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: National Secular Society NewsCivil courts in the US are barred by the constitution from ruling on matters of purely religious doctrine
By National Secular Society
In an affirmation of the constitutional separation of Church and State, a Court of Appeal in the United States has ruled that civil courts must stay out of religious disputes that can only resolved through interpretation of religious doctrine.
Full post as published by National Secular Society News on November 25, 2010 (boomark / email).
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