SECULAR HUMANISM
Most Congressional bills or amendments that pass one House but are not voted on in the other House die quietly without further controversy. An exception to this rule…
Category: Religious Liberty
Religion in Politics
In 1960 the winning presidential candidate, John F. Kennedy, went to great pains to put distance between himself and his church and to reassure every questioner that his…
Churches and Capitalism
The National Council of Churches took some gratuitous swipes at capitalism recently when it sponsored a gathering called “An Ecumenical Consultation on Domestic Hunger.” The delegates announced their…
Christmas Message
The Angel Gabriel said to the virgin engaged to Joseph the carpenter: “Hail, Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women. You…
Justice Douglas
Justice William Douglas was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court at the age of 41 because President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to replace what were called the “nine old…
Theories of Creation
Many newspaper articles and television segments in the past few weeks have marked the fiftieth anniversary of the famous Scopes trial in Tennessee — that dramatic courtroom confrontation…
India’s Ingratitude
Of all the faults that poison human relationships, surely ingratitude is one of the most detestable. Shakespeare called it a “marble-hearted fiend” and pronounced it worse than “lying,…
How E.R.A. Will Affect Churches And Private Schools — March 1975
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
To paraphrase the famous ballad about the old gray mare, the old gray American Bar Association ain’t what she used to be. For about 100 years, the American…