A new Supreme Court case could throw out a decades-old protection against government-sponsored religious speech.
Religion
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Pat Robertson: “Wave the White Flag”
The evangelical icon warned earlier this week that Republicans “cannot shut the government down and then bring about a default” because “it would be devastating to every human being and the Republicans just can’t be tarred with that.”
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Values Voter 2013: War, War, Everywhere, and Not a Stop to Think
Ted Cruz hit a home run at this weekend’s Values Voter Summit by playing to the religious right’s love of martyrdom.
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Blurred Lines at the Border
Catholic charities contract with the feds to provide services for undocumented immigrants, but are crucial reproductive services being denied in the name of religious liberty?
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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Pray
Public prayer before a football game is clearly unconstitutional. So why do schools keep doing it?
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A New Plot to Change the Pledge
Those seeking to take “under God” out of the oath have failed many times. But now they have a new game plan.
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Back to the Future in Egypt
Or, how democracy promoters learned to stop worrying and love authoritarianism
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The End of the Evangelical Era
GOP presidential hopefuls are still kissing the rings of Christian conservative leaders in Iowa. But it’s an increasingly empty ritual.
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God Was My Freshman Roommate
Troy University is opening up a faith-based dorm this fall. Church-state separationists are not impressed.
