separation of church and state

Paul Elisha: Playing God

Paul Elisha — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:54:35 +0000

Herbert London: From Religious Fragmentation to National Unity

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:20:36 +0000

Writing in the New York Times (4/8/12) Ross Douthat argues “that religious common ground has all but disappeared.” The existence of a Judeo Christian center that helped bind the teeming nation together is in retreat, he claims. In a nation as divided as ours, religious polarization is inescapable as the race to the presidency has already suggested.

Paul Elisha: This Broken Reed

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:28:13 +0000

In 2001, after receiving a solicitation letter in the mail and then viewing a TV interview of Walter Cronkite, Honorary National Chairman of the Interfaith Alliance, this commentator became a member. The idea of religious and lay leaders of many faiths joining together to ensure utmost support for the constitutional certainty of both religious freedom and church/state separation was an irresistible inducement. When I later learned of the formation of an affiliated unit, in New York State, I became an avid supporter.