The advent of Christmas craziness

By J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director View as PDF Holiday festivities began this year long before Thanksgiving. Christmas trees were cut and ready to be sold, pre-Christmas sales were already being advertised, and I listened to piped-in Christmas music as I stood...

Hollman on Marriage and Religious Freedom

By General Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman The BJC does not take a position on the legal status of same-sex unions. The increasingly frequent and intense claims linking gay rights and religious liberty, however, require attention. Charges that one’s adversaries violate...

Respecting religious diversity during the holiday season

By J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director View as PDF For decades we have been confronted by a “December dilemma” of how to acknowledge and celebrate winter religious holidays, usually in the context of the schools, in a way that is constitutional and...