Ambassador Resigns After Criticism of Religious Writings
US Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec has resigned his position after a State Department reports suggested he spends too much time writing about religion. Politico reports: “I doubt very much whether one could ever spend too much time on this subject,”...Remembering Ed Gaustad: a religious liberty champion
Edwin Scott Gaustad, one of the premier historians of American religion, died March 25 in Santa Fe, N.M., at age 87. An exemplar of Baptist principles, he was a staunch advocate of religious liberty and separation of church and state. What a great loss this is. Ed...Free speech, religious belief and Westboro Baptist
Written by K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel
Westboro Baptist Church — the tiny but seemingly ubiquitous church group founded by Fred Phelps of Topeka, Kan., and consisting mostly of his family members — is one of the most notorious religious groups in America. Now adding to the church’s distinction is a U.S. Supreme Court case bearing their leader’s name and upholding their constitutional rights despite the harm caused to a grieving military family. …
