The Legislature is officially considering the most restrictive kind of abortion ban. The “Life at Conception Act of 2023,” or HB 2885, was introduced to the House this past week, […]
Tag: separation of church and state
Abortion bans undermine church-state separation
by Rachel Laser Abortion bans impose on everyone the narrow religious doctrine of a few. These bans violate the separation of church and state. Reproductive freedom and religious freedom are […]
Constitution not based on the Bible
Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri gave a speech last Monday explaining what he views as the biblical foundations of American government. “Without the Bible, there is no modernity,” Hawley told […]
We’re not as pious as we used to be
by Robin Abcarian Call it the Alito Fallacy. Earlier this month, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was in Rome, where he delivered a keynote speech at Notre Dame […]
Supremes keep delivering the hits
by Gene Lyons Just days after declaring pregnancy a sacrament, the Supreme Court announced a bold ruling in favor of performative Christianity. Never mind this tiresome business about no establishment […]
SCOTUS on a roll
The U.S. Supreme Court is on a roll — crushing rights and smashing precedents as it goes. We understood this wave of potentially bad decisions was coming — the nation’s […]
The Supreme Court decimates separation of church and state
Remember when conservatives decried the pre-Trump Supreme Court as an “activist court” because it dared to — gasp! — uphold human rights? Those same conservatives are oddly quiet now that […]
Onward Christian nationalists …
by Tony Norman In my heart of hearts, I don’t believe newly minted Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano has a snowball’s chance in a burning hell of being elected […]
The inextricable link between abortion and religion
by John M. Crisp There’s something admirable in the consistency of abortion’s most ardent opponents. If a fertilized egg is a full-fledged human life, its destruction is indeed no different […]
Feb. 27 letters to the editor
Special request from a Va. third grader Dear people of the great state of West Virginia, Hello! I am a third grade student in northern Virginia. Our class is learning […]
