Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Guilty pleas in indictment for exporting meat falsely labeled as Halal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Second Oregon judge ends wedding services after gay marriage allowed
(Emily E. Smith, The Oregonian)
Oregon judge who refused gay marriages says freedom of religion violated
(Shelby Sebens, Reuters)
Oregon judge faces ethics charges over refusing same-sex weddings and other matters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Planned Parenthood practice of fetal harvesting under Congressional microscope this week
(Chelsen Vicari, Juicy Ecumenism: The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)
Fayetteville voters OK anti-bias law
(Joel Walsh, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Fayetteville voters approve controversial anti-discrimination law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The battle over kapparot goes to court
(Edmon J. Rodman, Jewish Journal)
Windsor decision is based on a lie written into New York Marriage Equality Act
(RenewAmerica)
Suit challenges kapparot ceremonies under California's Unfair Competition Law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Antievolution lawsuit dismissed in West Virginia
(National Center for Science Education)
Suit challenging teaching of evolution dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious diversity is good for business
(Brian Walsh and Brian Grim, Real Clear Religion)
Russia's Muslim clerics concerned over court ruling on Islamic book
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
Charitable status of un-popular opinion
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Churches)
Refugees in Europe: Exodus
(The Economist)
Drones in the sky: 'Up, Up ... and NOT going away'
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Time to take religion, segregation out of schools
(Fa Abdul, Free Malaysia Today)
Myanmar's religion laws a 'death knell' for peace
(John Zaw, UCA News)
Assisting suicide in Scotland: Ross (For Judicial Review)
(Frank Cranmer, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Missouri Alliance for Freedom offers model legislation to protect religious liberty
(Missouri Scorecard)
The plight of Syria's Druze minority and U.S. options
(Waleed Rikab, Syria Comment)
Brazil Pentecostal church welcomes gays spurned elsewhere
(Jenny Barchfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Religious groups push U.S. to take in 100,000 Syrian refugees
(Reuters)
There are more atheists and agnostics entering Harvard than Protestants and Catholics
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Israel outlaws Muslim groups that protest at key holy site
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The Christian militia taking on Islamic State in Iraq
(Dan Damon, BBC News)
India Muslims condemn Islamic State, calling it 'un-Islamic'
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Group urges Republican candidates to defund Planned Parenthood
(Ginger Gibson, Reuters)
Built by immigrants, U.S. Catholic churches bolstered by them once again
(Tom Gjelten and Marisa Penaloza, NPR)
Relatively few U.S. Catholics skipped annulment because of cost or complications
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Participants in workshop are equipped to address statelessness in Middle East
(World Council of Churches)
The secret Christians of Brooklyn
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Islamic cleric killed in Dagestan
(Interfax-Religion)
Azerbaijan: Can segregated beaches be "positive discrimination"?
(EurasiaNet)
NYC Board of Health repeals regulations on circumcision rite
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope Francis reforms Church law in marital nullity trials
(Vatican Radio)
Apostolic Letters on marriage annulment law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pope radically simplifies Catholic marriage annulment procedures
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
WCC affirms strong role of churches in Colombian peace process
(World Council of Churches)
China marks Tibet anniversary with rallying cry against Dalai Lama
(Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters)
China sticks to freedom of religious belief
(Xinhuanet)
'Banistan': Four-day meat ban in India's Mumbai sparks outrage
(Swati Bhat, Reuters)
Palestine: The end or a new beginning? – OpEd
(Alan Hart, Eurasia Review)
Israel bans Palestinian activists behind Jerusalem shrine protests
(Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
The latest manifestation of the debate regarding state-religion relationship in Israel
(Joseph Gold, The Jerusalem Post)
Al Qaeda calls Islamic State illegitimate but suggests cooperation
(Omar Fahmy, Reuters)
Apocalypse now: For Islamic State, the end is definitely nigh
(Charles Cameron, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Migrants and Australia: Why Australia is accepting 12,000 more Syrian migrants
(The Economist)
4 reasons we should think before acting rashly on migrant crisis
(Deborah Lipstadt, Forward)
Unhappy Arabia: The religious and cultural heritage being ruined by Yemen's war
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Medical examiner need not wait to see if religious objection to autopsy is made
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Clergy-penitent privilege does not shield disclosure of writer of defamatory letter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In Britain, teachers learn how to tackle extremists
(Michael Holden and Sara Ledwith, Reuters)
Heading to London, Netanyahu urges Europe to stop pressuring Israel
(Dan Williams, Reuters)
New Jersey man pleads guilty to conspiring to help Islamic State
(Alina Selyukh, Reuters)
AB Gallagher: tackle terrorism, guarantee religious freedom in Mid East
(Philippa Hitchens, Vatican Radio)
Azerbaijan: Seven months' secret police detention so far, three more added
(Forum 18 News Service)
Azerbaijan: 11 weeks with no Sunday liturgy
(Forum 18 News Service)
Discrimination, equal treatment, electricity and collateral damage: CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Defiant Kentucky clerk's backers: Fire aides over gay marriage licenses
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)
Radical killed by Britain in Syria was latest from Cardiff district
(Angus Berwick, Reuters)
UK defends drone strike that killed British citizen fighting for ISIL
(Al Jazeera America)
Europe's migration crisis
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
How many migrants to Europe are refugees?
(The Economist Explains)
Obama encouraged to end religious hiring exemption
(Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Kim Davis, Christianity and defiance
(Mark Tooley, The Stream)
On the front-line of the refugee crisis
(Anglican Communion News Service)
France says taking all refugees would be victory for Islamic State
(John Irish, Reuters)
Russian Church in Germany is ready to shelter refugees from Syria
(Interfax-Religion)
Asylum's dark side: The deadly business of human smuggling
(Spiegel Online International)
Afghanistan: Fragile and forgotten – analysis
(Dr Sanu Kainikara, Eurasia Review)
Saga of recalcitrant Rowan County clerk continues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge orders Kentucky clerk in gay marriage case released from jail
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)
District Judge lifts contempt sanction and orders Kentucky clerk released from jail
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Free Kim Davis, and fire her – OpEd
(Randall G. Holcombe, Eurasia Review)
Kim Davis is no Rosa Parks
(Michael Gerson, The Washington Post: Opinion)
Iranian deputy foreign minister reasserts leadership on Syria, confidence in Hezbollah
(Jean Aziz, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
How the Islamic State has helped the Middle East
(Kayhan Barzegar, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Public schools shouldn’t preach. But they should teach kids about religion
(Linda K. Wertheimer, The Washington Post)
EchoLight Studios' 'One Generation Away' film tour visits the frontlines of religious liberty issues
(Heidi McDow, Christian News Wire)
Danforth Center lecture series examines intersection of religion, medicine, law
(Washington University in St Louis Newsroom)
Procedure of obtaining Russian passport is likely to be simplified for Orthodox foreigners
(Interfax-Religion)
Around 1,000 Crimeans professing non-traditional Islam put on register
(Interfax-Religion)
Navy Chaplain exonerated from possible discharge after expressing Biblical beliefs on homosexuality
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Iowa-based multi-site Lutheran megachurch defies denominational decline
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Presbyterian Church (USA) holds first gay wedding at national office
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Israeli Christian schools strike to protest cuts in public funding
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Calls to prioritise Christian refugees are discriminatory – Australia's grand mufti
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Top cardinal warns Feds: Hands off our religion
(Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner)
Egypt begins rounding up dissidents under new terror law
(Emily Crane Linn, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Satanic Temple asks to place Baphomet on Arkansas capitol grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mike Huckabee leads Kim Davis out of Kentucky jail
(Tom LoBianco, Tal Kopan and Theodore Schleifer, CNN)
Some Republicans are claiming Kim Davis is like Rosa Parks
(Tom McKay, Mic.com)
Kim Davis released from jail, ordered not to interfere with same-sex marriage licenses
(David Weigel, Abby Phillip and Sarah Larimer, The Washington Post)
Kim Davis speaks from prison on Day 5
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Kim Davis appeals contempt order
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Ky. clerk’s attorney: New marriage licenses ‘not worth the paper they’re written on’
(James Higdon, The Washington Post)
Pope reforms Catholic church’s marriage annulment process
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Pope Francis makes annulment of marriages cheaper and easier
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)
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