Church and State

NY Times: The Price of Free Speech“The city has settled into a tenuous, if mutually disdainful, co-existence with the Phelpses. The children of Mr. Phelps work white-collar jobs: 11 of the 13 are lawyers, including the three daughters who appeared before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. (Mr.

(but not including Christmas carols)Ban on school Christmas carols upheld

”’AU claims to stand for the separation of church and state, yet by complaining to the IRS, AU is asking for government monitoring and surveillance of churches by the state,’ said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley to The Christian Post.

What’s at stake is federal funding.

On Sunday, a group of 100 preachers nationwide will step into the pulpit and say the only words they’re forbidden by law from speaking in a church. 

“[The Community Board Chair ] expressed her desire to see the $100 million project transformed into an interfaith center for reconciliation and peace” More

Evangelical Polygamy: The Conservative Honeymoon with Glenn Beck “How does a Mormon talk show host get hundreds of thousands of Americans, many of them evangelicals, to gather together for a ‘non-political’ revival?” Simple. He preaches the unifying message of morality and opportunity.”

Regulators in England have decided that limiting adoption to heterosexual couples is a violation of “a fundamental principle of human rights law.” More

Devotees “find God through cannabis.” Toronto Sun

British think tank Civitas warns that Christians in Britain are being unfairly targeted by laws intended to prevent religious hate crimes.“Is the Crown Prosecution Service so prudent in its understanding of ‘religious hatred’ that it should be free, with no penalty for error, to mobilize the power and resources of the state against ordinary citizens who make comments about&