The town council of Newton, New Jersey, recently agreed to end a sixty-year tradition of opening its meetings with the Lord’s Prayer after a resident pointed out the obvious violation of church-state separation. When I... Read More

I spent two days in mid-September attending the “Values Voter Summit,” an annual event sponsored by the Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, and other religious right groups. I go every year, and I’m... Read More

Another holiday season is soon to pass, and this year, Santa Claus will be very, very good to the religious right--even though the leaders of that movement have been more than a bit naughty. In... Read More