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ABHMS Encourages BJC Essay Scholarship Contest Entries
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VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 12/16/13)—American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) encourages entries to the 2014 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest, sponsored by the Religious Liberty Council of the Baptist Joint Committee (BJC). High school...
The Strange Career of Free Exercise
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It began a quarter-century ago with germ warfare in rural Oregon. That episode spurred a short-sighted state government to refuse a minor request for a religious accommodation. The resulting quarrel offered an opening for a self-confident young Supreme...
Why Five Christian Colleges and Southern Baptists Really Miss Scalia – MB Obama Claim He Can Force Churches
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On Little Sisters’ Supreme Court case, a tie will be a loss for Christian groups opposed to HHS contraceptive mandate Mar 23, 2016 by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra The US Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether the Little Sisters of the Poor will be...
Concerning a head scarf in Tulsa and yet another sighting of an old church-state coalition
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Through the years, your GetReligionistas have made quite a few references (like this one, for example) to a remarkable period of time in American church-state history when a strong, diverse coalition stood together on religious liberty (no scare quotes...
Symposium: Ban on state funding of churches protects independence
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Hollyn Hollman is the general counsel and associate executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, which filed an amicus brief in support of the state of Missouri. She is an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University...

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Mission & History—Church-State Separation | Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty

Church-State Separation The separation of church and state, or the “wall of separation” talked about by colonial Baptist Roger Williams, American leader Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Supreme Court, is...
Taryn Deaton | Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty

Senior Director of Operations and DevelopmentContact information: 202-544-4226 x 307 EmailTaryn Deaton, a native of Austin, Texas, is the senior director of op

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