Rogers handles hot topics at 2011 Shurden Lectures

GEORGETOWN, KY — Church-state expert Melissa Rogers joked she had chosen noncontroversial topics for her presentations April 4-5 as speaker for the 2011 Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State. A glance at...

BJC disappointed in Supreme Court ruling regarding tax credits

High Court says taxpayers in the case do not have the right to bring Establishment Clause suit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Huett | Phone: 202-544-4226 | Cell: 202-680-4127 Cherilyn Crowe | Phone: 202-544-4226 | Cell: 615-519-0620 April 4, 2011 WASHINGTON – A...

Preventing religion from becoming lethal

The continuing-to-unfold events in the Middle East provide an occasion to think about the relationship between religion and politics among the three Abrahamic faiths: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Although religion has not been front and center in the democracy...

Fear fuels anti-Sharia initiatives

By K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel For years, defenders of religious liberty have noted the challenge of ensuring that Muslims in America have the same rights as others. While our religious diversity is often celebrated as a significant strength of our nation’s...