BJC’s Brent Walker Responds to Swiss Minaret Vote

In a response to the story of Switzerland's citizens voting to ban minarets from the country's Muslim mosques, Baptist Joint Committee Director Brent Walker laments that this action "strikes at the very heart of Islam (or any religion): the architecture...

Supreme Court Turns Away Another Valedictorian Appeal

Like Nevada's Brittany McComb before her , Erica Corder, a former valedictorian at a Colorado high school, sued school officials in the aftermath of her graduation speech. The principal required Corder to apologize for using the podium to proselytize, straying...

Swiss Vote to Ban Muslim Minaret

A minaret is a spire that towers above many Muslim mosques, typically broadcasting the morning Call to Prayer. In a move that garnered criticism around the world, Swiss voters yesterday elected to ban them, citing fears of a growing influence of Islam in society and...

Christian License Plate Proponents in SC Move to Plan B

Following a judge's ruling that South Carolina's "I Believe" license plates are unconstitutional, advocates have quickly adopted another route toward Christian car tags, one they hope will avoid the church-state problem. Like most states, South...

Can Schools Censor Anti-Religious Speech?

That's the question posed by a new ACLU lawsuit, challenging an Alachua County Schools (FL) ban on a t-shirt reading "Islam is the Devil" sponsored by a local evangelical church. The Gainesville Sun has more: Attorneys for the ACLU said at issue is...