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Reflections on "Separating Church and State"

  • Hobgoblin Stoney Barn 920 Highway 19 Boulevard Red Wing, MN, 55066 United States (map)

The Supreme Court has recently ruled to permit athletic coaches to offer a prayer of thanks after winning a game. Does this violate the "separation of church and state" that was so dear to many of America's Founding Generation? It turns out that both the US Constitution (Amendment #1) and the Bible speak to both sides of this issue.

My talk aims to disentangle the threads and gives you a chance to vote on hypothetical cases to find out where you stand and why.