Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 20 October 2014
'Mass mobs' are filling the pews at Detroit's Catholic churches
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post Religion)
More than a number: Violence and freedom of expression in Honduras
(Council on Hemispheric Affairs)
Wyoming attorney general says gay marriages can begin on Tuesday
(Dan Whitcomb, Reuters)
Idaho wedding chapel sues over requirement to marry same-sex couples
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Gay marriage ruling will bring renewed push for religious liberty protections
(Hank Stephenson and Ben Giles, Arizona Capitol Times)
Columbus County commissioners approve resolution opposing same sex-marriage ruling
(WECT)
Northern Ireland Assembly votes to criminalise the purchase of sexual services
(Louise Gleich, Care)
Asia Bibi's husband distraught after court upholds death sentence: 'How can I tell my children their mother is not free?'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today World)
What is African American religion?
(Eddie S. Glaude Jr., OUPblog Religion)
Conference at EUI (Florence) on The Roberts Court and the protection of religious freedom in the United States
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Claim of truce raises hope that kidnapped Nigerian girls will be released: But Chibok mediator says government sponsors keep Boko Haram alive
(World Watch Monitor)
Poll: Most Israeli Jews oppose Palestinian state on ’67 lines
(JTA)
New Indonesian president must face religious issues, academics say
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Paganism, religion and human rights
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
About 1,000 Evangelical Christians gather in central Kiev to pray for Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Interview with William P. Mumma, President of the Becket Fund [Video]
(Deseret News National Edition)
Idaho Ministers Told Perform Gay Marriage or Go to Jail
(Christian Broadcasting Network)
Surge in public executions in Saudi Arabia raises questions about country's justice system
(Christian Today)
Iranian women attacked with acid for 'bad hijab' — attackers may be enforcing law, not breaking it
(Inquisitr)
Mikvahs seek security after hidden camera scandal
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Rabbinical Council to add a role for women in wake of voyeurism scandal
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
Houston Mayor amends controversial pastor subpoenas
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Jerusalem bus ads featuring young women in prayer shawls vandalized
(JTA)
Exclusive poll: Utahns attitudes about same-sex marriage shifting following Supreme Court decision
(Bryan Schott, Utah Policy)
Australia's Parliament House lifts short-lived veil ban
(Rod McGurk, Associated Press)
Majority back Supreme Court on gay marriage
(Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill)
Turkey gives in on helping Syria's Kurds
(Patrick Brennan, National Review Online: the Corner blog)
Single mother travels to Turkey to rescue radicalised son from Isis
(Rose Troup Buchanan, The Independent)
2014 Supreme Court roundup
(Michael Stokes Paulsen, First Things)
Paris Opera expels veiled woman during Verdi’s Traviata
(France 24 International News)
Greek Orthodox launch rebuilding of St. Nicholas, the only church destroyed on 9/11
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Religion and the midterm election vote
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Malaysian state says it will enforce mosque attendance law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
LFL: Kelantan’s three-strike Friday prayer rule is unconstitutional, oppressive and unworkable
(Press Statement, Lawyers for Liberty (Malaysia))
Religion and law round-up – 19th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Can ministers who make a living by conducting weddings be required to conduct same-sex weddings?
(Eugene Volokh, Washington Post: Volokh Conspiracy blog)
Government to ordained minister: Celebrate same-sex marriages or go to jail
(Ryan T. Anderson, Daily Signal)
Govt tells Christian ministers: Perform same-sex weddings or face jail, fines
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Church must change or 'wither away' warns bishop
(Ben Farmer, The Telegraph)
Despite gay marriage rulings, some Elvis-themed Vegas chapels doing it their way
(Gail Sullivan, The Washington Post)
Catholics bishops: No agreement on gays and lesbians
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)
Conflict, croissants and communication (editorial)
(Abdul-Azim Ahmed, On Religion)
Denmark tries a soft-handed approach to returned Islamist fighters
(Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet, The Washington Post)
Pakistani Christian loses appeal against death sentence for blasphemy
(Reuters FaithWorld)
Iranian human rights lawyer barred from practise
(Middle East Eye)
Seven Christians arrested for prayer gathering, released in Laos
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Catholic bishops narrowly reject a wider welcome to gays, divorced Catholics
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Interreligious marriage: a look at the synod from India's perspective
(Elise Harris, CNA)
Pope Francis lends friendly support to Anglican Church in North America
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis' closing synod speech received with standing ovation
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholicism and capitalism: Redeeming the system
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Obama praises Supreme Court's gay marriage orders
(AP: The Big Story)
The Obama brief [reflections on the judicial branch]
(Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker)
Religion: Boutique choices in religious marketplace
(Mark Oppenheimer, The Hartford Courant)
State elections in India: The second Modi wave
(A.R., The Economist [Banyan: Asia])
First woman sentenced to death in Pakistan over blasphemy charges
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
From bad to worse – religious persecution growing in China
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
China launches massive rural 'surveillance' project to watch over Uighurs
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)
Even state-recognized church in China targeted for persecution
(Catholic Online)
Sunday, 19 October 2014
Large church building in Qufu [China] causes dismay
(Marlin Jeschke, Goshen News)
Inside China's secret churches: How Christians practice their faith under an atheist government
(Antonia Blumberg, The Huffington Post)
Pakistan appeals court upholds Christian woman's death sentence for blasphemy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court orders minister to return church keys, Mercedes and stay away from church premises
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nigerian court upholds ban on head scarves in public schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Superior Court rules in favor of controversial street preachers
(Mensah M. Dean, Philly.com)
Black separatist religious group wins right to demonstrate outide of mall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vatican and Vietnam edge closer to restoring diplomatic relations
(South China Morning Post)
New acting head of DOJ Civil Rights Division appointed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Iran appears to fight Islamic State, but are their ultimate goals too similar for comfort?
(Lauren Gunias, World Watch Monitor)
Latinos converting to Islam for identity, structure
(Carolyn Presutti, Voice of America)
Nepal, Muslim women defy tradition and pray in public
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Purwokerto: Hundreds of children, teachers and priests at a Catholic pride day
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Vanita Gupta is an excellent choice for top civil rights post - OpEd
(Jesse Wegman, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Houston narrows subpoenas, but pastors say not enough
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kansas diocese settles 30 abuse cases on eve of jury deliberations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
German state's parliament votes to eliminate mention of God from constitution; Catholics seek reconsideration
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada's Supreme Court hears challenge to city council invocations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Avalanche of same-sex marriage legal developments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No excuse for violence against women is theme for YWCA drive
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Vatican document on family revises language on gays
(Philup Pullella, Reuters)
$40k for employee fired for refusing to work on Saturdays
(OneNews (New Zealand))
Meulenbroek v Vision Antenna Systems Ltd (Seventh-day Adventist Saturday work case)
(Human Rights Review Tribunal of New Zealand)
ECtHR condemns Georgia for harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Darah Delys, Democracy & Freedom Watch)
EU Commission suing Austria for Turkish rights
(The Local)
Boko Haram agrees to free over 200 kidnapped schoolgirls; CANAN wants 'proof' of their well being
(Benge Nsenduluka, The Christian Post)
Nigeria and Boko Haram 'agree ceasefire and girls' release'
(BBC News)
CAR: The Mission: A last defense against genocide
(Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker)
Islamic State propaganda magazine threatens "Roman Crusaders"
(Greg Daly, Aleteia)
Nowhere to lay their heads: Christians in Iraq face uncertain future
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Rome Mayor defies state by transcribing gay marriages
(Alessandra Migliaccio, Bloomberg)
Oaths, the Greek judicial system and Article 9 – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New figures reveal massive decline in religious affiliation [UK]
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation
(Ben Clements, British Religion in Numbers)
Message of the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 18.10.2014
(The Vatican)
Of Michael Landon and Brittany Maynard: The changing meaning of courage in the face of death
(Wesley J. Smith, First Things)
I'm dying, too, Brittany, but suicide is not the answer
(Kara Tippetts, Aleteia)
Bishop objects to Notre Dame's acceptance of same-sex marriage law
(Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., Breitbart News)
Friday, 17 October 2014
City files amended pastors subpoenas
(Media Release, Office of the Mayor (Houston))
Lagos judge upholds ban on hijab in schools
(AFP, Yahoo News)
Pakistan court upholds death penalty for Asia Bibi despite serious legal loophole in trial
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
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