Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Liquid church shatters Guinness world record
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Russian church official believes fight for God's truth is going in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Hundreds of children kneel down to pray for peace in Ukraine in Yaroslavl monastery
(Interfax-Religion)
Schools top source of police concern over radicalisation
(Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian)
Iraqi Shiite fighters of Balad provide bulwark for Baghdad
(Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times)
Jailed Chinese pastor's family escapes to US
(Louise Watt, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Atheist to open NY meeting; top court OKed prayers
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Bill would tighten up buffer zone rules
(David Scharfenberg, The Boston Globe)
The Middle East's Christian diaspora: Christian's continue to flee Iraq. Is there hope for them?
(Lucy Schouten, The American Spectator)
France and the Islamic veil – again: Baby-Loup
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Middle Eastern politican calls for unity between Muslims and Christians
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Hamas fires rockets into Israel after rejecting cease-fire proposal; calling it a 'joke'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Assisted suicide legalization proves divisive for Anglican communion; Archbishop of Canterbury against bill
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Christian charities take on border crisis' humanitarian needs, serve refugees with 'the heart of Christ'
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
Sanmenxia City Religious Affairs Bureau creates religious regulations television game show [Simplified Chinese]
(Henan Province RAB, Sohu)
North Korean Catholics invited to attend Pope's mass in Seoul
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Chibok, 3 months later
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 14 July 2014
Assyrian NGO, Christian Solidarity International aiding Iraqis fleeing Mosul, Baghdede
(Assyrian International News Agency)
Church of England to have women bishops
(Official News Release, The Church of England)
Church of England votes 'yes' to women bishops
(Tess Little, Reuters)
Church of England votes to allow female bishops
(Julie Westfall, Los Angeles Times)
Confederate flag dispute rises again: appeals court says Texas can't block license plate
(Andy Grimm, NOLA.com, Times-Picayune)
Expected attendees at the White House iftar dinner
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
Expelled transgender student wins partial victory
(Emma Margolin, MSNBC)
Five things I teach foreign students about American religion & politics
(Tobin Grant, Religion News Service)
Florida school board ducks anti-religion challenge
(Chris Fry, Courthouse News Service)
Group of law professors urges Obama to deny religious exemption in order
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Is Evangelical morality still acceptable in America?
(Alan Noble, The Atlantic)
Preachers call for compassion in dealing with immigrant surge
(Michel Martin, Host, NPR Faith Matters)
Remarks by the President at the annual Iftar dinner, July 14, 2014
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
The fault is not Israel's
(Ben Stein, The American Spectator)
YOU can bring peace in the Middle East!
(Rebecca SIrbu / Rabbis Without Borders, My Jewish Learning)
How America can help to stop the war in Gaza
(Liel Leibovitz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Health economics 101: contraceptives pay for themselves, usually, babies don’t
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Ohio enacts released time program, effective in September
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US House reapproves Religious Freedom Commission
(Catholic News Agency)
Synod approves women in the episcopate
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Human trafficking to China
(Marcus Roberts, MercatorNet)
A Constitution for the UK?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Church of England approves women bishops in historic vote
(Trevor Grundy and Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Church of England General Synod approves female bishops
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Church of England General Synod votes to allow female bishops – as it happened
(Claire Phipps and Josh Halliday, The Guardian)
At Crimean Holocaust event, a chance to burnish Russia’s image as defender of minorities
(JTA)
Nigerian archbishop calls for government rescue of schoolgirls
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
White House will not instantly recognize 'non-binary genders' in all departments
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Republican Party's not fighting gay marriage, says potential Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Malala Yousafzai shows support for Nigerian girls abducted by Boko Haram
(Monica Mark, The Guardian)
Lord Falconer’s assisted suicide bill under attack
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)
Liberalism alive and well in America’s churches
(Chelsen Vicari, Juicy Ecumenism)
Episcopalians in South Carolina take their $500 million property fight to court
(Rachel Lynn Aldrich, WORLD News Service)
I now pronounce you spouse and spouse
(Michael Brown, Charisma News)
Colorado traditional marriage law latest to fall
(WORLD News Service)
Even religious leaders have things to learn, like how to better serve domestic violence victims
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret National News)
Hobby Lobby, Wheaton College, and a new religious order
(Sarah Barringer Gordon and Nomi Stolzenberg, Religion and Politics)
Humanists win right to solemnize their own weddings in Indiana
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Stopping the panic over Britain's paedophiles
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)
Netanyahu finally speaks his mind
(David Horovitz, The Times of Israel)
How anti-atheist stigma affects the mental health of American nontheists
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)
Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey supports assisted suicide bill
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Buddhists honor their deceased ancestors this week
(Mary Herndon, Religion News Service)
Women bishops * immigrants’ saint * Gaza escalates: Monday’s roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Conference to train Catholics in defense of marriage
(Celina Ortiz, Christian News Wire)
Preachers call for compassion in dealing with immigrant surge
(NPR)
Christian persecution in China intensifies as pastor sentenced to 12 years in 'miscarriage of justice'
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Christians disappearing from Iraq, bishops lament
(Catholic News Agency)
Israeli-Hamas battle escalates; Palestinians flee Gaza airstrikes
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Conservative UK MPs condemn 'medieval, cruel' abortion laws after 39-week abortion
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Massachusetts city terminates contract with Christian college over its stance on homosexuality
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
US education department says Christian University can refuse trans students on-campus housing
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Lesbian named Christian says Pentecostal Southwestern Christian University expelled her for marrying her girlfriend
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Who's the real Hobby Lobby bully?
(Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View)
Sotomayor digs in
(George Neumayr, The American Spectator)
Police attack Mennonite church gathering in Vietnam
(Luke Martin, Mennonite World Review)
The Dalai Lama calls for peace between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)
Iraqi Christian leaders appeal to Europe as nuns kidnapped
(Damaris Kremida, World Watch Monitor)
A liberal’s second thoughts about Hobby Lobby
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Can people “exercise religion” through publicly traded corporations?
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Evangelicals are changing their minds on gay marriage
(Jim Hinch, Politico)
In Malaysia, Islam's legal advance divides families and nation
(Stuart Grudgings, Reuters)
Voodoo won't save Haiti, says cardinal
(Rashmee Roshan Lall, The Guardian)
Mandalay’s Chinese Muslims chilled by riots
(Thomas Fuller, The New York Times)
In divided Jerusalem, rail line for Arabs and Jews is among the fractures
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
Hollande urges Middle East diplomacy after pro-Palestinian protest in Paris
(Anne Penketh, The Guardian)
Women bishops: Church's second chance to decide
(BBC News)
Faithful flock to see statue of Santo Toribio, the immigrants' saint
(Esmeralda Bermudez, Los Angeles Times)
How some colleges that ban premarital sex teach prevention of sexual assault
(Nick Anderson, The Washington Post)
Pastor led son’s gay wedding, revealing fault line in church
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
A Raleigh family’s Ramadan combines cultures and traditions
(Kara Bettis, The News and Observer)
Kentucky set to license pastoral counselors to provide faith-based mental health services
(Jack Brammer, Lexington Herald-Leader)
Republican Governors' words shift on gay marriage
(Steve Peoples and Erik Schelzig, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The eleven most active religious cults in China
(The China Story)
Hong Kong and Beijing: A fine line for religious leaders
(South China Morning Post)
Church of England General Synod set to approve female bishops
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
The economic cost of demolishing houses of worship
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Neo-Nazis, Islamists declare 'You Jews are beasts' during protest of Israeli operation
(Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post)
Sunday, 13 July 2014
7 ways congregations can embrace people with special needs
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
IRS to rubber-stamp tax-exempt status for most charities after scandal
(Massimo Calabresi, Time)
Berlin protest against Israel’s Gaza op turns violent
(JTA)
Tunisian police shut down restaurants during Ramadan
(Sarra Hlaoui, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
French court lifts mayor’s ban on Muslim hijab at beach
(France 24 with AFP)
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