The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has released a new report which offers a sobering look at the declining state of religious freedom around the world. Titled "Rising Restrictions on Religion ," the study analyzes the policies and practices of all 198...
Earlier today, Judge Michael Keele heard oral arguments in the challenge to Indiana's school voucher program. Among other state constitutional claims, Plaintiffs urged the court to reject it for violating Indiana's provisions against providing aid to...
With a suit pending in federal court to consider the constitutionality of the state's new immigration law, Alabama's Attorney General has asked the judge to move the case to state court to interpret the state's religious freedom amendment. Religious...
The world lost a great American statesman last week when former Senator Mark Hatfield (R-OR) passed away at the age of 89. As Bob Allen notes in his ABP story, Hatfield was a Baptist who "worked closely with the BJC" during his Senate tenure, helping to...
In something of a preview of the church-state case the Supreme Court will hear later this year, a North Carolina judge has rejected the "ministerial exception" in an employment dispute involving Global Ministries. Faced with a racial discrimination claim for...
