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...
By a 6-1 vote last night, Forsyth County Commissioners decided to continue their quest for sectarian prayer to open meetings. There are some conditions. The Winston-Salem Journal reports: Under the resolution the commissioners approved, the county must reach an...
The U.S. Army has approved the "Rock Beyont Belief" concert at Fort Bragg that will feature atheist speakers and a theme of non-theism, following criticism of an earlier cancellation of the event alleging religious bias. AP reports: Sgt. Justin Griffith, a...
