Commentary
Inside the First Amendment
By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar
Let’s ring in the New Year with some good news about our country: Despite bitter culture wars, outbreaks of nativism, and pockets of intolerance, the United States begins 2009 as the boldest and most successful experiment in living with religious differences the world has ever known.
This is no small achievement in a world torn by religious hatred and sectarian violence.…
