The kingdom of God is within, should we so choose, but not in the Capitol or the courthouse, writes columnist Rod Miller. The ...

A constitutional watchdog group may not defend Johnson Amendment in litigation filed by groups seeking to promote political ...

Defenders of the Johnson Amendment hope to block a proposed legal settlement that would allow churches to make partisan ...

The First Amendment to the Constitution begins, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” A few years ago, I paid an after-school ...

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s recent comments calling the separation of church and state “junk” have drawn both criticism and worry that the influence of conservative Christians — both in public office and on ...

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., was blasted on Twitter Monday for falsely claiming that "separation of church and state" is in the Bill of Rights in an attempted attack on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday decried the separation of church and state, while also praising prayer in schools — raising eyebrows and the ire of civil libertarians. The mayor, who has previously made ...

In 1947, the U. S. Supreme Court decided the case of Everson v. Board of Education and thereby officially enshrined into American constitutional law the principle of separation of church and state.

A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute of the Brookings Institution on the religious beliefs of Americans has highlighted once again our deep disagreements about the relationship of ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh whether public funds can be used to establish a religious charter school, testing the ...

Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state. That said, criticism appears to be on the rise, particularly among political and ...

The following is a part of a series of stories covering the priorities of lawmakers who represent Jasper County communities.