"My country is the world and my religion is to do good." Thomas Paine
You don’t understand Religious Freedom if you think: -The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is more important than other freedoms in that amendment–freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition Question:…
I just came across this quote from Lincoln who spoke these words in Baltimore one year before the end of the Civil War and his assassination (April 1864). Timely indeed.…
Americans United issued this statement about churches being exempted from closing during the pandemic. Makes sense to me. Very balanced and reasonable. As I told someone: public health “trumps” religious…
This Opinion piece was published in our local paper today: On True Religious Freedom At times I can’t resist responding to people like the woman who wrote with anger and…
It’s not easy to read the latest issue of “Church and State” (published by Americans United). We’ve all heard about the God-excuses for not decorating a cake or arranging flowers…
A few weeks ago I posted “Freethought, Faith and the Future”–a call for the bridging of divided communities through honest conversation, deeper understanding and formation of sincere relationships leading to…
