S.C. Undermines Immigrants’ Right to Feel Safe

Santos is a fifth-grader at my school. When he was in second grade, he was in my classroom for the first half of the school year. His parents are migrant workers, so when the spring, summer and fall work on South Carolina farms slows and stops with the winter winds,...

Baptist Attacks Fail on Candidate’s Religion

Nikki Haley easily captured the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor on June 22 after facing weeks of personal attacks, including questions about her conversion to Christianity. Several Baptists in the state joined other conservatives in stirring up...

Judge Hits the Brakes on Christian License Plates

In South Carolina a U.S. district judge ruled on Nov. 10 that it was illegal for the state to promote Christianity on license plates. At issue was a plan by Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer to offer a car tag with the words, “I Believe.” The tag would also feature a...

Clergy Sex Abuse Arrest Stuns South Carolina Baptist Church

The day Southern Baptist Convention leaders discussed in Nashville, Tenn., how well the nation’s second-largest faith group is handling the problem of clergy sex abuse, a congregation in South Carolina was shocked to learn its pastor was arrested for allegedly...