BJC General Counsel Holly Hollman discusses the decision that stopped the problematic idea of a religious charter school: “We welcome and defend the participation of religious entities in public life, and we believe that religious freedom works best when there is meaningful separation between the institutions of religion and government.”
Holly Hollman: At times, exercising religious freedom requires using the courts and Congress to stop government action that would undermine it, such as a recent change in immigration policy that threatens to make churches a target of wide-ranging expansion of law enforcement.
A decision in Louisiana is a big win for religious freedom and the importance of protecting individual students’ rights, and it is a warning of what may be ahead in other states, especially if the U.S. Supreme Court continues to water-down constitutional protections.
History has an important role to play in judicial analysis by justices across the ideological spectrum. Yet, a narrow telling of history inevitably leaves people out of the promises of our Constitution and undercuts the fight for freedom and justice, upon which our commitment to religious freedom is based.
“You cannot divorce religion from politics or separate Christians from the duties of secular citizenship,” writes Holly Hollman.
Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.
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Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.