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CHURCH & STATE | The Church-State Wall Is Battered after Four Years of Trump. Let the Repair Work Begin.

by Rob Boston • 19 January 2021

Despite Donald Trump’s attempts to orchestrate a coup, Joe Biden is the new president of the United States. It’s disturbing, however, that Trump was able to generate so much chaos on his way out the... Read More

CHURCH & STATE | Of Socks and Separation: Engagement Is Key to Rebuilding the Wall

by Rob Boston • 27 October 2020

There’s a lot I don’t know as I write this column in early October: Who will be elected president? Will the results be challenged in the courts? Will Amy Coney Barrett be seated on the... Read More

CHURCH & STATE | The Supreme Court Says You Can Be Forced to Support Religion

by Rob Boston • 1 September 2020

The United States enjoys separation of religion and government in large part because, during the colonial period, people simply got fed up over church taxes. Forced support for religion was common in many of the... Read More

CHURCH & STATE | The Coronavirus Pandemic: Some Lessons I’ve Learned

by Rob Boston • 23 June 2020

The chances are good that by the time you read this, your state will be undergoing at least a partial reopening in light of the coronavirus pandemic. We’re not out of the woods yet, of... Read More

CHURCH & STATE | In the Face of a Deadly Global Pandemic, the Government Can Ban Large Gather-ings—Even Religious Ones

by Rob Boston • 28 April 2020

As the coronavirus has wreaked havoc on American lives, culture, and commerce by keeping people indoors, members of Solid Rock Church near Cincinnati decided they weren’t about to stay home. In early April, residents of... Read More

CHURCH & STATE | Our Constitution Lacks a School Prayer Amendment—For That, You Can Thank These Champions

by Rob Boston • 25 February 2020

In yet another sop to his white evangelical Christian base, President Donald Trump announced in January that his administration was issuing guidelines on religious activity in public schools. Trump made a big deal about the... Read More

CHURCH & STATE | The Five Strangest Things the Religious Right Believes about President Trump

by Rob Boston • 27 December 2019

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 general election, and begin eroding the wall of separation between church... Read More

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