Religious liberty and the travel ban
BJC General Counsel Holly Hollman looks at the “travel ban” case heard by SCOTUS and its possible ruling implications.
New threats to religious liberty require new efforts to build a stronger vision
Only through understanding what divides us can we find common ground in our religious liberty tradition like Americans did before us.
Natural disasters don’t justify government funding
As Baptists, we are particularly steeped in the historical reasons for avoiding government entanglement in religion, and — like all Americans — we are beneficiaries of a robust religious liberty tradition.
Nondiscrimination and religious liberty
We must protect all of our churches and religious beliefs about marriage and — at the same time — recognize as citizens and Christians that we should treat all equally and without regard to religious differences in the commercial marketplace.
Cakes and the commercial marketplace
In one of the most visible cases this term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a Colorado baker has a constitutional right to refuse to make a cake for the wedding reception of a same-sex couple.
Trinity Lutheran Church: Decidedly narrow, deeply troubling
While the holding of this decision may be narrow, its tone is unfortunate and ahistorical, as aptly noted in the dissent. Treating churches in a distinct way has long been part of our religious liberty tradition.
