In an amicus brief filed with the 7th Circuit in the case of Willis v Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections, the Baptist Joint Committee joined the Christian Legal Society, Prison Fellowship and the National Association of Evangelicals in urging the court to...
A petition drive in San Francisco would place a ban on the circumcision of children on the ballot. Many religious groups – including Jewish, Muslim and Christian organizations – have vowed to challenge any such prohibition in court as a violation of...
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has added Egypt to its list of the most severe violators of religious freedom, citing it for the first time as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). This comes after a year of protest led to the ouster of longtime...
The ACLU of Tennessee is preparing to file suit against members of the Sumner County school board and other school officials, claiming a widespread violations of church-state separation deprived plaintiffs of the religious liberty freedoms guaranteed by the...
Today's NYTimes reports on efforts by atheists and other nonbelievers serving in the military to have one of their own added to the chaplain corps. The move is part of a broader push for equal treatment in the armed services. Chaplains at Fort Bragg…have...
