Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Seal of confession under attack in Louisiana court case
(Brian Fraga, Aleteia)
Sen. Blumenthal blows smoke on Hobby Lobby
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Hobby Lobby’s Green family postpones launch of public school Bible curriculum
(David Van Biema, Religion News Service)
Faith communities are dumping their fossil fuel investments
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Commentary: Critics of Supreme Court should focus on politics, not religion
(Tom Deignan, Religion News Service)
Bill to reverse Hobby Lobby decision wins majority, but falls short in U.S. Senate
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
In Kenya, Catholic bishops accused of evicting restaurant because it is run by Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5th Circuit: Designs of specialty plates are private speech protected by 1st Amendment; Cert. filed on similar issue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious-civil rights groups urge Obama to exclude religious exemption in planned LGBT order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BJC, other advocates urge President Obama against religious exemption in non-discrimination order
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
IRS adopts new short form for applications by small charities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The paradox beneath Strasbourg’s French veil ban decision
(Matthew Flinn, UK Human Rights Blog)
What makes a company division 'Christian'? (Article Preview)
(Ruth Moon, Christianity Today)
“In a country professing Christianity, … I find my religion and myself attacked”
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
50 righteous gentiles honored in Warsaw
(JTA)
Swastikas painted in front of Jewish frat house at Univ. of Oregon:
(JTA)
Pew survey: Jews most popular religious group in U.S.
(JTA)
On prayer, hatred and cynicism – OpEd
(Asher Maoz, The Jerusalem Post)
Why do Christians want Christian prayers removed from UK schools?
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Amidst illegal immigration protests, Saint Toribio, Latino hero, visits Los Angeles
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Church of England votes to allow women bishops
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)
Pastor who serves homeless women is being accused of raping them
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
How Congress can help Israel against Hamas
(Malcolm Lowe, Gatestone Institute)
Pro-traditional marriage Christian promoted to UK's education secretary, keeps role as equalities minister
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Student speaks out on controversial graduation speech, says he just wanted to share good news of the gospel
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
North Carolina pastors demand Gov. Pat McCrory defend state's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)
Atheists withdraw support from Gay Rights Bill, blame Hobby Lobby decision
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Around China: Chinese imam uses social media to promote harmony
(Xinhua News Agency, Global Post)
ANC refuses to apologize for employee’s Hitler post
(JTA)
Meriam's case highlights plight of Sudan's Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
How Americans feel about religious groups
(Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Supreme Court ruling on public invocations gives Atheists a prayer
(Joe Palazzolo, The Wall Street Journal)
The greatest threat to the health and development of the youth is the poison of religious extremism [Simplified Chinese]
(Er Kenjiang, Qiushi)
London Oratory: Top state school breaking law over discrimination against non-Catholics
(Jonathan Owen, The Independent)
Good Samaritans launch mission to save migrants in the Mediterranean
(John Hooper, The Guardian)
Iraq names moderate Sunni parliament speaker in move to break political deadlock
(Isra'al-Rubei'i and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
Israeli strike kills 4 Gaza youths on coastal road
(Ibrahim Barzak, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The prison that dared to pray: Angola used faith, family to stem violence
(Ralph Z. Hallow, The Washington Times)
Taking to the pulpit against climate change
(Gregg Zoroya, USA Today)
Casey, still an abortion foe, joins push to overturn Hobby Lobby ruling
(Jonathan Tamari, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Calls for resignation mount for Minnesota Archbishop in scandals
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
After Hobby Lobby, ACA exceptions may become the rule
(Holly Fernandez Lynch Interviewed, Reuters Health Reform Watch)
Jihadists are destroying our heritage. If only the West cared.
(Phillip Jenkins, Aleteia)
Laos Christians charged with murder – death of convert
(Indian Christian Activist Network)
Puerto Rico issues ruling in church abuse case
(AP, Yahoo News)
Trader sues bishops in tenancy row
(Kamau Muthoni, Standard Digital)
What's next for baker who refused to make cake for same-sex wedding?
(Warren Cole Smith, Christian Headlines)
Supreme Court stay in Utah marriage recognition case not automatic
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Will the Palestinians take Israel to the ICC? Probably not.
(Alan Johnson / Idealism without Illusion, World Affairs Journal)
Who is Mehdi Nemmouche, and why did he want to kill Jews?
(Marc Weitzmann, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Report: Antwerp shop owner won’t sell to Jews in ‘protest’
(JTA)
British jihadists, Sharia finance and "There is no life without jihad": One month of Islam in Britain: June 2014
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
The right to be wrong
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Heritage Foundation)
White House dinner celebrates Ramadan, religious freedom
(Shahid Abdul-Karim, New Haven Register)
WA ACLU trolls to destroy religious liberty
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review Online)
Church of England kicks the devil out of baptism rite
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Morals clauses prove controversial for Catholic school teachers
(Sandhya Dirks, NPR)
Religious college that expelled transgender student not covered by Unruh Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Constitutional law profs oppose religious exemption in Obama's planned LGBT non-discrimination executive order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Town of Greece Board will hear secular invocation tonight
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis: End the ‘racist and xenophobic’ approach to migrants along U.S.-Mexico border
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Vatican editor says England’s female bishops vote ‘complicates’ relations
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
The French want to make society safe for religion by banning so-called cults
(Gerry Hadden, PRI)
President Obama hails “Simple Truth” of religious freedom at Iftar dinner
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Trusting God for a second child in China
(June Cheng, WORLD News Service)
Accrediting agency to review Gordon College
(Matt Rocheleau, The Boston Globe)
Israel, let's not become Europe, where hate is on the rise
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Lord Carey’s suicide mission
(Laura Perrins, MercatorNet)
All wired up: the contraceptive chip
(Karl D. Stephan, MercatorNet)
Parenting as a political activity
(Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, MercatorNet)
Gaza situation report
(George Friedman, MercatorNet)
U.S. Senate passes bill creating special envoy for religious freedom
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
CORRECTION: Istituto islamico si discute di Diritti ma non è ammesso il Professore israeliano
(Marco Ventura, Informazione Corretta)
Update: Urban Outfitters pulls Lord Ganesh duvet cover after Hindus protest
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Interfaith leaders launch daylong unity fast for Mideast peace
(Dale Hanson, Religion News Service)
Women bishops * peace fasts * prostitute massacre : Tuesday’s roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Church of England split over assisted dying as debate looms
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
WCC general secretary expresses appreciation for Church of England’s vote on women bishops
(World Council of Churches)
Community Bible Church introduces innovative program to develop new online churches
(Christian News Wire)
What happens when society rejects a faith-based moral standard?
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
Media bias & the seal of the confessional story
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)
Will free markets bring religious freedom to China?
(Edward Trancik, Acton Institute)
Officials of secular groups must be allowed to solemnize marriages just like clergy can
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
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)
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