Thursday, October 27, 2011

House Committee Holds Hearings On U.S. Religious Liberty

The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution yesterday held hearings on "The State of Religious Liberty in the United States."  The prepared statements of witnesses are available online. The Committee heard from Bridgeport Catholic Bishop William Lori representing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; Colby M. May of the American Center for Law and Justice: and Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In addition a written statement was submitted by the ACLU. ABP reports on the hearing.