Cannon Fodder
Currently a cultural war is waging in the American Public Square over the proper relationship between church and state. The contenders, with a sense of urgency, insist the nation’s destiny is at stake… (read)
Government, Religion, and a Mythical Past
American philosopher and poet George Santayana (1863-1952) wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Unfortunately, from the highest offices (both elected and appointed) to the lowliest voter, the reaction of Americans to the Ninth Circuit Court’s decision in the Pledge of Allegiance case… (read)
Roger Williams and the Church-State Separation Question
What role should religion have in the public square? Is the wall of separation between church and state a misused metaphor that should be discarded… (read)
Trouble in New Canaan—The Church-State Debate Begins
The long, stormy voyage across the Atlantic came to an end on February 5, 1631 when Roger Williams, in search of freedom, landed in the New World. He and fellow Puritans fled England to find sanctuary from religious intolerance and persecution… (read)
Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments
We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence… (read)
Quotes from Founders
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects? (read)