Separation

See also:

• Society: Politics: Conservatism: Opposing Views: Anti-Religious Right  (7)

• About.com - Myths about Church/State Separation - Many common myths about the separation of church and state are explained and refuted. Includes misconceptions about court decisions, school prayer, and the US Constitution.
• ACLU - Religious Liberties - Updates on religious liberties issues from the American Civil Liberties Union.
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State - Founded in 1947, AU brings together Americans of many faiths and political viewpoints to defend church-state separation.
• America's Real Religion, by Gene Garman - Provides primary sources for quotations from Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Paine, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Abraham Lincoln regarding their personal religion and regarding religion's proper relationship to government.
• Anti-Defamation League: Religious Freedom - News headlines, position papers, and other resources on issues such as the separation of church and state, the Istook Amendment, and religious freedom in the workplace.
• Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty - Includes mission statement, issues, weblog and events calendar, as well as information about supporting bodies and links to resources about church-state separation.
• First Amendment, à la Carte: Freedom of Religion is Freedom From! - Lists several news events that raise the church-state issue, asks if government should be involved in religious affairs, and comments on the US Constitution.
• First Amendment Center: Religious Liberty - Features a number of original publications, a history of religious liberty and of religion in public life, and commentary on recent news items.
• Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. - National organization of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics) in Madison, Wisconsin, working to keep state and church separate and to educate the public about the views of nontheists.
• Jefferson 21st Century Institute - Dedicated to the separation of religion and government. Focuses primarily on constitutionally questionable actions by, or on behalf of, small religious movements.
• Liberty Magazine - Dedicated to the preservation of the separation of church and state with an emphasis on the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the US Constitution. Online version includes archived versions beginning with the May/June 1997 issue.
• Mainstream Loudoun - A Voice for Moderation - A group of citizens who wish to preserve religious and personal freedom, to maintain the separation of church and state, and to counter the imposition through public policy of one religious tradition over others.
• People For the American Way: Religious Freedom - Civil libertarian organization opposing the political activities of the religious right in the U.S. and advocating strict separation of church and state. Talking points and position papers on current legislation and events.
• Religion vs. Morality - The Ayn Rand Institute's views on separation, with quotes from the founding fathers of the US, and commentary on some related issues such as abortion and evolution.
• Religious Freedom Coalition of the Southeast (RFCSE) - A non-profit, public interest association created to preserve, protect and defend the right to worship as they wish, roll back Religious Right abuses, root out religious and political fraud and corruption, and champion causes which further religious freedom.
• Remove "In God We Trust" from American Currency - A petition for the U.S. treasury to take out "In God We Trust" on US money.
• Secular Web Kiosk and Bookstore : Church and State - Articles and book reviews supporting the separation of church and state.
• Secular Web, The - Separation of Church and State - Articles on Church / State separation from Secular Web Library.
• Separation of Church and State - The Constitutional Principle - Discusses the legal, historical and political/social evidence in support of church-state separation.
• Separation of Church and State Homepage (mirror) - Re-publication of a popular church/state site formerly housed at the University of Louisville.