Baptist group: SCOTUS headscarf decision a victory for workplace religious freedom for all people
BJC applauds decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, prohibiting an employer from denying a job to a Muslim applicant because of her headscarf
Baptist Joint Committee statement on RFRA legislation in Indiana and Arkansas
The federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act and state RFRAs are important to ensure heightened protection for religious liberty for all. State RFRAs should mirror the delicate balance achieved in the federal law. Both Indiana and Arkansas passed legislation that falls short of that goal in several ways, tilting the balance in favor of religious claimants and against the government’s ability to protect other compelling interests. RFRAs allow us to protect religious liberty with an eye to the well-being of society and rights of third parties, including civil rights of the LGBT community and others.
Constitutional law scholar to speak at Mercer University on religious liberty and equality
Alan Brownstein to deliver 2015 Shurden Lectures in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia March 24, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cherilyn Crowe | Phone: 202-544-4226 | Cell: 202-670-5877| [email protected] Nationally-recognized constitutional law scholar Alan...BJC: Supreme Court should affirm religious accommodation, let Muslim woman wear hijab at work
Baptist Joint Committee, diverse coalition support workplace religious accommodation in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch February 25, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cherilyn Crowe | Phone: 202-544-4226 | Cell: 202-603-1663 | [email protected] WASHINGTON — In a...Baptist group lauds High Court’s affirmation of Muslim prisoner’s right to religious grooming practice
Unanimous Court is right to protect religious exercise, confirm the importance of RLUIPA in Holt v. Hobbs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 Contact: Cherilyn Crowe | Phone: 202-544-4226 | Cell: 202-603-1663 | [email protected] WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme...Baptist group supports workplace religious accommodation in Supreme Court brief
Employers have a duty to reasonably accommodate the religion of employees and avoid discrimination against prospective employees, according to a brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court in EEOC v. Abercrombie and signed by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
