Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
The Scranton School District recently entered into a lease agreement with the Scranton Diocese stipulating that school activity not violate Church teaching. Sarah Hofius Hall, writing for the Scranton-based The Times-Tribune, reports that on Monday — March 10, 2014 — members of the Scranton School District school board unanimously voted to approve a $3000/month lease agreement allowing the district […]
Religious individuals have special exemptions from law while non-religious individuals are compelled to comply with the Affordable Care Act healthcare mandate. President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) legislation has been quite unpopular with many traditional/conservative religious individuals and organizations throughout 2012 and 2013 because of the ACA’s contraceptive mandate stipulating that people paying for healthcare, […]
Legal action may soon be needed to remedy a church/state violation of a religious holiday display on Luzerne County Courthouse grounds. In 2009, with the help of the ACLU, I publicly challenged the constitutionality of a standalone religious display — owned by and erected by government officials — on Luzerne County Courthouse grounds. I called […]
In recent years of my activism for the separation of religion and government, I have considered how to approach potential church/state violations. Should I be ‘heavy-handed’ and immediately contact organizations like the FFRF and the ACLU, whom I have happily worked with in the past, encouraging them to send demand letters…or should I first be […]
Last month, I wrote about new legislation introduced in the state of Pennsylvania aiming to require public schools across the state to display “In God We Trust.” Since then, the legislation has advanced through the house education committee (see video). More recently, a rally in support of the legislation was held in the Pennsylvania State […]
