President Barack Obama, signaling early in his administration that religion belongs in the public discourse, has promised to open a big tent to voices from across the spectrum of belief without crossing boundaries separating church and state. The Democrat's...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An effort to recruit dozens of pastors to endorse political candidates from the pulpit on Sept. 28 is a misguided idea and a brazen attempt to blend the worship of God with electoral politics, said a Baptist leader, constitutional scholar and...
A case heard Wednesday by the Supreme Court is a reminder that governmental involvement in religious expression does so to the detriment of religion itself. In Summum v. Pleasant Grove City, Utah, the court heard an appeal arising from a faith group’s request to...
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By J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director View as PDF For decades we have been confronted by a “December dilemma” of how to acknowledge and celebrate winter religious holidays, usually in the context of the schools, in a way that is constitutional and...
