More on the Justice Department's Religious Discrimination Project
Associated Baptist Press has 2 stories following up on Tuesday's announcement by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
"Gonzales touts religious-freedom plan to SBC; others question Bush record" and "Gonzales' SBC announcement riles some in religious-freedom field."
[BJC Director Brent] Walker...noted that Bush's record on free-exercise protections is "not perfect." He pointed to a Supreme Court case last year in which the administration attempted to limit a small religious sect's ability to use hallucinogenic tea for sacramental purposes. A unanimous Supreme Court rejected the administration's position.Americans United for Separation of Church and State went further, releasing a statement Feb. 22 saying Gonzales' announcement "reeks of hypocrisy."