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Blog From The Capital 
Blog from the Capital is the weblog of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, a Baptist church-state separation advocacy group in D.C. for the last 70 years.
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At Stake in Monument Decisions: A Hierarchy of Religions
Posted on March 09, 2009Interfaith Alliance President Rev. Welton Gaddy ponders the Supreme Court's Summum decision in advance of the upcoming Mojave cross appeal the Court recently decided to hear. The most recent unanimous ruling handed down by the Supreme Court raises concerns about...
Urging Clarity From the Court
Posted on March 08, 2009An editorial in yesterday's LATimes argues that many church-state controversies like the Summum case could be avoided if the Supreme Court would iron all the wrinkles out of their religious display decisions. In a pair of 5-4 decisions, the court...
Baptist Joint Committee Statement on Summum Decision
Posted on February 26, 2009From a BJC statement following yesterday's Supreme Court decision in the Summum case: J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee, said ?the government should not be able to pick and choose the favored religion and then erect...
Summum Attorney Accentuates the Positive
Posted on February 26, 2009The Salt Lake Tribune catches the quote of the day:Summum attorney Brian Barnard said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday opens the door to a new constitutional challenge as the case returns to U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City....
Presidential Events Open with "Vetted" Prayer
Posted on February 25, 2009Via Religion Clause, Dan Gilgoff reports that President Obama's public events around the country have opened with prayers from local faith leaders, who have been asked to submit the prayers ahead of time, presumably for approval from the White House....
Unanimous Court Rejects Summum Case, Sidesteps Establishment Clause Question
Posted on February 25, 2009This morning the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case involving members of the Summum faith, who argued that a monument to their religion must be accepted in a public park by the government if a monument to other...
Mojave Cross to Measure New Court on Church-State Separation
Posted on February 24, 2009LATimes reporter David Savage writes that the Supreme Court's decision to hear the appeal in the Mojave cross display paves the way for the first Establishment Clause stamp from the Roberts court. In the last two decades, the justices have...
Virginia Trooper Prayer Legislation Update
Posted on February 24, 2009Good news from Virginia, as legislation designed to allow sectarian prayer at mandatory state trooper events - attempting to overturn the nondenominational prayer required by the current state police chief - was killed in a committee vote yesterday. The bill...
Form and Substance: Supreme Court Faces Options in Cross Case
Posted on February 24, 2009Lyle Deniston takes a look at the Supreme Court's decision to hear the Mojave cross appeal. Writing at Scotusblog, he notes two potential avenues for the Justices to decide the case: either further restricting standing in Establishment Clause cases, or...
KY Baptist Home Appeal Headed to 6th Circuit
Posted on February 23, 2009The 6th Circuit will hear the appeal of the Kentucky Baptist Children's Home, accused of religious discrimination and using taxpayer funds to promote religion. The case was previously dismissed for lack of standing, citing the recent Supreme Court decision in...
Supreme Court to Hear Controversial Cross Display Dispute
Posted on February 23, 2009The Supreme Court granted cert today in the case now known as Salazar v. Buono, the long-running battle over a memorial cross on federal land in the Mojave Desert. Congress has intervened to try to save the cross by transferring...
Dependence on Government Funding Straps Faith-Based Providers in Bad Economy
Posted on February 20, 2009The front page of today's Washington Post carries a story highlighting the plight of faith-based social service providers due to cuts in taxpayer funding. The nation's economic woes have led local and state government agencies across the country to reduce...
Becket Fund Joins Call to Change Arkansas' Constitution
Posted on February 20, 2009Believe it or not, a few states still have constitutional provisions disallowing atheists from holding office, completely - of course, at odds with the US Constitution's guarantee that there can be no religious test. An effort is under way in...
Judge Rules in Eagle Feather RFRA Case
Posted on February 19, 2009A federal judge in Utah has ruled that non-Native Americans do have a right to the use of eagle feathers for religious purposes, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson says the government ban on the...
Will Supreme Court Take Snowbowl RFRA Case? Experts Argue They Should
Posted on February 18, 2009In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to accept Navajo Nation v. U.S. Forest Service, the RFRA case in which the 9th Circuit decided an Arizona ski resort was not substantially burdening the religion of...
ADL Petitions President for Heightened Religious Liberty Protections in Faith-Based Funding
Posted on February 18, 2009The Anti-Defamation League today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to add constitutional protections to his plan for expanding the faith-based initiative. During the campaign, you stated that the Bush Administration faith-based initiative lacked essential safeguards against proselytizing...
AU: Charter School Conversion Carries Church-State Responsibilities
Posted on February 17, 2009Americans United today warned New York City to follow principles of church-state separation in transforming Catholic schools into public charter schools. If this proposal is carried out, the new charter schools would be barred from offering religious instruction or worship...
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