Washington State Pharmacy Board Reverses Course, Leaves Rule in Place

The State Pharmacy Board in Washington will leave standing a rule requiring pharmacists to dispense Plan B emergency contraception, despite any religious objections. After four years of legal wrangling over the measure, the Board had begun a process to change that...

After Five-Year Legal Battle, Church Can Build

Christ Church in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, has finally won the right to build an expansive sanctuary and school building. City officials rejected the project on the grounds that it violated a zoning ordinance, prompting the church to file suit citing the...

Context is key in the public debate

Written by J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director
In a time of rampant misconceptions about our president’s faith and a plethora of religious pandering, I am reminded that concerns about a leader’s faith are nothing new. It has been 50 years since presidential candidate John F. Kennedy gave a speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association addressing the widespread contention of many Protestants that Kennedy was unfit for he presidency because of his Catholicism.

Quote of the Day

In an LATimes op-ed today, Tim Rutten points a finger at the US and the West for failing to respond adequately to the threats faced by Christians in the Middle East: When America intervened to overthrow Saddam Hussein, Iraq's Christians — mostly Chaldeans...

Who’s Afraid of Billboards?

A recent NYTimes story reported that billboards promoting atheism on city buses have outraged some religious leaders, prompting them to suggest no religious advertising at all be allowed there, rather than have to see it. Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum responds:...