Calling it "misguided" and "unnecessary", the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty criticized the controversial National Day of Prayer in a strongly worded statement: K. Hollyn Hollman, general counsel of the Baptist Joint Committee for...
Americans United and the ACLU have filed a lawsuit over a Connecticut school district's use of a church for graduation ceremonies. One of their primary arguments is that there are other capable non-religious sites that could be used instead. As if on cue, the...
Via Religion Clause, the City Council prayer policy of Lancaster, California has been challenged in a new lawsuit. Just last month, the town's residents voted to allow sectarian prayers to continue in a ballot referendum. A majority vote, however, does not allow...
Just finished delivering the BJC-sponsored Shurden Lectures at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, Martin Marty writes of how he was reminded that the strongest supporters of church-state separation can and should be people of faith. [M]any who are nervous...
In a NYTimes column, author and scholar Stanley Fish – who's written books about interpreting everything from the First Amendment to Milton – complains about the reasoning in Establishment Clause decisions like the Mojave Cross opinion just released...
As expected, President Obama has issued the proclamation declaring Thursday, May 6 a National Day of Prayer, despite a recent court ruling that the underlying law violates the separation of church and state. The President's statement emphasizes prayer as a way for...
