By J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director The recently released American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS, 2008) confirms what we have long known about religion in the United States: we are far less denominational than we used to be, religious diversity is on...
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is among several religious and civil-liberties groups objecting to proposed rules giving federal prisons more leeway to ban religious books that officials believe could incite violence or...
When a public school is sued repeatedly for violating the U.S. Constitution's religion clauses, it needs help. Religious freedom is the crown jewel of the Constitution and public schools play an important role in upholding the Constitution's ban on...
By J. Brent Walker As a Baptist, I embrace the great Reformation precepts — and, dare I say, Baptist (at our best) notions — of soul freedom, soul competency and the priesthood of all believers. We are all imbued by God with both the freedom and competence...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Huett 202-544-4226 February 25, 2009 BJC: High Court decision walks government into Establishment Clause problem WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment’s free speech clause does not...
