Pennsylvania Senate resolution recognizes period of Jewish High Holy Days

I published a new article for Examiner.com titled “Pennsylvania Senate resolution recognizes period of Jewish High Holy Days.” Read the first paragraph of the article below and click the above link for full details. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania has recently introduced and adopted Senate Resolution No. 339 “[r]ecognizing the holiday beginning with Rosh Hashanah […]

Christian prayers continue in PA House of Representatives sessions

I published a new article for Examiner.com titled “Christian prayers continue in PA House of Representatives sessions.” Read the introductory paragraph below and click on the above embedded link to read the article in full. At least two recent Pennsylvania House of Representatives sessions have opened with sectarian Christian prayers — those exclusive to Christianity […]

Rep. Cohen seeks to declare 2012 as “The Year of Religious Diversity” in PA

I published a new Examiner.com article titled “Rep. Cohen seeks to declare 2012 as “The Year of Religious Diversity in PA.” Below is the first paragraph of the article. For the entire article, click the above link. Following Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives declaring 2012 as “The Year of the Bible,” Rep. Mark B. Cohen — […]

I discuss the ‘Scranton Firefighter Prayer Memorial’ on ReapSowRadio

(Image from ReapSowRadio’s website) My previous blog post discussed what seems to be an Establishment Clause violation in Scranton, PA. To quickly recap, the city of Scranton spent $50,000 to erect a memorial on city hall property which includes something titled “A Firefighter’s Prayer,” the unveiling ceremony included an evangelical priest who had given a benediction, […]