Modeling the virtues of Christmas

By J. Brent Walker, BJC Executive Director
What irony and how sad to be picking fights over how to celebrate the season in which many experience the hope, joy, peace and love of Advent.

From the November/December 2012 Report from the Capital

Government interests and religious objections

By K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel
Now that the presidential election of 2012 is over, perhaps we will hear fewer claims that religious liberty is under attack. There is little evidence that such rhetoric affected the election’s outcome, but there are plenty of worries that the public’s understanding of religious liberty has been harmed.

From the November/December 2012 Report from the Capital

Obama stresses religious freedom in Burma, hears from Baptists with ties to the country

By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
President Barack Obama stressed religious freedom in a historic speech Nov. 19 in Burma, a country long beset by military conflict and regarded as one of the world’s worst oppressors of minority faiths. His speech came after American Baptist Churches USA and other groups urged the president to raise a number of issues with international leaders.

From the November/December 2012 Report from the Capital