​​​​​​​Religion writers and communications professionals – including yours truly – descended on Columbus, Ohio, last week for the annual conference of the Religion News Association (RNA). From beginning to end, many of the discussions centered around religious freedom and church-state separation.

Far from suppressing faith, separation of church and state, by decoupling the two institutions, gave all Americans the right to decide for themselves what, if anything, they would believe about God (or Gods), how they would worship, where they would worship and when they would worship.

Repeal of the Johnson Amendment would threaten the integrity and independence of all charitable nonprofits, whether they are secular or religious.

No one should make the mistake of believing that they don’t benefit from public education – even if they have no children or send their kids elsewhere. It’s like arguing that people who buy books from Amazon or don’t read books get no benefit from a public library.