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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Indonesia executions: Convicts praised God, sang Christian hymns before death by firing squad
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today - World)

Alexander Hamilton’s “Christian Constitutional Society”
(Jonathan Den Hartog, Patheos Blog: The Anxious Bench)

'Christian' self-description found waning by new US report
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

What should the church say to Bruce Jenner?
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines - Opinion)

Greek courts are using a law from 250 AD to annul same-sex marriages
(Costas Onisenko, Vice Greece)

France outcry over Muslim schoolgirl's skirt ban
(BBC News)

Manifesting religion in the workplace: Wasteney v East London NHS Foundation Trust
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Ex-Tower Hamlets mayor challenge
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Is Erdogan signaling end of secularism in Turkey?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Erdoğan signals new measures against Gülenists
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Arab youth use social media to send message of peace to Israel
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

LGBT Kenyans gain the right to organize, and churches promise to fight
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Online system will allow Mormons to pay tithing, donations and mission contributions digitally
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Top Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Luz says will no longer draw prophet
(Al Arabiya)

Russian State Duma adopts amendments to religion law
(Russia Religion News)

Crimean Tatars: restriction of freedom of religion since illegal annexation
(Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)

Iraqi cleric warns US Congress against recognising Kurds, Sunnis as “separate countries”
(BasNews)

71 get life sentences for torching Christian church in Egypt
(Sarah Sirgany and Greg Botelho, CNN)

Parents in Winnipeg debate religion in their schools
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Conviction upheld for ex-Swiss pol who called for Kristallnacht against Muslims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Fired Al Jazeera America employee sues network alleging anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Ukraine's foreign ministry established cooperation with religious organizations
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Religious refusal to bake for a gay wedding may cost bakery $135,000
(Religion News Service)

When you don't stand
(Jordana Brown, The Jewish Press)

Armenian church files lawsuit against Turkish government for return of historical Christian site on centenary of 1915 genocide
(Press Release, Christian News Wire)

Turks, Armenians and the two memories of April 24
(Ibrahim Kalin, Times of Oman)

Armenian Christians sue in Turkey to regain church property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ACLU files free speech lawsuit against County of Lackawanna transit system
(Press Release, ACLU of Pennsylvania)

First diplomat for LGBT rights speaks out
(Oren Dorell, Religion News Service)

Atheist group sues Pennsylvania transit system over refusal to accept ad
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Small Kansas church sues county over zoning dispute
(Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press, kansascity.com)

Small church brings RLUIPA suit against Kansas county
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Belarus president pans Minsk governor for not taking Jews 'under control'
(The Jerusalem Post)

Syrian Catholic leader pleads with US Christians not to forget his threatened church
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Squeezing out free speech on campus
(Jodie Ginsberg, Index - the Voice of Free Expression)

Austria's Islamic reforms
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Bahrain’s crackdown on free speech could inflame sectarian tensions
(Emanuel Stoakes, Al Jazeera America)

Pope Francis calls for equal pay for women
(Al Jazeera America)

Pope Francis: Christians should support equal pay for women
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)

Activists demand Obama appoint envoy for persecuted Middle Eastern Christians
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Uzbekistan: Short-term jailings, fines and harassment
(Wade Kusack, Religious Freedom Blog)

More crosses removed from Zhejiang churches
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA)

Mexico: New evidence presented for imprisoned, forcibly displaced Protestants
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA)

Russia: Justice Ministry moves to crack down on foreign-funded religious groups
(Yekaterina Gladkova, The Moscow Times)

LGBT Kenyans gain the right to organize, and churches promise to fight
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Elon Poll finds majority opposed to religious freedom bill
(Susan Ladd, News and Record)

Religious education an integral part of our value system, says Bishop
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Nepal earthquake deals a blow to Christians looking for improvement to country's religious freedom situation
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)

Candidates find that faith and politics do mix
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)

Hillary tells Church they should change beliefs on abortion - OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)

Agra, four statutes of Our Lady vandalized
(AsiaNews.it)

Jharkhand, Hindu radicals demand immediate closure of Catholic school
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Challenges to Religions Freedom
(Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Address at the Argentina Council for Foreign Relations (CARI))

Polygamy, the ancient Greeks and other provocative issues the Supreme Court raised on same-sex marriage
(Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post)

In defense of marriage, the rule of law, and ordered liberty
(Al Mohler, Christian Headlines)

In marriage arguments, Scalia frets over clergy religious freedom
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)

5 facts about same-sex marriage
(David Masci, Pew Research Center FactTank)

5 facts about the death penalty
(Sara Kehaulani Goo, Pew Research Center FactTank)

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

“Super-cuts” from same-sex marriage arguments (Obergefell v. Hodges)
(Tejinder Singh, SCOTUSblog)

Pastors: We were betrayed by Ind. 'religious freedom' fix
(Robert King, The Indianapolis Star, USA Today)

The pope and climate change: A green wearing white?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Why are Americans so uptight about religion?
(Chris Horst, On Faith)

State Department discovers religion, 2015 QDDR
(Jennifer Bryson, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Hindu leader blames Nepal earthquake on eating beef
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Saudi Arabia’s Islamist-liberal divide
(Madawi Al-Rasheed, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

What religious sites were lost or damaged in Nepal quake
(Kimberly Winston, Deseret News)

TX Senate: Government cannot subpoena sermons
(Associated Press, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Could religious institutions lose tax-exempt status over Supreme Court’s gay marriage case?
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

French Muslim girl banned from class for wearing long skirt
(Al Arabiya)

Michigan approves bills that allow adoption agencies to refuse service based on sexual orientation and religion
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Religious leaders call for peace after Baltimore riots
(Sarah Adams, The Christian Times)

Migration in Africa: A growing religious market
(Eurasia Review)

Obama Administration says non-profit status ‘going to be an issue’ for religious schools
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal)

Outcome of same-sex marriage case hard to predict
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Gay marriage arguments divide Supreme Court justices
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

Fayette Circuit Court judge reverses finding in Hands On Originals discrimination case
(Cheryl Truman, Kentucky.com)

Court upholds right of Christian company not to print t-shirts with ‘gay pride’ messages
(Heather Clark, Christian News)

Kentucky court says businesss may refuse to print gay pride t-shirts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jewish worker's suit in Collier alleges religious bias
(Steve Doane, Fort Myers News-Press)

Collier County Sheriff’s Office sued for religious discrimination and retaliation against Hasidic Jewish employee
(Press Release, ACLU)

Jewish sheriff's office employee sues alleging religious discrimination and harassment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Public library faces lawsuit after denying access for religious meeting
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Suit challenges library's rules for use of conference rooms
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court protects religious ministries for 6th time from IRS fines
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Supreme Court GVR's another non-profit contraceptive mandate challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ukip offers Christians who object to gay marriage special legal protection
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Police blame desecration of Jewish graves on Jews
(Yedidya Ben-Or, Arutz Sheva)

Obama and Pope Francis will discuss climate change, protection for religious minorities
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

Oral Argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, Question I [TRANSCRIPT]
(Supreme Court of the United States)

Oral Argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, Question II [TRANSCRIPT]
(Supreme Court of the United States)

Transcripts and audio of today's same-sex marriage arguments in Supreme Court are now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Oral Argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, Question I [AUDIO]
(Supreme Court of the United States)

Oral Argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, Question II [AUDIO]
(Supreme Court of the United States)

First take: No slam-dunk for same-sex marriage?
(Richard Wolf and Brad Heath, USA Today)

Supreme Court justices skeptical of redefining marriage [VIDEOS]
(Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter, CNN Politics)

Supreme Court focuses on equality under law
(Ilya Shapiro, Cato at Liberty, Cato Institute)

Supreme Court mulls how marriage equality will come about
(Ryan J. Reilly and Jennifer Bendery, Huff Post Politics)

Will international court decisions influence the U.S. Supreme Court on marriage?
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Justices deeply divided over same-sex-marriage arguments
(Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio)

Ryan T. Anderson’s instant analysis of Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage case
(Jamie Jackson, The Daily Signal)

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