Editorial-Priorities0

• March/April 2003
• March 1, 2003

Where we will be when you read these words I cannot quite say. It was not lightly that we chose to banner "war and peace" on the cover of this issue. Of course that bannering relates to the personal moral dilemma faith and patriotism can create in times of state violence. Not since the paranoia

Conscientious Objections0

• March/April 2003
• March 1, 2003

Even in peacetime conscientious objectors to war are often labeled as unpatriotic. In times of war they are called cowards, traitors, or worse. But in good times and bad, in peace and even during war, we must protect the rights of people whose honest beliefs, for whatever reason, place them out of kilter with national

Church Progress0

• March/April 2003
• March 1, 2003

Breakdown of the Wall0

• March/April 2003
• March 1, 2003

Illustration by Jim Mellett While the Christian Coalition correctly argues that the phrase "wall of separation between Church and State" nowhere appears in the U.S. Constitution, our Constitution does contain these words: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Thomas Jefferson in 1802 explained our First

Amish v. State0

• March/April 2003
• March 1, 2003

Illustrations by Tim Foley For more than 300 years the Amish, also referred to in this country as the Old Order Amish or "Plain People," have practiced a way of life that revolves around their deeply held religious beliefs. Believing in a literal interpretation of the Bible, these intensely private individuals point to Romans 12:2,

A Closed Door0

• March/April 2003
• March 1, 2003