The Katy, Texas, public-classroom dispute abut God between a teacher and a 12-year-old student serves as a case study on the challenge for journalists reporting on religion. On a critical-thinking test, the student declined to give the correct answer, which was that “There is a God” was a statement of opinion, not fact. Why is it so hard for journalists to write stories in which voices on both sides are quoted, with respect, and allowed to dialogue about the alleged facts in these disputes?
