“War on Christmas” Silly Season Roundup

In a sign that the season truly has begun, the Christmas Wars are now in full swing. In Denver, a group of protesters are choosing billboards over picketing as a way to call attention to the Nativity scene at the City & County Building, where it has been displayed...

Support for Defamation of Religion Laws Declines in UN

Last week, a committee of the UN General Assembly once again voted for a resolution urging laws that protect against the "vilification of religion." The U.S. and many Western countries have objected in the past on the grounds that such laws...

BJC’s Hollman Places Obama Executive Order in Context

Writing at the Huffington Post, Baptist Joint Committee Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman offers her take on President Obama's executive order amending faith-based funding policies. Noting that it "did not come fast and did not finish the job," the order can...