Church-State Issues

God, Gays, Ganja and Mexican Politics

25 May 2012

By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur In the United States, evangelical leaders have been at the forefront of pushing prayer in public schools. But in Mexico, they are in the vanguard in opposing it. While the so-called narco war and economic distress are generally regarded as the top two issues in this year’s electoral races, fundamental [...]

Town Meeting Day Two: Church window grant approved

25 May 2012

The second half of Annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 21 saw voters accept one controversial article while rejecting another. Citizens at Town Meeting voted to approve $65,000 in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to pay for window restoration at the First Parish Meeting House, despite town-wide debates over whether the matter violates the separation of church and state. Town Meeting voted ...

3 Science Questions to Ask U.S. Presidential Candidates

23 May 2012

As you may already be aware from my previous posts, The Guardian U.S. and NYU s Studio 20 journalism lab have teamed up to push a project called The Citizens’ Agenda into the media discourse surrounding the U.S. presidential 2012 election. The idea: find out what you–the citizens–want the candidates to be discussing over the next four months usually meaning questions of substance about policy ...