News Sources: God and the Capitol Flags

The acting Architect of the U.S. Capitol has decided to overturn a policy that banned political and religious statements on certificates included with flags flown over the U.S. Capitol. His action follows complaints from House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, numerous Republican members of Congress and citizens across the country who said the separation of God and country had gone too far. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including (click on names for contact information):

William C. Placher - Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Wabash College - Placher is the author of The Domestication of Transcendence: Where Modern Thinking About God Went Wrong. He is recognized as one of the great contemporary theologians.

Lief Carter - McHugh Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Colorado College - Carter's areas of expertise include constitutional law, legal theory, courts and politics, administrative law and politics, contemporary Supreme Court, and religion and law. He is the author of five books, including Contemporary Constitutional Lawmaking: The Supreme Court and the Art of Politics, and The Limits of Order.

Paul Apostolidis - Assistant Professor of Politics, Whitman College - Apostolidis has extensively researched the politics of U.S. evangelical conservatism, including analyzing radio broadcasts of Focus on the Family, a leading Christian right organization. He published his findings in "Stations of the Cross: Adorno and Christian Right Radio"