by Nick Gier, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Idaho Idaho State Journal, June 12, 2026 Neither Pagan nor Mohametan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth. —Thomas Jefferson citing English philosopher…
Month: June 2026
Strange Bedfellows: Deists and Baptists Insist on Church/State Separation
Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion, University of Idaho Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry. —Thomas Jefferson, “A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom” For two centuries,…
Let’s not forget our founding mothers
Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and Religion, University of Idaho Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the servants of your sex. – Abigail Adams to her husband, March 31, 1776 I cannot…