The First Amendment to the Constitution begins, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” A few years ago, I paid an after-school ...

The following is a part of a series of stories covering the priorities of lawmakers who represent Jasper County communities.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., was blasted on Twitter Monday for falsely claiming that "separation of church and state" is in the Bill of Rights in an attempted attack on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

With the first dawn of the new year it is natural to look ahead to 2026. Much will be made of “America 250.” Many of the ...

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday decried the separation of church and state, while also praising prayer in schools — raising eyebrows and the ire of civil libertarians. The mayor, who has previously made ...

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s recent comments calling the separation of church and state “junk” have drawn both criticism and worry that the influence of conservative Christians — both in public office and on ...

Congressman Lauren Boebert’s statements concerning separation of church and state might be stale news. But she did win the election, so let’s examine her assertions. The statements, made at the ...

A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute of the Brookings Institution on the religious beliefs of Americans has highlighted once again our deep disagreements about the relationship of ...

In 1947, the U. S. Supreme Court decided the case of Everson v. Board of Education and thereby officially enshrined into American constitutional law the principle of separation of church and state.

Former Bremerton High School football coach Joe Kennedy addresses reporters Monday in June 2017 outside the William K. Nakamura Courthouse in Seattle following arguments before a panel of judges from ...

Mainstream media coverage of the recent Turning Point USA’s annual conference was concerning for the American Jewish ...

In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, the son of a former Catholic nun and a Franciscan brother delivers a deeply irreverent and biblically correct takedown of far-right Christian ...