-Ray Vensel Maine has a complex relationship between religion and politics. Faith-based advocacy has mixed into debates about issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, and
-Ray Vensel After William Jennings Bryan lost the Presidential election of 1896, he began a career of paid lectures peddling elixirs for whatever ailed you.
-Ray Vensel The myth that the United States is a Christian nation is both false and a clear and present danger to the country. Among
Last month a nativity scene appeared in a public park in Fairfield. It was placed there by a state representative who, in response to town
Public education is essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people. This is not just a good idea – it’s the
The US House of Representatives has passed H.R. 9495. It seems innocuous enough. The first part of the introductory summary says that the bill “postpones
The Supreme Court’s decision in Carson vs Makin all but forces Maine to pay for Christian education. However, requiring Maine to fund religious education violates
The U.S. Constitution established a federal government with three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The powers of these three branches are vested in the President,
Transgender and cisgender people (a person whose gender identity matches the sex given at birth) are the gender they identify as. Gender identity and sex
Abortion is essential to women’s reproductive healthcare. Some conditions that make abortion necessary include the criminal or medical ills of rape, incest, intimate partner violence,
