Commentary
Inside the First Amendment
By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar
During Sunday morning worship on Sept. 28, the Rev. Dan Fisher told his congregation at Trinity Baptist Church how to vote on Nov. 4 — an act of civil disobedience that he knew would endanger the church’s tax-exempt status.
The next day, right on cue, Americans United for Separation of Church and State called on the Internal Revenue Service to investigate…
