The New York Times is running a four part series on goverment and religion, examing places where the two intersect.  The first two parts of the series have already been published.  The first, called “As Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation,” details how many religious organizations are given special treatment and do not have to follow governmental regulations.  This is true even when the service they are providing is not specifically religious.  The second discusses how employees with religious organizations are denied protections that the same employees in secular institutions have.  It is entitled “Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Fewer Rights.”

These two articles fly in the face of those who claim that religions are under attack in America.  They show that, as has always been the case in the US, the government usually operates in a hands-off fashion when it comes to religious organizations.

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