The Center for Public justice has joined the Christian Legal Society and others in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the phrase "under God" does not amount to an establishment of religion. You'll find excerpts from the brief in the following piece.

Since this issue focuses on religion, the editor takes the opportunity to explain the editorial purpose of both the Public Justice Report and the Center's Capital Commentary, because the Center for Public justice is a Christian organization with a point of view.

Stanley Carlson-Thies and Stephen Lazarus are leading the fight in Washington to uphold the civil rights law of 1964. That law recognizes the distinctive right of religious organizations to make hiring decisions based on faith. Opponents of the faith-based initiative in welfare reform are trying to turn the 1964 law on its head, arguing that faith-based groups, which legitimately receive public funds, are practicing discrimination if they hire staff on the basis of faith. The editor interviews Carlson-Thies and Lazarus to find out what's happening and why.

Whatever else one might think about marriage and about the rights that homosexually oriented people should have, the dominant question today is whether there is a civil right to same-sex "marriage." In this article, the editor explains why same-sex "marriage" is not a civil right. To demand that such a relationship is a civil right is to make a category mistake.

There is a renewed interest in heaven these days. Books and TV programs are flocking to it. But what are people looking for in heaven, and how is their hope for the future related to life on earth? And what does this have to do with politics anyway?

A new book by the Brookings Institution, One Electorate Under God, will include essays by noted historian Mark A. Noll and the Center for Public Justice president, James Skillen, among others. You can sample excerpts in the following piece.