religion

 

Religion and politics, the bane of cocktail party chatter, offer some insight into those imprecise terms “liberal” and “conservative” in news from the great state of Utah.

 
 

An adage warns us to avoid discussions about religion and politics. But these days, that gets harder and harder to do.

 
 

A simple metal cross placed on a remote patch of the Mohave Desert and a triangular-shaped safety devise placed on the back of a buggy might seem like unlikely partners in court.

But they reflect the growing battle surrounding the constitutional directive for separation of church and state, and both relate to cases that have made it to the bench of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.