/tags/church-and-state church and state en-US Copyright Fri, 10 Jun 2022 21:42:49 GMT /politics-government/2022-06-10/medford-pauses-grant-funding-to-homeless-non-profit-over-alleged-ties-to-conversion-therapy The City of Medford has paused payment of a $11,550 grant to a local church following a report that alleges conversion therapy is being practiced there. The pastor of the church, Chad McComas, is also the founder of homeless nonprofit Rogue Retreat. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 21:42:49 GMT /politics-government/2022-06-10/medford-pauses-grant-funding-to-homeless-non-profit-over-alleged-ties-to-conversion-therapy Roman Battaglia, Erik Neumann /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-04-06/standing-on-the-church-state-line "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The first sentence of the first amendment… Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:09:11 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-04-06/standing-on-the-church-state-line Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-01-16/local-minister-weighs-church-state-balance We speak of a "wall of separation of church and state" a lot in our country. But that actual phrase does not appear in our founding documents. So there's… Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:38:21 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-01-16/local-minister-weighs-church-state-balance Geoffrey Riley