In the U.S., the church and state are separate. But are they? How do our values shape our policy and our choices at the voting booth?
Join SpokaneFāVS and three local panelists to discuss the separation of church and state at this upcoming forum (Coffee Talk) at 10 a.m., Aug. 4.
Panelists are:
- Julia Stronks, political science professor at Whitworth University, who wrote “Conservative Christian Bakers, LGBT Couples and the Supreme Court“
- Methodist pastor, the Rev. Deb Conklin
- Kathryn Lee, also a political science professor at Whitworth University
The event will be at Saranac Commons, 19 W. Main Ave. and all are welcome.
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Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.