GA Judges Allow Head Coverings in Court

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that judges in Georgia have voted to allow religious headscarves to be worn in court. At a meeting this week of the Judicial Council of Georgia — the policy-making body of Georgia courts — judges from around...

Faith-Healing Couple Acquitted in Child’s Death

After days of deliberation, an Oregon jury has acquitted a couple of all but one misdemeanor charge in the death of their 15-month old child. The pair had been intent on healing their daughter with prayer. In an interview after the verdict was read, the jury forewoman...

BJC Updates: Facebook, First Freedoms Dinner, Essay Contest

You can always stay current on major Baptist Joint Committee events and happenings through the website, and through e-mail updates (sign up for those with your address, right on the front page – you might as well do it now. I'll wait…)  But did...

AR-Sen: 2010 Campaign Watch (Sheesh, Already?!)

Arkansas U.S. Senate candidate Conrad Reynolds is confused. He seems to think that political opponents amount to "domestic enemies" of the Constitution, and that "American culture" is defined as "Christian identity". "When I joined...

Kentucky County Saves Taxpayers, Removes 10 Commandments

Choosing to spare taxpayers the cost of litigating their promotion of religion, Jackson County (KY) officials grudgingly removed Ten Commandment displays from the county courthouse. Jackson County Judge-Executive William O. Smith …told Hazard-based WYMT...

Religious Instruction Costs Time, Too

An editorial in the Houston Chronicle offers a practical concern in critiquing the state's upcoming review of the social studies curriculum, as half of the reviewers seem determined to introduce religion. All three of the conservative reviewers urge intensive...