Last year, voters in the state of Maine endorsed a law barring discrimination against gays. On February 10th of this year, in a single-issue referendum, they narrowly repealed that measure.
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Handbook on Religion and the Public Schools
This handbook was developed with the help of IU Law professor Alex Tanford while I was at the ICLU, and was subsequently distributed to all members by the Indiana School Superintendents Association. It is an attempt to explain the operation of the religion clauses in the public school context, and is intended to be an accurate reflection of the law, not as advocacy for or against any particular interpretation.
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Participation
The decline in political participation is obviously complex, but I think two factors are significant.
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Impeachment
A couple of nights ago, friends dropped by for a drink, and the conversation–inevitably–turned to impeachment. They feel it is appropriate. I don’t. When I reflected on our different positions (these are reasonable folks, not "wing-nuts"), I realized that we were beginning with different assumptions about the role of the president. I….
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An Anniversary
Can we stand one more discussion of Roe v. Wade on this twenty-fifth anniversary of that incredibly divisive opinion?
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