The genius of the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is found in the balance each provides the other. Ideally, the Free Exercise Clause protects and maintains our ...

A bedrock of American exceptionalism has been the prohibition on using tax dollars to support religion. In America’s “melting pot,” public schools must be open to all without any religious preference ...

Two hundred fifty years ago, the American Revolution began with the “shot heard ‘round the world.” The Revolution set the stage for a new nation based not on ethnicity or geography or religion, but on ...

As a good Baptist girl in the 1980s and 1990s, I was raised on the principle of the separation of church and state. We were in the midst of what came to be known as “The Baptist Battles.” My dad was ...

Law and fairness mandated the Doña Ana County Commission’s refusal to celebrate “religious” speeches that insult some constituents. Separation of church and state was extremely important to the nation ...

The leader of a progressive church-state watchdog group has been appointed to the United States Commission on International ...

Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state. According to ...

There are now over 100,000 Opportunity Scholarship recipients. The Opportunity Scholarship provides vouchers for K-12 ...

In May 2025, the Supreme Court handed down a 4–4 split decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. That deadlock left intact a ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court that denied ...

A good indication on how church-state issues will play out in Donald Trump’s second presidential term can be found in his shameless hawking of an “Inauguration Day Bible,” part of a merch promotion ...

The word "God" is seen on the wall of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. Credit - Alex Wong—Getty Images Two hundred fifty years ago, the American Revolution began with the “shot heard ...