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  Forget Republican or Democrat; Americans divided by values

  A new Pew Research Center survey finds no sharp lines dividing people by their views on politics, faith, family, and the role and limits of government. Instead, “it’s a spectrum.”

  07/04/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Critics of Hobby Lobby decision call for RFRA repeal

  As soon as the Supreme Court decided for Hobby Lobby and against the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, critics called for the repeal of the 1993 law the justices relied on to make their 5-4 decision.

  07/04/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Analysis: Five takeaways from the Hobby Lobby case

  Here are five things to know about the Hobby Lobby case—one of the most anticipated Supreme Court decisions of the year.

  07/02/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Supreme Court rules for Hobby Lobby

  The Supreme Court sided with the evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., ruling 5-4 that the arts-and-crafts chain does not have to offer insurance for types of birth control that conflict with company owners’ religious beliefs.

  06/30/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Court overturns Utah same-sex marriage ban

  The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld a lower-court decision striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage.

  06/26/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  BJC opposes Colorado voucher plan

  The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty joined a lawsuit asking the Colorado Supreme Court to declare a pilot program using taxpayer dollars for private school vouchers unconstitutional.

  06/25/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  High court won’t wade into fight over church graduation

  The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower-court ruling that a Wisconsin high school acted unconstitutionally when it held its graduation ceremonies in a local megachurch.

  06/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist group defends Muslim prisoner’s right to grow beard

  A prisoner has the right to exercise his religious belief by adhering to religious grooming standards, according to a brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court and signed by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.

  06/10/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Supreme Court upholds prayer at public meetings

  Overtly Christian prayers at government meetings do not violate the First Amendment’s ban on establishing religion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4.

  05/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Brent Walker: Faiths can build bridges of understanding

  Rights, responsibility and respect provide the infrastructure for bridges of understanding between faith groups, Baptist religious liberty advocate Brent Walker stressed in a symposium at Harvard University May 1.

  05/02/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Most Americans want ‘under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance

  The U.S. Congress added the words “under God” to the country’s Pledge of Allegiance 60 years ago, and most Americans want to keep it that way, despite ongoing legal challenges.

  04/22/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green launches public school Bible course

  The Mustang, Okla., school board voted April 14 to adopt a Bible course developed by Steve Green, clearing the way for the Hobby Lobby president to enter another charged arena at the borderline of church and state.

  04/18/2014 - By John Rutledge