On AlterNet: church and state
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "church and state"
Andy Birkey, RH Reality Check. October 5, 2009.
The Christian punk rock band organizes motivational student assemblies to bring conservative Christian dogma to public schools. Separation of church and state, anyone?
Nathan Schneider, The Immanent Frame. September 8, 2009.
A religion scholar discusses the failure of the courts to grapple with lived religion, the prison crisis and why we are all religious now.
Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine. August 11, 2009.
David Barton likens himself to a biblical prophet. He wants to destroy the separation of church and state. Why is he designing school curricula?
Michelle Goldberg, The Guardian. March 18, 2009.
Mobilized by the theocratic bombast of Bush-era Republicans, America's growing number of atheists are pushing for greater recognition.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. January 30, 2009.
The author of our recent piece calling out Obama for all the references to God at the inauguration responds to AlterNet readers.
Richard Kim, The Nation. December 26, 2008.
Obama and Warren both oppose gay marriage, yet say they support full equal rights for gays and lesbians -- let's push for a federal civil unions bill.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. November 20, 2008.
The court will also determine whether the 18,000 marriages between same-sex couples will be rendered null by Prop 8.
tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. October 28, 2008.
The separation of church and state means nothing to these people.
Sandhya Bathija, Church and State. September 17, 2008.
Religious Right groups see California's marriage referendum this November as Ground Zero.
Rob Boston, Church and State. July 26, 2008.
New lawsuit argues that South Carolina's 'I Believe' license plate favors Christianity over other faiths.
Nathaniel Hoffman, Boise Weekly. March 19, 2008.
Is legislative prayer really necessary?
Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine. February 18, 2008.
Presidential candidates are professing their faith as the "Jesus Factor" continues to reverberate in politics.
Church and StateOctober 13, 2007.
Religious right leader Richard Land is working to turn America's 16 million Southern Baptists into a disciplined political machine.
Rob Boston, Church and State. October 4, 2007.
As the school year gets under way, public schools around the nation are under siege from Religious Right pressure groups determined to turn them into instruments of evangelism.
Jeremy Leaming, Church and State. September 7, 2007.
Ousted Alabama judge Roy Moore is waging war on church-state separation -- and you won't believe the far-out folks who are helping him.
Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine. September 1, 2007.
Presidential candidates are getting barraged by the media on questions about their prayers, their sins, and their beliefs on religious doctrine -- and some of them seem to enjoy it.
Rob Boston, Church and State. February 3, 2007.
Everson v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decision that kicked off the culture wars, marks its 60th anniversary.
Jeff Sharlet, The Revealer. January 4, 2007.
The "Christian Embassy" quietly proselytizes inside the Pentagon, but its mission surpasses this simple ministry.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. January 4, 2007.
The radical Christian Right is coming dangerously close to its goal of taking over the country’s military and law enforcement.
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. December 12, 2006.
Evangelical Pentagon video to be investigated?
