On Supreme Court docket: Beards, church signage, and Jerusalem
A Christian pastor in Arizona, a Muslim prisoner in Arkansas, and an 11-year-old Jewish boy born in Jerusalem will present the Supreme Court with three chances in the next few months to rule on cases with religious overtones.
“It shows how intertwined religion is with political life,” said Marc Stern, general counsel for the American Jewish Committee. “As much as one talks about separation of church and state, it’s not so simple to disentangle sometimes.”
Good News Presbyterian Church in Gilbert, Arizona, lives on a shoestring. Its Sunday services are held at a senior living facility. In the past, it used an elementary school.
