Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Boko Haram threat has not stopped Bible translation work in Nigeria
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Luxembourg: marriage equality approved
(Human Rights Watch)
As Myanmar's Rakhine Buddhists gain strength, so does anti-Muslim apartheid
(Aubrey Belford, Reuters)
Kenya massacre prompts calls for increased security
(World Watch Monitor)
Twitter relents, won't allow Pakistan government to block controversial messages
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret National News)
In God we trust…but employers don’t; job-hunters hurt by admitting faith on resume
(Meredith Somers, The Washington Times)
Kenya’s religious leaders demand government response to deadly terror attack
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Is marriage in America on the rocks?
(Jerry Newcombe, The Christian Post)
Gay marriage ban questioned by Colorado judge
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
'Women's issues' broader than reproductive health, experts say
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Christian college clubs face scrutiny for wanting Christian leaders
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
$108M damages in faith-healing death upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
District court upholds ACA non-profit contraceptive mandate rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Utah Supreme Court refuses to set aside default judgment in FLDS land case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Scottish Constitution: is there a religious angle?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
India's prime minister takes strong stance against recent violence towards women and girls
(Matti Stevenson, Christian News Wire)
Appeals court sets date to hear arguments in four-state ban on gay marriage
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Islamic militants kill 21 in attacks in Iraq, invade country's biggest oil refinery
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
As Southern Baptist, mainline churches lag, Assemblies of God booms
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Pluralism is the enemy: 'Jesus is the only way' will be deemed hate speech, says pastor
(Hayley Olson, The Christian Post)
Supreme Court okays pro-life challenge to Ohio election speech law
(Catholic News Agency)
Ukraine to celebrate at state level the 150th anniversary of metropolitan who helped fascists
(Interfax)
Militants tried to shell Slavyansk Cathedral, but missed it
(Interfax)
Attorney: courts overturning marriage laws use "raw judicial power"
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Gates abortion funding drop met with praise, caution
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Pro-marriage culture reduces inequality, professor says
(Catholic News Agency)
Understanding male same-sex attraction
(Michael Cook, Conjugality)
Obama thinks Iran can rescue American interests in the Middle East: he's wrong
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Homemakers are happier
(Nicole M. King, Family Edge)
Where Christian churches stand on gay marriage
(David Masci, Pew Research Center)
When global warming kills your god
(Adam Weymouth, The Atlantic)
The separation of church and state is still alive—for children, anyway
(Yishai Schwartz, New Republic)
The Buddhist punk reforming drug rehab
(Stephen Krcmar, The Daily Beast)
Pakistan police clash with supporters of Canada-based cleric
(Qasim Nauman, The Wall Street Journal)
Iraq crisis: ISIS militants threaten UK, says Cameron
(BBC News)
Cuba's Catholic Church may restrict rare forum for open debate
(Marc Frank, Reuters)
Kenya attacks: Al-Shabab not involved - Kenyatta
(BBC News)
Shiite militias decamping from Syria to fight in Iraq
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
Jewish groups united by prayers for 3 missing youths
(Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times)
Secular group protests Navy’s rejection of humanist chaplain
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Georgia, Missouri carry out executions
(Jim Salter and Kate Brumback, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Charitable giving to religious groups is down as philanthropy improves from the Great Recession
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Cordileone defends marriage march
(Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism)
Something rotten? The state of religious freedom in Denmark
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)
An unprecedented spiritual disaster
(Jeff Gissing, Juicy Ecumenism)
Christian nomads
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Schism through a young United Methodist’s eyes
(Michael Moore, General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church)
China's clampdown on 'evil cults'
(Murong Xuecun, The New York Times)
Nancy Pelosi urges S.F. archbishop to exit marriage march
(Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle)
The war on Christians
(Paul Marshall, The Weekly Standard)
Convert to Christianity sues church, claiming it broke confidentiality promise and thus exposed him to attack for apostasy in Syria
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew to meet Sunday in Jerusalem
(Ryan Hunter, Juicy Ecumenism)
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
ECHR reaffirms autonomy of religious organisations
(Ann Marie Foley, Catholic Ireland)
EWTN denied protection against contraception mandate
(Press Release, EWTN Global Catholic Network)
South Sudan’s transitional Government to aid crisis
(World Watch Monitor)
So, you married an atheist…
(Michael Lipka and Jessica Martinez, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
550 Christian girls kidnapped and forced to convert in Egypt since 2011
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
"Morality clause" has Cincinnati teachers reconsider their jobs
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's victory celebrated by Egypt's religious minorities
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
US House of Representatives to open with Hindu prayer
(Rajan Zed, World Religion News)
WRPC Human Rights Center to hold a forum on military crimes in Novorossia
(Interfax-Religion)
Court upholds refusal to allow April LGBT rallies in Kostroma
(Interfax)
Buddhist priest holds over hundred ceremonies, services in Russian army in 2014
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill urges to constantly pray in all churches for peace in Ukraine
(Interfax)
US sending nearly 300 troops into Iraq to protect embassy from Islamic jihadist threat
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
'My husband told them we were Christians and they shot him in the head and chest;' 48 Kenyans killed in terrorist attacks
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Texas abortion regs bar 'Gosnell of Texas' from performing abortions, but his clinics are still open
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
Infant cremation: Bonomy Report recommends changes
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Utah Oktoberfest likely to include beer after all
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Pope rails against corruption as Italy probes rise
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Secular group protests Navy’s rejection of humanist chaplain
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews cry foul over Jerusalem’s new artificial beach
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
San Francisco archbishop defends decision to join D.C. rally against gay marriage
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Obama to issue executive order against LGBTQ discrimination
(Common Dreams, Mint Press News)
Kazakhstan: Teacher and bookseller fined, imam's fine overturned
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Iraqi forces hold off Isis rebels north of Baghdad as Obama waits
(Martin Chulov, Dan Roberts, and Patrick Wintour, The Guardian)
Taxpayers' cash should not be used to fund faith schools, say voters
(Toby Helm and Mark Townsend, The Guardian)
Nuns sue strip club, saying it's too close to convent
(Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune)
No academic question
(Cathleen Kaveny, Commonweal Magazine)
History goes on
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Drakeman, “What’s the Point of Originalism?”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
North Carolina legislature sends student religious expression bill to Governor
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Study confirms prevalence of religious discrimination in workplace hiring
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear graduation in church case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Heritage’s ugly Benghazi panel
(Dana Milbank, The Washington Post)
Hollman Report: BJC opposes school vouchers, files brief in Colorado case
(K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Vandalized Gandhi statue upsets many Sikhs in UK
(Aditya Kant, The Times of India)
Pakistan: Eight die as Lahore police clash with Qadri supporters
(BBC News)
Yemeni forces seek to wrest Sanaa mosque from ousted president
(Khaled Abdullah, Reuters)
PC(USA) economics of intolerance
(Jeff Gissing, Juicy Ecumenism)
Jordan releases Zarqawi's spiritual mentor from prison
(Ben Kesling and Suha Ma'ayeh, The Wall Street Journal)
On religion issues, children are still different
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Spanish police break up alleged jihadist recruitment network
(David Roman, The Wall Street Journal)
Israel ramps up pressure on Hamas in hunt for missing teens
(Ali Sawafta, Reuters)
Buddhist-Muslim unrest boils over in Sri Lanka
(Dharisha Bastians and Gardiner Harris, The New York Times)
44 Sunni prisoners killed as Iraqi violence spreads
(Alissa J. Rubin and Suadad Al-Salhy, The New York Times)
Four-way hearing on same-sex marriage
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Police: Priest killed with gun owned by colleague
(Brian Skoloff, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Meet the ‘evangelical’ Catholics who are remaking the GOP
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
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