Why is the Bible (or, as the law says, the Holy Scriptures) used in courts to swear an oath? It seems to me that the Bible is a font of God’s Word, a collection of writings received as Holy and True and Sacred to the Christian community. In some faith communities, it is so hallowedContinue reading “Why Do We Allow the Government to Misuse our Bible?”
Category Archives: Church/State
“A (wrong) Church-State Solution”
Noah Feldman, in today’s New York Times Magazine, offers a misguided solution to the church-state tension in this country. Citing a divide between Values Evangelicals and Legal Secularists, he suggests that all government funding should be withdrawn from religious institutions (would this include government research grants or student loans for universities such as Notre Dame?)Continue reading ““A (wrong) Church-State Solution””
Church/State Separation
The Supreme Court this week gave a split ruling on the display of the Ten Commandments in court houses. It’s hard to argue against historical displays dating over 150 years old, such as that in the Supreme Court. But I wouldn’t call a monument erected in the 1950s historical (the Texas state courthouse Ten CommandmentsContinue reading “Church/State Separation”
Ten Commandments Countdown
Today the Supreme Court (whose chief justice is a Lutheran) will rule on the constitionality of displaying the Ten Commandments in courts. I have no idea how they’ll rule, but I’d love to see them rule against the public display of the commandments. The commandments are inherently a religious document given by God to aContinue reading “Ten Commandments Countdown”
The Lutheran Zephyr 