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Separating church from state, fact from fiction
When Glen Urquhart told a candidates' forum last April that Adolf Hitler, not Thomas Jefferson, coined the phrase "separation of church and state," he probably didn't anticipate that his bizarre take on history would be disseminated to the world on YouTube-just in time for the fall campaign.
Remembering 9/11: The good, the bad and the ugly
It probably didn't generate headlines-or make "breaking news" on cable networks-but on Saturday, September 11, tens of thousands of Americans fanned out into their communities to run food drives, repair schools, refurbish neighborhoods and perform many other acts of service to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
Haynes: A defining moment for religious liberty in America
The angry and increasingly ugly debate over a proposed Islamic center in Lower Manhattan-misleadingly dubbed the "ground zero mosque" by the news media-raises troubling questions about the future of religious liberty in the United States.
Haynes: Special Olympics Project Unify – students standing up for justice
When kids begin the school day by reciting "with liberty and justice for all," does "all" really mean all - including people with intellectual disabilities?
Haynes: Is the tea party movement Islamophobic?
The current wave of anti-mosque protests around the country represents a new threat to the religious freedom of Muslims in America - a threat directed not at terrorists who act in the name of Islam, but at all Muslims, and at Islam itself.
Haynes: Inside the First Amendment
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Christian Legal Society v. Martinez on June 28, was it a victory for nondiscrimination, as one side claims – or an example of religious discrimination, as the other side argues? “Discrimination,” it seems, is in the eyes of the beholder.
Haynes: School censorship undermines what kids learn in civics
To find out how the First Amendment is supposed to work in public schools, don’t ask school officials—ask the kids. Strange as it may seem, many students actually believe what they’re taught in civics class about their constitutional rights.
Separation of church and state: fact or fiction?
Not so very long ago, “separation of church and state” was as American as motherhood and apple pie. Despite perennial debates over the degree of separation, public support for the principle itself has been strong for much of our history.
Haynes: Take ‘national’ out of National Day of Prayer
Last month U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb dared go where no judge has gone before and declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional.
Haynes: Balancing religious freedom and nondiscrimination on campus
On April 19, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez – setting the stage for what could be a landmark decision further defining the extent to which religious groups have a right to be exempt from government nondiscrimination policies.
Haynes: Alito is right – Schools are not religion-free zones
Just when I think religious liberty is alive and well in public schools, a school district does something bizarre to give the First Amendment a bad name.
Haynes: Patriotic or religious, ‘under God’ is here to stay
The long, bitter and emotional legal battle over “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance may have come to a quiet end on March 11.
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