Hollman on Marriage and Religious Freedom

By General Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman The BJC does not take a position on the legal status of same-sex unions. The increasingly frequent and intense claims linking gay rights and religious liberty, however, require attention. Charges that one’s adversaries violate...

Walker reflects on Souter’s Supreme Court tenure

Let me begin this retrospective on the 19-year court tenure of Justice David Souter by returning to an earlier prognostication. In November 1990, after Justice Souter’s confirmation and on the eve of his service on the U.S. Supreme Court, I wrote the following in...

On Faith: Theocracy is Incompatible With Religious Liberty

Baptist Joint Committee Executive Director J. Brent Walker is a panelist for The Washington Post/ Newsweek online conversation, "On Faith." Each week panelists have the opportunity to answer a question posed by Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn, the moderators of...