The intersection of church and state in American politics is a curious thing. Thomas Jefferson spoke of the “wall of separation” between the two entities in a letter to the Danbury Baptists, a ...

Despite what Christian nationalists want you to believe, the United States is not and never has been a Christian nation.

The First Amendment to the Constitution begins, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” A few years ago, I paid an after-school ...

It was in the 1970s when the Supreme Court first looked at whether religious employees could be forced to work on their Sabbath. Thomas Jefferson’s theory of a “wall of separation” between church and ...

The case of Colorado web designer Lorie Smith, as argued before the Supreme Court, is not about free exercise of religion but freedom of speech, and almost certainly it will be decided that way.

Many people know Thomas Jefferson's phrase about a "wall of separation between church and state." Fewer know how that phrase entered constitutional law. It's a curious story, which I discuss in a new ...

The Rev. Mel McGinnis’ latest opinion piece, “Were the Signers Really Just Deists?” argues that the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were majority Christian, not Deist. There are ...

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George Korda is a political analyst for WATE-TV, hosts “State Your Case” from noon to 2 p.m. Sundays on WOKI-FM Newstalk 98.7 and is president of Korda Communications. The First Amendment to the ...