High Court debates ‘legislative’ prayer
The Associated Baptist Press / By Bob Allen A divided U.S. Supreme Court debated Nov. 6 whether explicitly Christian prayers at a New York town board’s meetings violate the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. “What we heard this morning in the...Let us pray, just not in government meetings
From the Arkansas Times blog My thanks to the Baptist Joint Committee, a venerable and unyielding defender of the notion that church and state should be separate, for news of a pending U.S. Supreme Court argument that could have some impact in Arkansas, depending. In...BJC’s Hollman appears in CBS religion special
WASHINGTON — In a program broadcast through the CBS Television Network, Baptist Joint Committee General Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman speaks to the principles inherent in religious freedom and how the BJC works to protect those rights for all citizens. ...BJC, other faith leaders support Tennessee mosque
By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
More than 100 religious leaders, including the head of the Baptist Joint Committee, signed an open letter July 18 voicing support for a Tennessee mosque asking a federal judge to permit use of its newly built building to celebrate Ramadan.
