FRIDAY CONVERSATION: QUALITY OF LIFE

David Ralston, speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, writes today that his objective in proposing his Pastor’s Protection bill in the next legislative session is to reassure the faith community that the separation of church and state will remain a pillar of Georgia’s values, even though that protection is provided in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In our second column, a UGA scholar says Ralston’s legislation is not unusual or legally necessary, but beware of other religious liberty bills that are bound to beat a path to the General Assembly’s door next year.