by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 24, 2022 | News
Most U.S. adults affirm the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, according to a YouGov report published in mid-June. When asked, “Do you agree or disagree with the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits the government from promoting or establishing...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 22, 2022 | News
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6-3 decision on June 21 that the State of Maine cannot restrict its public education funds only to non-sectarian schools. The case of Carson v. Makin centered on a program to provide free public education to children in...
by Colin Harris | Jan 20, 2021 | Opinion
Georgia’s recent election of a prominent pastor to serve in the U.S. Senate has prompted some reflection on our time-honored and carefully maintained principle of the “separation of church and state.” The reported intention of Raphael Warnock to continue to serve as...
by Frederick Clarkson and Katy Joseph | Jan 15, 2021 | Opinion
The gulf between promise and practice of the highest aspirations of American democracy often remains wide. And those who would concentrate power in the hands of the few grow increasingly well organized. But it is up to us to carry forward the struggle for justice,...
by Rob Sellers | Jul 7, 2020 | Opinion
An amendment to the tax code was introduced by then Senator and Democratic Minority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954. This legislation prohibited nonprofit organizations from involvement in partisan politics at the risk of losing their tax-exempt status. When adopted...