Don Byrd of the Baptist Joint Committee’s Blog from the Capitol has compiled a list of the top ten religious liberty stories of 2008. Here’s a glimpse at Don’s Top 10:
10. 9th Circuit Defines RFRA Elements in Arizona Snowbowl Decision
9. Tension Builds Over Church Oversight
8. Emergence of Rick Warren as Major Political Figure
7. The New Baptist Covenant Seeks to Recapture Baptist Heritage
6. Texas’ Family and Protective Services Raids Latter-Day Saints Compound
5. Florida Supreme Court Removes School Voucher Amendment from Ballot
4. Effort to Challenge IRS Pulpit Campaigning Rules Falls Flat
3. “Rules of Conscience” and Accommodation Disputes Escalate Conflict Over Religion and the Workplace
2. Election Season Brings Scrutiny of Candidates’ Religion and Religious Associations
1. The Election of a New President
Stop by Blog from the Capitol and read Byrd’s great 2008 recap.
Howard Friedman of the popular Religion Clause blog also has put together a Church-State Top 10 List.
Check out his list below:
1. Barack Obama reaches out to faith groups in the campaign and renounces his own pastor’s statements.
2. The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) gains widespread national attention after Mitt Romney seeks Republican nomination and LDS members are active in opposing California’s Proposition 8.
3. Christians see increasing clash between religious freedom and push for both same-sex marriage and sexual orientation non-discrimination.
4. Regulations focus on clash between patient rights and conscience rights for pharmacists and health care workers.
5. Texas child protective services agency conducts high profile raid on compound of polygamous FLDS Church and takes children into temporary state custody.
6. IRS rules on church involvement in political campaigns increasingly invoked and challenged.
7. Church-state and free speech challenges to religious-themed license plates reach courts.
8. Turkey’s ruling party challenged in Constitutional Court over secularism disputes.
9. 9th Circuit interprets RFRA in Navajo Nation v. U.S. Forest Service.
10. Massive Bernard Madoff fraud decimates numerous Jewish non-profits and philanthropists.
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