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Separation of Church and State

Statement of Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President of Interfaith Alliance (national)

On Pleasant Grove City v. Summum

Today's Supreme Court ruling is of great concern to me.  On the surface, it allows communities to favor one religious tradition over another.  My preference would be for there not to be religious monuments on public lands...

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Marriage Protection Amendments

Freedom and equality are prerequisites for religious liberty to flourish in our nation.  Houses of worship have the freedom to consecrate marriages on whatever theological grounds they choose.

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STOP the HATE

Every religion teaches the overriding rule and belief that we should treat one another with respect and dignity. As people of faith and goodwill, we have a calling to stand up for the rights of all members and send the message that prejudice and intolerance against any group is unacceptable.

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End to Government Subsidized Religion

The Interfaith Alliance calls upon President Bush to dismantle the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives, calling it an ill-conceived, unconstitutional experiment that creates government sponsored religion, and threatens the integrity of democracy and the sanctity of religion.

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Intelligent Design in Public Schools

Intelligent Design is a thinly-veiled effort for bringing a narrow, religious point of view into science classrooms of our public schools. Teaching ID in science classrooms violates the Constitutional principle of religious liberty.

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Religion and Public Schools

Today, students are in fact free to pray silently at any time, and are even free to pray publicly or together in groups in public

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