When I was a kid, our church decided it would be nice to have a social hall.

It was a pretty ambitious goal. We were a medium-sized congregation serving mostly blue-collar families in an economically depressed area. But the people sitting in the pews believed in the project and gave extra to support it. Kids like me even chipped in […] Read More

A Texas law that requires public school students to participate in a “moment of silence” was up for discussion yesterday in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The court will soon rule on whether the law is constitutional, but Americans United already weighed in earlier this year with a friend-of-the-court brief. We made it clear that this […] Read More