Church-State Relations

Witches' Voice White Pages, The - A list of legal reference documents and form letters that witches can use in their local fights for religious freedom. Includes references for Australia, Canada, the United States, and a few individual states.
http://www.witchvox.com/xwhite.html

Religion, Politics, and the State - Subtitled "Cross-Cultural Observations", an article by N.J. Demerath and Karen S. Straight in Cross Currents that discusses various religion-state models in "Eastern" and "Western" countries.
http://www.crosscurrents.org/Demerath.htm

Religion and Politics - Interesting essay which clarifies the difference between "the question of religion and politics" and "the question of church and state".
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kenc/relandpo.htm

Godless Americans Political Action Committee - The non-believer PAC that grew out of the 2002 "Godless Americans March on Washington" informs about activities and history.
http://godlessamericans.org/

Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty - CHILD is a nonprofit US organization fighting religion-based medical neglect. Includes case histories of children who died after receiving faith-based healing instead of medical care, examples of religious exemptions to public-health regulations, and legal news.
http://www.childrenshealthcare.org/

International Coalition for Religious Freedom - A non-profit, non-sectarian, educational organization dedicated to defending the religious freedom of all, regardless of creed, gender or ethnic origin.
http://www.religiousfreedom.com/

Biblical Theocracy - A book which presents theocracy as a biblically sound form of Christian politics. Distinguishes between theocracy (the rule of God) and ecclesiocracy (the rule of the church).
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/bth/toc.html

Church-State Academic Papers - Political science papers dealing with the relationship of church and state, and religious liberty.
http://www.churchandstate.us/

Advocates International - Justice with Compassion - World-wide non-profit organization based in Fairfax, Virginia that deals with issues of religious freedom around the world.
http://www.advocatesinternational.org

Church, State, Rock and Roll - A monthly update on state and federal litigation concerning the First Amendment's religion clauses.
http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/positively4thstreet/

Religious Freedom in Islamic Countries. 1998 Report - Surveys freedom of religious minorities, as well as widespread harassment, torture, murder, and interference from government and police.
http://www.alleanzacattolica.org/acs/acs_english/acs_index.htm

No to Political Islam, Yes to Human Rights - An online petition to oppose Political Islam, its agenda, and its barbaric interpretation of Sharia law.
http://www.ntpi.org/

Nonbeliever Antidiscrimination Project - Discusses theistic oaths for public office holders, mandated participation in religious substance abuse programs, Boy Scouts of America policy mandating theistic oath and statement of religious principle, and veterans' organizations religious membership restrictions.
http://www.nonbeliever.org/index.atheism_antidiscrimination.html

First Amendment Religion: The Intent of Our Founding Fathers - A paper that discusses and analyzes the thoughts of the founding fathers upon drafting the First Amendment's freedom of religion.
http://www.geocities.com/ldjandl/thesis/articles_dobbs_freedomofreligion.html

Lady Liberty League - A national and global referral and information exchange network of Pagan religious freedom activists.
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/

Doctrinal Errors of Dignitatis Humanae, The - A group of self-described traditional Catholics take issue with the Second Vatican Council's teachings on religious freedom.
http://www.cmri.org/95prog2.htm

Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights - Fights anti-Catholicism and is the U.S.'s largest Catholic civil rights organization. Web site contains articles on conflicts between government and the Catholic Church and/or individual Catholics.
http://www.catholicleague.org/

Earth Religions Assistance Pages - Index of resources for practitioners of Earth Religions who are experiencing religious discrimination.
http://www.conjure.com/ERAL/eral.html

National Committee For Amish Religious Freedom - Founded in 1967 at the University of Chicago for the purpose of preserving the religious liberty of the Old Order Amish (and related Anabaptist groups, including Mennonites) -- and hence religious liberty for all.
http://www.holycrosslivonia.org/amish/

The Religious Liberty Archive - An extensive repository of laws, cases, news, and historical materials pertaining to religious freedom in the United States.
http://www.churchstatelaw.com/