Headlines concerning Bostock v. Clayton County (LGBT employment rights case)
Juneteenth: A Worldwide Celebration
(Juneteenth.com)
Juneteenth 2020: Everything you need to know about Juneteenth
(People)
Here's what Juneteenth looks like in 2020 (photos)
(Carlie Porterfield, Forbes)
Faith leaders around the country prepare for historic Juneteenth celebrations
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Juneteenth: 4 interesting facts about the celebration marking end of slavery
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Juneteenth 2020: Peaceful protesters rally in U.S. cities to mark the end of American Slavery
(Bloomberg QuickTake News, YouTube Video)
More people are recognizing Juneteenth in 2020
(FiveThirtyEight)
Presidential Message on Juneteenth, 2020
(Donald J. Trump, The White House)
Chicago celebrates Juneteenth with interfaith march through iconic Grant Park
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
‘VeggieTales’ creator Phil Vischer releases viral video on race in America
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Rethinking white privilege and how we are really blessed
(Alan Cross, Religion News Service Opinion)
St. Junipero Serra statue torn down in San Francisco Park
(Catholic News Agency)
A Kairos moment: “a propitious moment for decision or action"
(Jim Wallis, Religion News Service Opinion)
Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia (consolidated with Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda)
(Case Page, SCOTUSblog)
Opinion analysis: Federal employment discrimination law protects gay and transgender employees (Updated)
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Are we all textualists now?: Amy Howe and Kevin Russell discuss oral arguments in LGBT employment discrimination cases
(SCOTUStalk, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: LGBT rights and religious freedom—finding a better way
(Alexander Dushku and R. Shawn Gunnarson, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The simplistic logic of Justice Neil Gorsuch’s account of sex discrimination
(Ryan Anderson, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The moral arc bends toward justice: Toward an intersectional legal analysis of LGBTQ rights
(Nicole Berner and Monica Jin Joo Wilk, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The triumph of textualism: “Only the written word is the law”
(Jonathan Skrmetti, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Progressive textualism and LGBTQ rights
(Katie Eyer, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The strength of the written word fulfills Title VII’s promise
(Sarah Rice, SCOTUSblog)
Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Measuring the religious significance of the Supreme Court's LGBT decision
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service Opinion)
Religious liberty questions remain after court's ruling
(Tom Strode, Baptist News Global)
LGBTQ Rights v. Religious Liberties
(Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed)
The rainbow and the cross at the Supreme Court
(R.S. Ghio, Public Square Magazine)
Bostock is as sad as you think
(Andrew Walker, Christianity Today Opinion)
Do job protections for gay people imperil religious freedom? Not really
(Michael McGough, Los Angeles Times Opinion)
Religious exemptions not clear in SCOTUS civil rights ruling, legal experts say
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)
'But Gorsuch...' crashes at Supreme Court: Now watch for 'Utah' references in news reports
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Are we headed toward a federal version of the Utah Compromise on LGBTQ rights?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Poll: Most Americans think government should stay out of religious organizations’ hiring decisions
(Elle Reynolds, The Federalist)
LGBT claimant in Supreme Court win not fired because he was gay, former employer says
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Legislating religious liberty
(Harvest Prude, World News Group)
In protecting LGBTQ workers, America must not overlook religious rights
(Hal Boydand Robert Snyder, Deseret News Opinion)
What the Supreme Court LGBT decision could mean for Catholic employers
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
After landmark LGBT rights ruling, unresolved questions await Supreme Court
(Marcia Coyle, law.com)
Certainly uncertain times (the Supreme Court's employment law decision)
(Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek Opinion)
Religious liberty, uplifting stories (June 20)
(Montse Alvarado of Becket, National Catholic Register)
Amazon bans Family Research Council from AmazonSmile program
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Justice Department sues Virginia county for blocking Muslim cemetery
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Tennessee bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected
(Cassandra Maas, Jurist: Legal News & Research)
Religion and Religious Freedom in the COVID-19 Era: Finding Community and Hope (report of the conference)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Role of religion, bipartisanship discussed at BYU Religious Freedom Annual Review
(Darnell Dickson, Daily Herald)
BYU conference touts religious freedom as soothing balm during COVID-19
(Jason Swensen, Deseret News Faith)
Mike Leavitt urges individual preventative action to combat COVID-19
(Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald)
Latter-day Saint apostle says pandemic is a ‘wake-up call’ about the fragility of religious freedom
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Why Sens. Mike Lee and Kyrsten Sinema believe religion can help heal racial divides
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Never again can we let religion — or any first freedom — become ‘nonessential’
(Boyd Matheson, Deseret News Opinion)
Court rejects churches’ lawsuit against Ill. worship restrictions
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Notre Dame Law School establishes Religious Liberty Clinic
(Dennis Brown, Notre Dame News)
New podcast: What's next in terms of Sexual Revolution vs. religious liberty news?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Court: City can exclude churches while favoring theaters and entertainment
(Pacific Justice Institute)
What liberty meant to the pilgrims
(Nathaneal Blake, National Review)
Religious groups voice support for Lubbock diocese in defamation suit
(Gabriel Monte, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Institutional advantage: The pandemic reveals how power rests with the Church
(Massimo Fagioli, Commonweal)
Court rules California church can't meet in downtown building it owns
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Ahead of election, political advocacy group says it aims to encourage Catholic turnout
(Catholic News Agency)
USCIRF urges the Administration to immediately enforce the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF leaders discuss international religious freedom with U.S. Secretary of State
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Nury Turkel, Uyghur leader: My work at USCIRF
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Supreme Court stops Texas execution for inmate's religious liberty
(Carol Zimmermann, Angelus News)
USCCB, other Catholic groups urge Court to protect faith-based foster care
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic New York)
Court sides with Pritzker on religious gathering restrictions
(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square)
Catholic Priests and Orthodox Jewish congregants sue New York governor in federal court for civil rights violations
(Bethany Blankley, Patheos Blog)
Contagious Christianity requires proximity
(Paul Louis Metzger, Patheos Blog)
Blind woman banned from park for 2 years for sharing Jesus
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
7th Circuit: Congregation limits don’t violate religious freedom
(Timothy Eggert, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin)
Supreme Court blocks Trump from rescinding DACA; DHS sec. calls ruling a 'double standard'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Faith groups applaud Supreme Court DACA decision
(Jace Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Federal appeals court refuses to block Illinois order capping religious services at 10 individuals
(Cassandra Maas, Jurist: Legal News & Research)
Supreme Court grants last minute stay of execution to Texas inmate
(Joshua Cossin, Jurist: Legal News & Research)
Illinois churches lose challenge to ban on mass gatherings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Minister challenges Louisiana cockfighting ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. petition filed in Title VII reasonable accommodation case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ohio legislature sends student religious liberties bill to governor
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Amid phantoms of death: A call for new paradigms of religious response to uprisings for black lives (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Cleve V. Tinsley IV, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Just a church-business story? Black pastor is new chairman of top Southern Baptist board
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Religious liberty advocates hope ministerial exception applies in private school case
(Christopher Vondracek, The Washington Times)
Haryana State in India to implement religious conversion bill
(International Christian Concern)
Supreme Court holds in its hands the future of Blaine amendments and religious education
(Trent Franks, The Washington Examiner)
Justice Department proposes rolling back content protections for big tech companies
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
America must condemn China’s abuse of Muslim minority
(Diliman Abdulkader, Real Clear Religion)
US Supreme Court halts Texas execution over clergy question
(Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press)
5th Circuit upholds Texas prison chaplain execution protocol
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court stays execution of prisoner denied a chaplain in the execution chamber
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court blocks execution for Texas prisoner denied spiritual adviser
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
Arkansas AG sues TV pastor over virus treatment claims
(Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press)
Unwilling sacrifices: anti-blackness, religion, and the clearing (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Biko Mandela Gray, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Do black lives matter to God? Reflections on history, theology, and hope amid the flames of outrage (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Cheryl Sanders, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Mind the gap: humanist thoughts on Christianity in the age of black lives matter (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Anthony Pinn, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Joining the sinners or resisting the sin? American Christian churches and race (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Elizabeth M. Bounds, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
People and property: reflections on George Floyd (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Timothy Rainey II, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Anger & forgiveness: Why they often go together…and should
(Ross McCullough, Commonweal)
Looking ahead: After SCOTUS ruling, some major faith groups still face LGBTQ battles
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
LGBT employment protections and religious liberty
(Amanda Hollis-Brusky, The Washington Post)
That question again: Where is the familiar faith theme in news about these civil rights events?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Religious conservatives look to the next Supreme Court rulings on religious liberty
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Financially hit by COVID-19, Washington National Cathedral lays off staff
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Five years after shooting, Mother Emanuel uneasily adapts as pilgrimage site
(Matthew J. Cressler, Religion News Service Opinion)
‘Seismic implications’ for religious liberty, church in SCOTUS ruling
(Russell Moore, The Baptist Messenger, FIrst PErson)
Supreme Court avoids religious liberty issues in employment discrimination case
(Rafael Hoffman, Hamodia)
Baptist groups join forces to promote religious freedom during difficult year
(Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global)
Advocates appeal for Catholic schools amid closures nationwide
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Supreme Court stays Texas execution over chaplain dispute
(Catholic News Agency)
US Govt Dept upholds religious organisations’ right to public funding
(The Christian Institute)
Three New York Orthodox Jews sue Cuomo, de Blasio over coronavirus restrictions
(Jackson Richman, Cleveland Jewish News)
US woman becomes the first observant Sikh to graduate from top military academy
(Brooke Fryer, SBS News)
PPP funds still available for Christian organizations if they apply before June 30th
(Sutton Turner, The Christian Post)
7th Circuit hears arguments over worship size limits
(Timothy Eggert, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin)
Gayle Manchin elected as Chair of bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Tony Perkins and Anurima Bhargava as Vice Chairs
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
New York's double standard
(Martina Moyski, Church Militant)
Rev. Rolland Slade, first black chair of Southern Baptist Executive Committee, elected
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
As churches reopen, let's not lose the sense of sanctity in our homes
(Samuel Rodriguez, Religion News Service Opinion)
Why we need religious freedom for all: An appeal and invitation to the Church | Review of Luke Goodrich’s Free to Believe
(Eric Patterson, Providence Mag)
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