Press Releases 2007

09/14/07 Oral arguments today in case filed by Guantanamo detainees concerning religious abuse claims

06/25/07 Supreme Court limits challenges to administration’s Faith-Based Initiative

02/26/07 Brief argues resident status should not deprive Guantanamo Bay detainees of religious liberty protections

02/28/07 Supreme Court to hear case related to administration’s Faith-Based Initiative

01/25/07 Neon Bible display does religion no favors, BJC argues in friend-of-the-court brief

Press Releases 2006

09/19/06 Baptist group opposes "unnecessary and unwise" language on military chaplains in Defense bill

08/29/06 Harris' comments lack respect for religious diversity of the United States

06/26/06 Shurden says the idolatrous mixing of church and state can happen in the United States

03/09/06 Religious liberty agency announces essay contest for high school students

02/21/00 High court upholds religious freedom in decision involving small religious group

Press Releases 2005

11/10/05 Church-state agency supports workplace religious freedom bill

10/27/05 High court should enforce religious freedom law

10/06/05 More than a quarter million pledged for BJC's Center for Religious Liberty

09/01/05 Roberts' church-state record 'troubling' says Baptist agency

08/12/05 Justice Sunday II telecast another example of politicization of faith

06/28/05 Dunns donate $100,000 to endow Moyers Scholar program at BJC, Wake Forest Divinity School

06/27/05 U.S. Supreme Court upholds religious neutrality in Ten Commandments decisions

05/31/05 High Court protects religious freedom for inmates in RLUIPA ruling

05/05/05 BJC in the media

04/22/05 Baptist religious liberty agency decries use of religion for political purposes

04/20/05 Louisville-area Baptists rally against the exploitation of religion

04/13/05 New York Times correspondent and Reps. Edwards, Price highlight religious liberty conference Thursday and Friday

04/08/05 Statement by J. Brent Walker on the passing of Pope John Paul II

03/24/05 Great Opportunity for members of your congregation in Washington, D.C..

03/21/05 Supreme Court should protect religious freedom for prisoners, BJC says

03/17/05 Baptist religious liberty agency applauds workplace legislation

03/02/05 High Court should find state-sponsored Commandments displays unconstitutional

02/23/05 Statement by J. Brent Walker on religious displays on government property

02/21/05 Why Religious Organizations Oppose Displaying the Ten Commandments on Government Property