BJC In the News
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is available to comment on and interpret events at the church-state intersection for members of the media. Executive Director Amanda Tyler and General Counsel Holly Hollman are available for interviews in person, over the phone, via email and through Skype. Listed below are selected recent media appearances by the BJC.
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The sanctification of Donald Trump
Politico // By Andrew Restuccia
How outrage for a death row inmate may have flipped the justices for religious liberty
We will look back on this pair of decisions as a case study in the power of advocacy, both within and outside the court.
Why some religious groups want to see the Peace Cross removed
By John Domen // WTOP The fate of the Bladensburg Peace Cross will be decided in June by the U.S. Supreme Court, though it appeared a majority of justices seemed inclined to find a way to permit the cross to stay. Both conservative and liberal justices noted that...
Op-Ed: Christians and Jews agree: The Bladensburg Cross is no secular symbol
Published by Religion News Service // By Hollman and Marc Stern Tomorrow (Feb. 27), for the first time in history, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case asking whether the government can maintain a cross on government property. The justices will...
Supreme Court will look at whether a cross is promotion of religion or war memorial
LA Times // By David Savage The Supreme Court justices, long divided on the role of religion, are set to decide whether a 40-foot Latin cross sitting at a busy intersection in Maryland is an unconstitutional official endorsement of Christianity or a historic memorial...
Why faith groups are divided over the cross case before the Supreme Court this week
Deseret News // By Kelsey Dallas SALT LAKE CITY — If a World War I memorial is shaped like a cross, does that make it a religious symbol? Even faith groups don't agree on the answer to that question, which is before the Supreme Court this week. The American Legion, et...
Miracle Hill gets religious exemption to provide foster care in SC despite complaints
The Greenville News (South Carolina) // By Angelia Davis
Bible classes in public schools? Why Christian lawmakers are pushing a wave of new bills
USA Today // By Erin Richards
Together we mourn, and we commit ourselves
Op-Ed By Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, BJC Executive Director Amanda Tyler, and Dr. Sayyid Syeed of the Islamic Society of North America; published by The Hill
Faith Communities Mourn alongside Jewish Americans
Shoulder-to-Shoulder Campaign, via Medium