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July 2014

July 07, 2014

How does that HHS mandate ruling affect American religion?

THE RELIGION GUY EXPLAINS: So far, no-one has yet posted a question on the June...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

Gasp! NYTimes covers the heart of Kennedy’s argument!

Let's hear it for The New York Times, a newspaper that can always be trusted...

April 2014

April 10, 2014

Dear Sun editors: Do you favor a state-endorsed faith or not?

Anyone who has been paying attention to American public life in recent decades knows that...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Hobby Lobby, the Little Sisters of the Poor and the NYTimes

As a rule, conflicts between church and state are extremely complex and often produce headaches,...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Taking a legal walk in a church’s non-religious woods

For decades, I have been covering stories involving clashes between religious organizations and state and...

January 2013

January 09, 2013

Foggy beliefs lead to church-state crisis in hospital

One of my graduate-school professors had a saying that summed up one of the central...

January 02, 2013

Got news? That other 2012 Supreme Court case

Does anyone out there in GetReligion reader land remember that narrow U.S. Supreme Court decision...

December 2012

December 03, 2012

Pod people: Can the MSM find centrists in gay-rights wars?

As a journalist, there are few things that I find more interesting than listening to...

November 2012

November 16, 2012

Preachers and politics: Be careful out there folks …

Today's digest from the Religion News Service (sign up for this very helpful service, if...