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Asking candidates about their religious beliefs: fair game

August 29, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Media, Politics Leave a comment

Some candidates—like Michelle Bachmann—boast that God told them to run for office. Others—like Rick Perry—unashamedly use religious doctrines as political talking points. But when

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Tax-sponsored vouchers for religious schools? No, says court.

August 19, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts, Education 4 comments

More good news on separation of church and state: A Colorado district court ruled, on August 12, 2011, that “a voucher plan adopted by

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Good news on separation of church and state

August 3, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Courts One comment

A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the board of commissioners in Forsyth County, North Carolina, can no longer begin its meetings with

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Banned or burned, the Koran’s in good company

September 13, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik History 2 comments

By the time you read this, an extremist Christian minister in Florida may or may not have burned copies of the Koran. He is

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