The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the Interfaith Alliance
Amicus Curiae
Stephen B. Kinnaird, Counsel of Record The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is a 73-year-old education and advocacy organization that serves 15 cooperating Baptist conventions and conferences in the United States. The Interfaith Alliance has 185,000 members across the country made up of 75 faith traditions, as well as those of no faith tradition. Stephen B. Kinnaird is a partner with the law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where he co-chairs its appellate practice. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 3, 2009. The…