Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Pope Francis to build showers for homeless in St. Peter’s Square
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Controversial head scarf issue heads to the Supreme Court
(Tiffany Robertson, JD Supra)
Religious accommodations in the workplace: Appeals court sides with employee
(Martin J. Regimbal, HR BLR)
Texas lawmaker wants constitutional ‘license to discriminate’ against LGBT workers and customers
(Alan Pyke, Think Progress)
Transgender discrimination ban prevails in Miami-Dade panel, despite opposition
(Patricia Mazzei, Miami Herald)
No longer silent and incremental: the pro-life path to overturning Roe v. Wade
(Sara Israelsen-Hartley, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
South Florida religious leaders back school vouchers
(Christina Veiga, Miami Herald)
Jerusalem’s holy sites: Temple madness
(The Economist)
The Menorah principle and the unravelling of public religiosity
(Eugene Kontorovich, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Colleges: A Christian should lead Christians (opinion)
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)
A Turkish quest to "liberate" Jerusalem
(Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute)
Catholic Church losing ground in Latin America
(Alan Gomez, Religion News Service)
Latin America: Why thousands of Catholics are defecting to evangelical churches
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
School calendar change sparks holy war
(Julie Wiener, JTA Telegraph)
Are Democrats losing the Jews?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Evangelicals and the LGBT community: What does the future hold?
(Andrew T. Walker, Public Discourse)
Canadian law requiring wearing of motorcycle helmets irks Sikhs
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
US school bans praying and talking about Jesus during free time
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Kuwaiti cartoonist battles IS death threats, US bigots
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)
Kyrgyzstan: "A fabricated case" states Judge, but women still under arrest
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Why Christian groups lead the biggest relief efforts in the world
(Christopher Hale, Faith Street: On Faith)
Switzerland: Court backs right for schoolgirl to wear scarf
(Malcolm Curtis, The Local)
Turkey’s top cleric to discuss Islamophobia with Pope Francis
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Speedier process for clergy abuse appeals in the Roman Catholic Church
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Church alarm at ‘danger’ of Government's ‘British values’ test in wake of Trojan Horse row
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
EVENT, 13-14 November 2014: Love and Forgiveness in Governance
(Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs)
EVENT, 13 November 2014: Is religion getting us to LGBTQ equality?
(LGBT Resource Center, USC Student Affairs, University of Southern California)
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Catalonia in Spain? The future ahead
(Javier García Oliva, UK Constitutional Law Association)
Russian Orthodox Church: Christian suffering in Middle East caused by West indifference
(Interfax-Religion)
Clamping down on religion: An NRO interview
(Kathryn Jean Lopez / Ed Clancy, National Review Online)
Idea of world caliphate is doomed to collapse - Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)
*Interstellar* isn't about religion (and also it is totally about religion)
(Megan Garber, The Atlantic)
Interstellar religion? How religion shapes views of space exploration
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
Turkey to offer course on Christianity at schools
(Cath Martin, Christian Today World)
Supreme Court allows same-sex marriages to proceed in Kansas, lifting stay
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
ACLU: Gay Kansas couples harmed by marriage delay
(John Hanna, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Obama heads to Myanmar as ethnic and religious tensions percolate
(Thomas Maresca, Religion News Service)
Rastafarian sues NJ police, says he was searched for pot because of his dreadlocks
(Seth Augenstein, Religion News Service)
Mayor bans abortion clinics from his city because he wants to avoid ‘drama'
(Tara Culp-Ressler, Mint Press News)
Muslim leaders concerned about worsening Australian sectarian tensions
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Why France should worry about its jihadist hopefuls
(Sophie Claudet, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Druze women empowered through sports
(Yuval Avivi, trans. Danny Wool, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Supreme Court lifts hold on gay marriage in Kansas
(Al Jazeera)
Arson attacks on mosque, synagogue inflame Israeli-Palestinian tensions
(Al Jazeera)
New Hampshire elections volunteer claims she was fired for saying 'God bless you'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Catholic bishops back Obama acting alone on immigration
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Patriarch Kirill urges authorities to maximally consider interests of Russian people
(Interfax-Religion)
Christians flee to Jordan for refuge from ISIS
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Kuwait issues three-volume book on unified Islamic endowment law
(Kuwait News Agency)
School tells kids: Stop praying to Jesus, singing ‘Amazing Grace’
(Todd Starnes, Charisma News)
U.S. bishops renew commitment to fighting threats to religious liberty
(Lisa Bourne, Life Site)
Baha’i girl denied burial
(Kian Sabeti, Iran Wire)
In rural Kenya, traditions run deeper than law on cutting girls
(Siegfried Modola, Reuters)
Indonesia drafts religion legislation to 'protect all faiths'
(Fatiyah Wardah, Voice of America)
White supremacist charged in Kansas murders makes court appearance
(Kevin Murphy, Reuters)
Holidays’ names stricken from next year’s Montgomery schools calendar
(Donna St. George, The Washington Post)
Jerusalem, a sanctuary for all
(Prince Hassan bin Talal, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Jerusalem on the edge as tensions over holy site threaten to boil over
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
I respect all believers, even Sunnis
(Özgür Korkmaz, Hürriyet Daily News)
Same-sex marriages may go ahead in Kansas
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Army studying religious requirement for ROTC prof at Christian college
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian school’s ROTC under attack
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)
Holy See creates new judicial body for abuse cases
(Vatican Radio)
Pope Francis creates new judicial body to speed up sex abuse claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No chance Turkey will be 'kicked out of NATO'
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Post)
Domino’s founder turning FL town into unconstitutional contraception-free ‘Catholic enclave’
(Scott Kaufman, Raw Story)
The Jewish divide over Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Activists intent on building third Jewish temple spark tensions at holy site
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Ori Weisberg, Religion News Service)
Public bodies, quasi-law and religion
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UN refugee agency urges Thais not to eject Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Kentucky Baptists kick out gay-friendly church
(Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Obama to press Burma on Rohingyas and stalled political reforms on visit
(Kate Hodal, The Guardian)
No Islamophobia in Latin America, says Turkey’s religious head
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Supreme Court stays gay marriage in Kansas
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Today's must-read faith and family stories 2014.11.12
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition)
Bureau of Democracy, human rights and labor request for proposals: religious freedom in Egypt
(United States Department of State)
East Lancs Muslim college vice-principal's claim for religious discrimination thrown out
(The Citizen)
The Hobby Lobby moment
(Paul Horwitz, Harvard Law Review)
Suit challenges ban on prayer group during high school free period
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colo. school to students: No praying during free time
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Texas Senator proposes broad religious freedom amendment to state constitution
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Xinjiang court sentences 22 people to jail for religious activities
(Alison Sacriponte, JURIST)
Xinjiang Muslim preachers jailed for 'stirring up religious hatred'
(Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post)
Court sentences 22 for illegal religious activities
(Chen Heying, Global Times)
Obamacare may die so gay marriage survives
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View)
Turks increasingly sympathetic to Islamic State
(PInar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The rise of Christianity in China
(Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times)
Obamacare and gay marriage — the missing link
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The 1915 Genocide : Who can legally represent Armenians?
(Rodney Dakessian, Assyrian International News Agency)
Conviction of journalist for reporting about sex abuses in a Christian rehabilitation centre violated Article 10 ECHR
(Flutura Kusari and Dirk Voorhoof, Strasbourg Observers)
EVENT, 12-13 November 2014: The International Conference "Presence of the cross in the public space of the European states"
(The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler on the Hebrew Bible
(OUPblog Religion)
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Annual roundtable on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Norwegian Helsinki Committee Freedom of Belief Initiative in Istanbul)
At inaugural conference of Israeli-American group, a sense of tentativeness
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
Oklahoma Baptists pledge stand against homosexuality, while offering compassion to gays
(Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman)
Russia gets religion - OpEd
(Joshua Keating, Slate)
One year after boycott vote, Israel issue still divides ASA
(Anthony Weiss, JTA)
Munich: Muslims have a right to build a mosque, and opponents have a right to criticize Islam
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Seven common misconceptions about the Hebrew Bible
(Marc Zvi Brettler, OUPblog Religion)
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