Justice John Paul Stevens took the position that no American should be forced to pay taxes to support the religion of another. He also understood why government attempts to 'help' religion end up weakening faith groups.

As this issue of Church & State was going to press, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that a large cross owned by local governments and displayed on public land in Bla­dens­burg, Md., may remain.

In the wake of the Obergefell ruling: Religious Right groups dramatically ramped up their arguments that 'religious freedom' gives them the right to discriminate against LGBTQ people (and others) and to deny them access to services and health care.