By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global
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Six months away from retirement, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty head Brent Walker reflected on 27 years of “seeking both/and solutions in the congested intersection of church and state” at an annual lunch gathering for BJC supporters June 24 during the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 2016 General Assembly in Greensboro, N.C.
Stating he didn’t want his address to a crowd of 750 to sound like a “eulogy,” Walker acknowledged it would probably be his last time to appear before the Religious Liberty Council — the Baptist Joint Committee’s individual membership organization — until after his successor is named. …
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“We say yes to government’s ability to guard civil rights of all citizens, including our LGBTQ friends, while respecting the autonomy of houses of worship to govern their own affairs differently,” Walker said.
Walker, who worked as BJC associate general counsel and general counsel before being named executive director in 1999, described the opportunity as “the pinnacle of my professional life.”
It wasn’t all work and no play, he admitted, sharing “rare opportunities to do real bucket list type of stuff.”
“I’ve had significant and substantive time with four American presidents, meeting twice in the Oval Office,” Walker reflected. “I’ve personally met eight Supreme Court justices and had the opportunity to work with Elena Kagan back when she was a junior lawyer in the White House counsel’s office. Along with Holly [BJC General Counsel Holly Hollman] I attended a meeting on Capitol Hill with Bono.” …
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