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church and state
Religious liberty during reopening
Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, addresses the church regarding the changing situations as states and communities face reopening.
City torn by multiple fights over public crosses
The American Humanist Association asks Lake Elsinore, Calif., officials to remove a memorial cross because its location on public land violated the separation of church and state.
Judge rejects city’s religious war memorial
According to the ruling, a granite monument depicting a soldier kneeling in prayer before a cross lacks “a secular purpose.”