Rob Boston
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CHURCH & STATE | Our Constitution Lacks a School Prayer Amendment—For That, You Can Thank These Champions
In yet another sop to his white evangelical Christian base, President Donald Trump announced in January that his administration was issuing guidelines on religious... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Five Strangest Things the Religious Right Believes about President Trump
For many years I worried that a biblical inerrancy-believing Christian zealot would secure the Republican Party nomination for president, go on to win the... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | There’s No Broad Right to Use Your Religious Beliefs to Discriminate against People—Yet
A few years ago, I was invited to speak at a symposium on religious freedom at a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church in Takoma... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Vouchers Pose a Threat to Public Schools and to the Public Good
Public schools serve 90 percent of America’s children. Yet lately, it seems, the system is treated as an afterthought by politicians at the national... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | If You Want Social Justice, Work For Church-State Separation
Take a minute and conjure up in your mind an image of a brick wall. Imagine that on top of that wall rest the... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Denied the Right to Care
Aimee Maddonna is a Catholic woman in Simpsonville, South Carolina, who wants to volunteer to help children in foster care. Maddonna would seem to... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | “Biblical Literacy” Is the Last Thing the Religious Right Wants to See in Public Schools
Certain ideas sound half decent at first glance, but when you take a closer look, turn out not to be so great. Consider “Bible... Read More