate our freedom to worship with our ability to sa…
Current Events
News Briefs and Commentary – July 16, 2015
The United States, along with China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom has inked a nuclear agreement with Iran. Responding to…
Church and State
Catholic Hospitals Appeal Federal Court Decision Saying They’re Not Catholic Enough
Longstanding, agency-approved exemption of religious hospitals from federal pension law had been overturned, threatening Dignity Health chai…
