Written by Don ByrdNext month, North Dakota voters head to the polls. Among other items on the ballot is Amendment 3, a measure that would heighten the government’s burden before restricting religious exercise. Similar, but not the same as other states’ Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, the full text is below:
Written by Don Byrd
The New Hampshire Supreme Court yesterday upheld an agency’s decision to reject a tax exemption for 40% of the Liberty Assembly of God because that property was not used “for religious purposes.” The Concord Monitor reports:
Written by Don Byrd
It’s nice to see both President Obama’s and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s campaigns decry the use of religion in attacking the opposition.
By J. Brent Walker, Baptist Joint Committee Executive Director
President Barack Obama’s recent remarks about “unelected judges” thwarting the will of the elected political branches provides an opportunity to think about several fundaments of our democratic form of government and how best to protect religious liberty….
From the April 2012 Report from the Capital
Written by Don ByrdA controversial law passed by the Tennessee legislature will become law without the Governor’s signature. Described as a “permission slip” for schools “to bring creationism, climate-change denial and other non-science into science classrooms,” the bill empowers teachers to introduce alternatives to, or critiques of, standard scientific theories.
Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.
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Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.