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28 Mar 2011, 7:32 am by Adam Schlossman
EEOC (Granted )Docket: 10-553Issue(s): Whether the ministerial exception, which prohibits most employment-related lawsuits against religious organizations by employees performing religious functions, applies to a teacher at a religious elementary school who teaches the full secular curriculum, but also teaches daily religion classes, is a commissioned minister, and regularly leads students in prayer and worship.Certiorari stage documents:Opinion below (6th Circuit)Petition for certiorariBrief in… [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 5:37 am
. -- fewer than the number of Baptists, Methodists, Mormons, Lutherans, or Presbyterians. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 8:22 am by Douglas NeJaime
As an amicus brief submitted in Obergefell by religious groups, including the National Association of Evangelicals, the Mormon Church, and the Southern Baptist Convention, argued: “Recognizing a new right to same-sex marriage would harm religious liberty. [read post]
14 Feb 2023, 8:10 am by Michael C. Dorf
Suppose that tomorrow skywriting appears in numerous places around the world in the various local languages saying:There are many religions but the Southern Baptist Convention is the one true church. [read post]
22 Jul 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
It was opposed by conservative Christian groups like Alliance Defending Freedom, the Family Research Council, and the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and by groups that support LGBTQ rights, including Lambda Legal, HRC, and the ACLU. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 2:33 pm
In November, messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma passed a resolution saying the law "will not change their ministry to any people," according to the Southern Baptist group's Web site. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 8:22 am by boston
”I suspect that Dolan actually agrees more with Santorum – he’s just smart enough not to go on national television and say it.Appearing on the same CBS program was Richard Land, head lobbyist for the Southern Baptist Convention. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 2:33 pm
In November, messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma passed a resolution saying the law "will not change their ministry to any people," according to the Southern Baptist group's Web site. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 12:10 am
Jeff Sessions entered into the record a letter (full text) from Richard Land, President of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, opposing Sotomayor's confirmation.The Washington Post has transcripts of the questioning of Sotomayor by each of the Senators on the Judiciary Committee. [read post]
22 Aug 2011, 11:58 am by Steve Bainbridge
You've got people like Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry who seem more interested in running for President of the Southern Baptist Convention than POTUS. [read post]
2 Jan 2010, 7:42 am by carie
The Southern Baptist Convention sanctions it, while other mainline Protestant denominations are divided, even among themselves.The Mormons take no position; Buddhists and Hindus are divided.Judaism sanctions capital punishment but puts enough restrictions on it to effectively be considered anti-death penalty.Islam allows the death penalty with restrictions.The appeal to stop executions on moral grounds largely has fallen on deaf ears. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 1:58 pm
It isn't only about Oman's religion, but it is about it to a great extent: Mormonism is a useful marker of how far ecumenism can go (and how far it can't) precisely because there are much, much deeper theological commonalities between, say, the Vatican and the Southern Baptist Convention than between either body and the the LDS Church. [read post]
10 Mar 2007, 7:35 am
Southern Baptist Convention leader Richard Land, for example, described Giuliani's breakup with Hanover as "divorce on steroids. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Sanford Levinson This post was prepared for a roundtable on Wrestling with Religious Diversity, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 1:02 am by rhapsodyinbooks
’ In Philadelphia the president of the National Baptist Convention Inc. condemned the film as a ‘disgrace. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 3:30 pm by Guest Blogger
’”[14]It was not until 1995 and 2008, respectively, that the Southern Baptist Convention and Bob Jones University apologized for their roles in using religious beliefs to uphold racism.[15]The historical record establishes beyond dispute that “the religious argument for segregation . . . was a quite widely held belief. [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
There are many Protestants like the Presbyterians who are broken down into mainstream and fundamentalist segments, or the Baptists, which encompass Southern Baptist Convention and American Baptist Church members. [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 6:02 am
   It is no more possible for the Supreme Court to err than it was for the Bible to do so, in the worldview of Galileo's antagonists in the Vatican of the 17th century - or the Southern Baptist Convention of today. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 5:00 pm by Sarah Ruby
The Southern Baptist Convention views homosexuality as "sinful," "evil," "a perversion," "an abomination," "deviant," and "depraved," Nathanson confirmed. [read post]