Lawsuit fights display of Ten Commandments in Okla.
By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
The executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking removal of a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds in Oklahoma City.
From the September 2013 Report from the Capital
BJC announces essay scholarship contest winners
From BJC Staff Reports
An essay debunking the myth that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation” is the winner of the 2013 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest, sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee
From the September 2013 Report from the Capital
A legal look at local government prayer
By Nan Futrell, BJC Staff Counsel
In November, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway, a case in which two citizens successfully challenged an upstate New York town council’s practice of opening official meetings with prayers by local clergy.
From the September 2013 Report from the Capital
BJC welcomes fall interns
The Baptist Joint Committee is pleased to have two fall semester interns working with our staff in Washington, D.C.
From the September 2013Report from the Capital
