by Mark Whitten | Aug 18, 2010 | Opinion
The controversy over the construction of a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City is escalating. The issue is being portrayed by some as a “conservative versus liberal” controversy. In fact, there are very good reasons – from a conservative...
by Mark Whitten | Jan 5, 2009 | Opinion
Religious Right advocates of Christian America make two claims, which they most often confuse. First, they assert that the American people and their social and cultural institutions have been profoundly influenced by a Christian religious heritage ”that the American...
by Mark Whitten | Dec 29, 2008 | Opinion
“The government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” Advocates of church-state separation will happily agree with the statement above. It states what they clearly recognize to be the case, that the United States...
by Mark Whitten | Dec 15, 2008 | Opinion
A problem breeding confusion on the matter of “Christian America” is the failure to distinguish between two senses of Christian “nation.” It is important to know that the Holy Trinity decision was not a church-state case. Whether the United...
