A new primer on a ‘touchy subject’

By Brent Walker, Executive Director
My friend Johnny Pierce and the good folks at Nurturing Faith (NurturingFaith.net) in Macon, Ga., have published the 8th Annual Shurden Lectures that I delivered last year at my law school alma mater, Stetson University in DeLand, Fla.

From the March 2014 Report from the Capital

Concerns about discrimination doom Arizona legislation

By K. Hollyn Hollman, General Counsel
How did Arizona legislation that looked pretty similar to many other religious freedom statutes grab the national spotlight and get characterized by some as a license to discriminate?

Melissa Rogers to speak at Religious Liberty Council Luncheon

By BJC Staff Reports
Melissa Rogers, special assistant to the president and executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Religious Liberty Council Luncheon on June 27 in Atlanta, Ga.

From the March 2014 Report from the Capital

Supreme Court to hear RLUIPA case

By BJC Staff Reports
The U.S. Supreme Court announced March 3 that it will hear a case regarding whether a prison grooming policy requiring inmates to shave violates their religious freedom rights under the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).

From the March 2014 Report from the Capital

Why We Give: Cathy and John Baskin

By Cathy and John Baskin of Springfield, Va.
We first learned about the Baptist Joint Committee through Ravensworth Baptist Church. Being in the Washington, D.C. area, we also have the unique opportunity of having enduring relationships with some of the BJC staff. James Dunn and Brent Walker shared interim preaching duties at Ravensworth in the ‘90s.

From the March 2013 Report from the Capital

RFRA’s constitutionality called into question

By Brent Walker, Executive Director
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on March 25 in the contraception case involving Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, it will be asked to decide novel and difficult questions concerning the interpretation and application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

From the February 2014 Report from the Capital.