Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Huckabee questions church tax-exemption
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
No to gay marriage but yes to gay adoption?
(Michael Patterson-Seymour, First Things (On the Square))
Iranians’ views mixed on political role for religious figures (but they overwhelmingly back Islamic law)
(Poll, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Pope admits 'gay lobby' in Vatican administration: report
(AFP via Google News)
Catholic Church playing hardball with groups that supported legalizing same-sex marriages
(Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times)
Obama administration to drop limits on morning-after pill
(Caroline Humer and Jessica Dye, Chicago Tribune)
Rectification of communist church confiscations still unresolved in Ukraine
((Translation by Professional Development School of Stetson University), Institute for Religious Freedom)
Head of Muslim Union of Kazakhstan released after seven days
(Interfax)
Most Russians want propaganda of homosexuality to be banned – poll
(Interfax)
OIC to continue working on legitimization of Palestinian state
(Interfax)
State Duma to ban adoptions of children by same-sex couples next week
(Interfax)
Southern Baptists push for more black missionaries
(Adelle M. Banks, The Washington Post)
Clashes over church continue in Macedonia
(Sinisa Jakov Marusic, Balkan Insight)
A meeting on tolerance turns into a shouting match
(Blake Farmer, NPR)
Judge Edith Jones on race, crime, and God's vengeance
(Jordan Smith, The Austin Chronicle)
RN names religion unit head
(Sally Jackson, The Australian)
Charlotte Observer religion reporter arrested in Raleigh protest
(Mark Washburn, Charlotte Observer)
Teacher's mandated school prayer draws protest
(Agustin Garfias, 12 News)
Expect a showdown over religious group meets in public schools
(William Lewis, Times Ledger)
Nigerians urged to shun religious bigotry
(Abdullateef Aliyu, All Africa)
Israel: Women to get more say in appointing religious judges
(Gavriel Fiske, The Times of Israel)
Thousands of Haredim protest in New York
(Daniel Koren, Shalom Life)
Kazakhstan: "Double punishment" of fines and exit bans
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
WCC chief calls for 'critical understanding' of religion on the global stage
(Ekklesia)
Royal exhumation, reburial and s25 Burial Act 1857
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 10 June 2013
Religion poisons everything? Greater acceptance of homosexuality in more secular countries
(James Bloodworth, Left Foot Forward)
Boy Scouts, Calvinism and 'religious liberty': What to watch as Southern Baptists convene in Houston
(Carol McPhail, All Alabama)
Intelligence Report: Number of Islamists in Germany grows
(Der Spiegel)
A new evangelical engagement with public schools
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)
Dinajpur, Bangladesh: dozens of extremists raid seminary, attacking rector and some students
(AsiaNews.it)
Why Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling won't be like Roe v. Wade
(James Richardson, Christian Science Monitor)
Pa. House celebrates religious freedom in schools
(SFGate (AP))
Jailed filmmaker vows to finish film wrongly blamed for Benghazi attack
(Joshua Rhett Miller, Fox News)
Evangelical Christians gain political clout in Catholic Brazil
(Anthony Boadle, Reuters)
China: Rash of church closures evidence of plan to end unregistered congregations, CAA says
(Morning Star News)
Thousands of haredim protest in Lower Manhattan
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Archbishop Chaput to all, 'Wake up!' religious freedom is under attack!
(Catholic Online)
The mortality of human rights
(Michael Perry, Mirror of Justice)
Vietnam: Christian speaker allowed to tour despite tight regulations
(Christian Society Worldwide)
South Sudan: Two Presbyterian pastors illegally detained since May 19
(Agenzia Fides)
Sri Lanka, tabernacle desecrated in attack on Catholic church
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Orissa: after the pogroms, Christians get a fraction of the damages
(AsiaNews.it)
Interview: valedictorian Roy Costner IV on ripping up his approved speech, reciting Lord's Prayer
(Ruth Malhotra, Christian Poat)
Kuwaiti court gives woman 11 years in jail for 'insulting' emir
(AhramOnline)
Ghana religious sect leader blames fires at markets on gay sex
(Andrew Potts, Gay Star News)
Al-Qusair churches show the signs of the war against Assad and of the religious hatred of the rebels
(AsiaNews.it)
Vaccine opt-out change advances
(Saul Hubbard, The Register-Guard (Oregon))
Gay marriage rulings: Experts predict what court will do
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
Supreme Court denies review in "gruesome images" case
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The Edward Snowden question
(Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, The Washington Post-- On Faith blog)
Contraceptive coverage controversies
(William Donio, Jr., First Things-- First Thoughts blog)
Southwestern Pennsylvanians encouraged to join initiative to defend religious liberty
(Tony Larusa, Triblive (Penn.))
A decade on, Southern Baptists adapt to new role
(AP)
The homosexual assault on religious freedom
(Bethany Blakely, Christian Post)
16% of the world's people are religiously unaffiliated - most do not live in the West. So who are they?
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Lifetree Cafes offer space for tough topics
(Ann Marie Somma, The Washington Post – On Faith)
Globe and Mail: New religious-freedom watchdog faces uphill battle
(Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail)
OAS assembly adopts convention against racism and all forms of intolerance
(Merco Press)
Women of the Wall, 1; Haredi protests, 0: Is Israel's religion-state status quo facing upheaval?
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)
Newcastle to sell Cisse if his religion forbids him from wearing lender's logo
(Joe Bernstein, The Daily Mail)
No free exercise problem with evidence of defendant's Santa Muerte necklace
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church: we need secular schools
(Herald Scotland)
Anti-clerical rally held in Tomsk
(Interfax)
Quebec fixed election date clashes with Jewish holiday
(Giuseppe Valiante, Sun News Network)
Work is worship; religious difference doesn't count
(News Track India)
Southern Baptists meet in Houston amidst declining influence on religious freedom, politics, gay rights
(Travis Loller, Huffington Post Religion)
Covert Islamic group leader convicted in Uzbekistan
(Interfax)
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Dire Strait: Religion vs secularism
(Glen Johnson, The New Zealand Herald)
This weekend is Pulpit Freedom Sunday—with slightly different emphasis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Legal experts lay odds on gay marriage decision
(Eric Schulzke, Deseret News)
HRW calls for action to improve conditions for Dalit women
(Eurasia Review)
Religion and Law round up – 9th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The new battle of over religion in schools
(Judith Duffy, Herald Scotland)
Gay Boy Scouts–So what?
(Roger E. Olson, Patheos Blog)
Saturday, 8 June 2013
Russia violated Jehovah’s Witnesses rights by disclosing medical records - ECHR
(Ingrid Burke, RAPSI)
Terror train plot: Chiheb Esseghaier's Qur'an demand reveals law/religion collision
(Wendy Gillis, Toronto Star)
Ankara displeased with Pope’s statement on Armenian Genocide
(PanArmenian.net)
India: Keeping religion out of local government
(Swadesh Roy, Dhaka Tribune)
Same-sex marriage: The legal effect
(Bob Siegel, The Washington Times)
If you think same-sex marriage won't affect your family, think again
(Bob Siegel, The Washington Times)
Same-sex marriage: Can one disagree without being viewed as hateful?
Conflict in the Middle East is about more than just religion
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
How Obama's overreach keeps uniting Supreme Court
(Ilya Shapiro, Herald Online)
VIDEO: Comparing Religious Liberty: A Roundtable Discussion
(Stanford Law School, YouTube)
8 Iranian pilgrims killed, 25 injured in Baghdad bomb attack
(PanArmenian.net)
Catholic archbishop: Wake up! Religious liberty at risk in USA
(Terence P. Jeffrey, CNS News)
Emergency contraception: It'll be like buying Tylenol
(World News Service, Religion Today)
The public discussion on 'same-sex marriage'
(Francis Cardinal George, Catholic New World)
Suspicion and hate: Racist attacks on Arabs increase in Israel
(Julia Amalia Heyer, Der Spiegel)
This won't turn out well [HHS Mandate]
(Ashley E. Mcguire, The Weekly Standard)
On gay bishops, what a difference a decade makes
(Gene Robinson, Washington Post)
Atheist monument going up soon in Bradford County
(Morgan Watkins, The Gainesville Sun)
What 'does' religion mean?
(Gary Laderman, Huff Post Religion)
Head of Russian church urges monks to shun Internet
(Reuters)
Pro-lifers challenge ordinance barring noise around health care facilities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Global capitalism bends religion
(Winnipeg Free Press)
Freedom of religious opinion protected in Oregon Constitution
(Senator Jeff Kruse, Oregon Catalyst)
In Istanbul’s heart, leader’s obsession, perhaps Achilles’ heel
(Michael Kimmelman, The International Herald Tribune)
Ritual slaughter and animal welfare
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The origin and text of <em>The Book of Common Prayer</em>
(Interview with Brian Cummings, OUP Blog)
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