"The debate over freedom of religion has turned into a debate over freedom from religion. Religious men and women founded America, and for centuries, religious faith was considered by nearly everyone to be a key to good citizenship. The Founding Fathers would not allow religion to govern the state, but they appreciated the way religion governed the private lives of good citizens." --Suzanne Fields

Suzanne Fields writes a twice weekly column for the Washington Times and is syndicated nationally by the Los Angeles Times syndicate. She writes on a wide range of topics at the intersection of politics and culture.

She is the author of Like Father, Like Daughter: How Father Shapes the Woman His Daughter Becomes (Little Brown, 1983). Her column appears in more than 30 newspapers including the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Boston Herald, Ft. Worth Star Telegram, and Albany Times.