Tags: establishment clause
Colbert “The Word” on SCOTUS Establishment Case

The Editors.

Does the cross work as a universal symbol for our war dead including Jews, Muslims, and atheists? It works for “Ply-druids.”

Is Secularizing the Cross Unwise?

Bruce Ledewitz.

Beliefnet’s Steve Waldman warns Christians against keeping a cross on government property regarding the Supreme Court case of Buono v. Salazar. Does acknowledging secular meaning necessarily trivialize religious content?

Prison Religion: Rehabilitation or Forced Conversion?

Winnifred Fallers Sullivan.

Prison and evangelical religion have been linked throughout US history; but when a faith-based rehabilitation program compels prisoners to memorize Bible verses, boundaries get blurred.

The Free Speech Case That Dared Not Speak the Name of the Establishment Clause

Bruce Ledewitz.

Why was a Utah city allowed to prevent a minority religion from erecting a monument next to a monument of the Ten Commandments? The Supreme Court’s Summum decision, litigated in the shadow of the Establishment Clause, raises more questions than answers.