Charles Haynes columns
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Employers' religious tolerance falls short
By Charles Haynes Millions of American workers take their religion very seriously. Unfortunately, many of their employers don't.
04.30.00
Add America to the stories of Easter, Exodus
By Charles Haynes At the start of a week holy to both Christians and Jews, I sat down at a table with representatives from both groups to talk about the state of moral and spiritual education in our nation's public and private schools.
04.23.00
Another Columbine school finds answers in character
By Charles Haynes One year after the tragic killing of 12 students and a teacher, pundits and experts struggle once again to explain the unexplainable.
04.16.00
Florida developing constitutional Bible courses
By Charles Haynes Good news from the front lines of the Bible wars in public schools. Florida's Commissioner of Education just released new guidelines that will transform how the state's schools develop and teach Bible electives.
04.09.00
Circuit Court allows prayers at graduation if students lead
By Charles Haynes To pray or not to pray? That's the question facing school officials as they take up the seasonal debate over prayer at graduation ceremonies.
03.26.00
Religion in politics needs bounds
By Charles Haynes James Madison, whose birthday we mark this week, would hardly be surprised by the ugly injection of religion into the current presidential campaign. After all, the First Amendment that he helped draft separates church from state, but not religion from politics or public life.
03.19.00
Students have a right to religious expression in public schools
By Charles Haynes Students in public schools aren't shy about saying what they think. And some of what they think is religious.
03.12.00
1990 case left religion vulnerable to government intervention
By Charles Haynes When the Supreme Court severely weakened protections for the free exercise of religion in 1990, the public barely noticed. But now land-use disputes in many towns have alerted Americans to just how vulnerable to government intervention and control our religious rights are.
03.05.00
Revisiting some issues of interest
By Charles Haynes Letters in my mailbag frequently begin with the phrase "whatever happened to …." It's big news when conflicts erupt and lawsuits are filed. But where do the stories go from there?
02.27.00
'Hang Ten' movement ill-advised
By Charles Haynes From state legislators to presidential candidates, America's politicians are eagerly jumping onto the Ten Commandments bandwagon this month. Putting the commandments on the wall of every public-school classroom seems to be a politically popular move in the post-Columbine era.
02.20.00
School Bible courses require planning
By Charles Haynes It's easier to agree on the importance of studying about religion in the public schools than to do such studies right.
02.13.00
Charitable choice needs devil's advocate
By Charles Haynes Remember the debate several years ago about "charitable choice"? That's the provision in the 1996 welfare reform act that allows religious institutions to receive government money to deliver services to the poor.
02.06.00
E-mailed 'Prayer' full of mistakes about laws
By Charles Haynes A simple click of the mouse is all it takes these days to spread false and misleading information to countless people everywhere. Welcome to the Internet revolution.
01.30.00
FCC should let broadcasters be
By Charles Haynes When is religious speech "educational" and when is it not? Should a federal agency have the authority to make such a distinction?
01.23.00
School officials ease up on uniform enforcement
By Charles Haynes It was a great day for religious freedom this week when Aaron Ganues returned to school — without a uniform.
01.16.00
School policy controls religious leader's visit
By Charles Haynes Public schools are getting the message that students have the right to engage in religious activity and discussion on campus, as long as they aren't disruptive or coercive.
01.09.00
21st-century America must build ties, not rifts
By Charles Haynes By any measure, the 20th century was the "American century." From the victories over fascism and Soviet communism to the unleashing of the atom and the mission to the moon, the United States dominated the world stage for much of the last 100 years.
01.02.00
Rhode Island was first to grant religious freedom
By Charles Haynes With the new millennium fast approaching, top-10 lists of the "greatest people" and "most important events" are springing up everywhere.
12.26.99
Guidance on religion in schools
By Charles Haynes On Dec. 18, President Clinton took an historic step that dramatically advances the cause of religious liberty in public education.
12.19.99
How plastic reindeer tarnish sacred symbols
By Charles Haynes When do the créche and menorah — sacred to millions of people — become mere secular symbols? When the government erects holiday displays every December.
12.12.99
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