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  Oklahoma bill would abolish state role in marriage licenses

  In an effort to block the state’s involvement with same-sex marriage, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill to abolish marriage licenses in the state.

  03/19/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Evangelicals eager for Congress to tackle immigration

  When it comes to immigration reform, American evangelicals want it all, and they want it now, a LifeWay survey reveals.

  03/11/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  BJC defends Muslim woman’s right to wear hijab to work

  The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a Muslim woman to wear a religious head-covering to work.

  02/26/2015 - By John Rutledge

• Court upholds religious accommodation in Obamacare

  A federal appeals court ruled accommodations in the Affordable Care Act are adequate to protect the religious freedom rights of employers who do not qualify for exemptions but who object to contraception coverage in worker insurance plans on religious grounds.

  02/18/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  More than a third of Americans worry Sharia could be applied in U.S.

  As President Obama seeks to ramp up military action against the terrorist group known as the Islamic State or ISIS, Americans remain uneasy over the place of Islam in the United States and in the world.

  02/13/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Groups call for IRS to clarify rules on pulpit political endorsements

  Religious and secular advocacy groups jointly called for greater clarity by the Internal Revenue Service regarding nonprofits and political activity.

  02/06/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  GOP drops anti-abortion bill, angering religious conservatives

  Abortion opponents—marking the annual March for Life in Washington and anticipating legislative gains in the Republican-dominated Congress—were thrown into disarray when GOP leaders unexpectedly withdrew an anti-abortion bill they considered a done deal.

  01/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Supporters say Muslim prisoner’s beard a win for religious liberty

  Religious liberty advocates said a U.S. Supreme Court decision Jan. 20 affirming a devout Muslim prisoner’s right to grow a beard for religious reasons is a win for the religious liberty of all Americans.

  01/21/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Supreme Court will decide fate of state bans on gay marriage

  The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to resolve the national debate over same-sex marriage once and for all.

  01/20/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Sunday mornings still segregated; that’s OK with worshippers

  Sunday morning remains one of the most segregated hours in American life, with more than eight in 10 congregations made up of one predominant racial group, a new LifeWay survey reveals.

  01/15/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Adoption has forced evangelicals to grapple with race relations

  Before she and her husband adopted a son and daughter from Ethiopia, popular evangelical blogger Jen Hatmaker had a different view about race in America.

  12/28/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Rabbi confirmed as U.S. ambassador for religious freedom

  The Senate confirmed David Saperstein—named the most influential rabbi in America by Newsweek magazine in 2009—as the State Department’s ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, making him the first non-Christian to hold the job.

  12/17/2014 - By John Rutledge