Charles Haynes columns

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Schools must give kids tools for informed debate on Iraq
By Charles Haynes Where else will students get the history, civic knowledge, civic virtues needed to seriously engage questions of war and peace?  03.02.03

Schools may pay the price if they ignore new guidelines on religion
By Charles Haynes Education Department guidelines say schools will lose federal funding if they unconstitutionally promote religion or unconstitutionally deny students' religious-liberty rights.  02.16.03

Students trying to form clubs have free speech, law on their side
By Charles Haynes School administrators in Colorado, Texas prove attacks on First Amendment can come from both ends of the ideological spectrum.  02.02.03

School's handling of memorial tiles adds sadness to Columbine tragedy
By Charles Haynes Legal fight ends as Supreme Court refuses to consider parents' appeal, chance to bring healing to wounded community also is lost.  01.19.03

Old church-state debates likely to continue in new year
By Charles Haynes Here are nominees for most significant, most underrated and most overblown religious-liberty stories of 2002 — plus an 'under the radar' story that bears watching.  01.05.03

First Amendment stands between Americans and religious chaos
By Charles Haynes What word of hope can be spoken in a world where even the birthplace of the 'Prince of Peace' has become a war zone?  12.22.02

Free speech is messy, but restricting it is messier
By Charles Haynes Just ask Cincinnati, where efforts to control holiday displays have turned into a legal quagmire.  12.08.02

Giving thanks for the first freedom
By Charles Haynes Without freedom of conscience and freedom of the mind, no free speech, press, assembly or petition is possible.  11.24.02

Posting religious codes is but first step for 'Ten Commandments movement'
By Charles Haynes Long-term aim of Alabama's chief justice, some TV evangelists is to restore the Christian America they believe has been lost.  11.10.02

'Teaching the controversy' over evolution could be disastrous
By Charles Haynes Without adequate teacher preparation, reasonable-sounding approach would actually be confusing, dangerous.  10.27.02

In climate of fear, people are being punished for speaking out
By Charles Haynes At the very moment in our history when we most need the 'marketplace of ideas' created by the First Amendment, far too many Americans seem eager to shut down the debate.  10.13.02

Houses of worship joining partisan political fray not a good idea
By Charles Haynes House bill to allow churches, synagogues, mosques to endorse candidates, contribute money to campaigns would entangle government with religion.  09.29.02

Despite some malice, most Americans respect Islam, religious diversity
By Charles Haynes U.S. history shows religious intolerance has lost ground over time; Americans followed President Bush's example in not condemning all Muslims for terror attacks.  09.15.02

Let's make Sept. 11 an annual Day of Freedom in our schools
By Charles Haynes It's time for America's schools to move from 'teaching in a time of terror' to 'teaching for a new birth of freedom.'  09.01.02

Watch out: War on terrorism should not mean war on Islam
By Charles Haynes War of words carried out by Franklin Graham, Bill O'Reilly and others risks further alienating Americans from world's 1.2 billion Muslims.  08.18.02

Feel-good interfaith events may paper over deep differences
By Charles Haynes But members of different religious traditions shouldn't resort to demonizing others, either, as we remember Sept. 11.  08.04.02

Religious-diversity lessons in schools can go too far
By Charles Haynes Having students act out religious rituals and practices puts public schools in the position of sponsoring religion.  07.21.02

Vouchers pass constitutional test, but are they good for America?
By Charles Haynes We need to decide what kind of educational system will enable our religiously diverse nation to live with our deepest differences.  07.07.02

Why Jehovah's Witnesses' victory is a win for all of us
By Charles Haynes However, Supreme Court frames proselytizing group's right to go door-to-door as free-speech issue, neglecting to mention free exercise of religion.  06.23.02

Teaching about religion in public schools takes preparation — but we can do it
By Charles Haynes Educators must avoid 'quick fixes' if they want to effectively answer students' questions that have arisen since Sept. 11.  06.09.02

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