This is the syndication feed from BJC\'s Blog from the Capitol http://www.bjconline.org Sat, 18 May 2013 18:13:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bjconline.org/images/M_images/rss.png http://www.bjconline.org This is the syndication feed from BJC\'s Blog from the Capitol http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5601&Itemid=134 A florist who has been sued by Washington State's Attorney General (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=5547 Itemid=134) over her refusal to... Fri, 17 May 2013 08:02:57 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5600&Itemid=134 Christian evangelists who traveled to an Islamic culture festival in Dearborn, Michigan with signs and megaphones intended to cause a... Thu, 16 May 2013 09:07:12 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5599&Itemid=134 The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday overturned the dismissal of a Florida prisoner's lawsuit demanding kosher meal options. Florida's... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:36:35 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5594&Itemid=134 The Chattanooga Times Free-Press profiled one elementary school's efforts (http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/may/11/bibles-in-county-schools-stir-questions/) to deal with Bible distribution given the county's policies.... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:55:25 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5593&Itemid=134 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has a plan for improving the infrastructure of universities in the state. State funds in... Fri, 10 May 2013 15:04:06 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5591&Itemid=134 There are a few reasons to read this piece at Take Part (http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/05/09/arkansas-school-prayer-wrecked-graduation). First, it tells the story of a... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:23:47 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5589&Itemid=134 In a statement released today, signed by the Baptist Joint Committee's Brent Walker, religious liberty advocates urge Congress to ban... Thu, 09 May 2013 10:34:48 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5588&Itemid=134 Religious messages on signs football players run through before games at a public high school in Texas are constitutional, according... Thu, 09 May 2013 10:04:41 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5587&Itemid=134 A Sikh student in Georgia's Peachtree Charter Middle School was repeatedly harassed by classmates for his faith, according to a... Wed, 08 May 2013 09:01:41 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5586&Itemid=134 When Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Military Religious Freedom Foundation head Mikey Weinstein decide to argue an issue head-to-head, there... Tue, 07 May 2013 16:44:41 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5584&Itemid=134 Efforts to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act fell short again last week when the state's Senate Education Committee voted... Mon, 06 May 2013 12:39:30 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5582&Itemid=134 It's May. That means flowers are blooming, the cover's coming off the gas grill, and lawsuit threats are flying from... Fri, 03 May 2013 09:25:46 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5581&Itemid=134 Military chaplains minister to the spiritual needs of personnel, but are barred from proselytizing their religious point of view to... Thu, 02 May 2013 23:46:44 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5580&Itemid=134 The separation of church and state deserves special thought today. Our Constitution guarantees the right to pray or not to... Thu, 02 May 2013 11:40:12 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5579&Itemid=134 Via Religion Clause (http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2013/05/suit-challenges-maryland-countys.html), a lawsuit has been filed in Carroll County, Maryland, over the County Commission's practice of opening... Wed, 01 May 2013 14:38:42 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5578&Itemid=134 Fair is fair. After a Bible distribution group was allowed on high school campuses in Orange County Florida to make... Wed, 01 May 2013 10:36:27 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5577&Itemid=134 Today the US Commission on International Religious Freedom released their annual report (http://www.uscirf.gov/images/2013%20USCIRF%20Annual%20Report%281%29.pdf). One of the primary features of the... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:37:43 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5576&Itemid=134 A bill making its way through the Michigan legislature would provide broad conscience exemptions from paying for or providing health-related... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:39:52 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5573&Itemid=134 A yearly street festival in Dearborn, Michigan has celebrated Arab-American business and culture for the last 15 years. Recently, though... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:31:48 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5572&Itemid=134 Via Raw Story (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/25/mississippi-high-school-forced-students-to-attend-christian-lecture/), the American Humanist Association has filed suit against a Mississippi public high school claiming officials required... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:11:44 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5571&Itemid=134 The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 was introduced in the U.S. Senate today by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. The bill... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:58:37 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5570&Itemid=134 Rutherford County, Tennessee has seen its share of church-state controversies. Most notably, its Murfreesboro mosque received national attention after a... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:04:57 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5566&Itemid=134 A prisoner's communication with a person reasonably believed by that prisoner to be clergy, who regularly engages in prison ministry,... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:12:06 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5564&Itemid=134 Texas' State Board of Education voted 10-5 Friday (http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/04/state-education-board-urges-no-vote-on-private-school-vouchers-tax-credits.html/) urging the Senate to oppose any variety of school voucher legislation.... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:56:21 +0100 http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5562&Itemid=134 You may have heard, the yoga wars are heating up. A lawsuit filed in California (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=5455 Itemid=134)... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:04:49 +0100