Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 24 January 2013
What religious freedom?
(Timothy George, Robert George and Eric Metaxas, Christian Post Opinion)
In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren’t people
(John Tomasic, The Colorado Independent)
Freedom of religion and the right to be respected
(Amb. Ufuk Gokcen, Huff Post Religion)
Fundamentalist pastor changes name of radio show to settle infringement suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colorado's flawed civil unions bill
(Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Nigeria: Is religion usurping the political space?
(Codewit World News)
Roe at 40: Enduring victories and challenges for the pro-life movement
(Culture Watch)
Catholic University devoted to bridging Korea, world
(The Korea Herald)
Discrimination is wrong, even against traditional Christian beliefs
(Mary Beth Baker, The Washington Times)
Atheist’s Cross of Peace lawsuit ends
(D.W. Norris, The Southern Illinoisan)
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: introduction
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Adoption services, sexual orientation, discrimination and Scots charity law
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Context is everything – European Court of Human Rights struck out 99% of UK cases in 2012
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
'Kill the Gays' bill supporter, says 'right to sodomy' is destroying human rights
(Meredith Bennett-Smith, Huff Post Religion)
‘Obamacare’ contraception mandate hits legal hurdles
(Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times)
19th Knesset to see right, left virtually tied
(Y-Net)
Ariz. AG: Marshals working with polygamous sect
(Brian Skoloff, ABC News)
Bishop sorry for 'inadequate or mistaken' response to priest abuse
(Los Angeles Times)
Burger King lawsuit results in $25,000 for Texas Pentecostal teen who wore skirt to work
(Hunter Stuart, Huff Post Business)
Call to burn Bibles heightens Malaysian election tensions
(Siva Sithraputhran, Reuters)
Canada's first Christian law school opposed over gay lifestyle ban
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)
Did judge insert his religious views into case? Supreme Court refuses appeal
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)
Don’t use Mali as a blueprint for future European missions
(Jan Techau, Strategic Europe)
FFRF, parents, seek removal of school's Ten Commandments monument
(Freedom from Religion Foundation)
Indiana man seeks to withdraw guilty plea in Ohio mosque arson
(David Yonke, Religion News Service)
Iranian media's claim American Christian pastor to be freed on bail denounced as 'lie,' attorney says
(Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News)
Israel: Bennett calls for new paradigm on religion and state
(Arutz Sheva 7)
Lauder urges Venezuela to combat anti-Semitism and to re-establish ties with Israel
(World Jewish Congress)
Poll shows a double standard on religious liberty
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Samuel Aquil, Denver Archbishop, on Roe v. Wade anniversary: Abortion is an 'act of murder,' is 'always wrong'
(Matt Ferner, Huffington Post)
Syrian rebels destroy Shi'ite site, loot churches: HRW
(Alexander Dziadosz, Reuters)
Tepid vote for Netanyahu in Israel is seen as rebuke
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
Thousands in Ireland hold vigil for 'pro-life promise'
(Dale Hurd, CBN News World)
U.S., Africa say Mali action counters growing Islamist threat
(Joe Penney and Richard Valdmanis, Reuters)
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Kosovo: Sharp rise in vandalism against the Serbian Orthodox religious sites
(Branko Bjelajac, Centar 9)
Today is 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade; religious attitudes and positions on repeal vary
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious groups' official positions on abortion
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Roe a matter of religious liberty
(Nancy K. Kaufman, The Washington Post)
Common misconceptions about religion
(Huff Post Religion)
Does religion belong in the business-school curriculum?
(Warren Bennis, Bloomberg Businessweek)
Chinese bloggers, seeing Obama’s Bible, ask if religion is the secret to democracy
(Lily Kuo, Quartz)
Developments in the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
(Nan Futrell Liles, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
A 'no religious test' scorecard
(J. Brent Walker, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
First religious liberty symposium in Guadeloupe spurs civic engagement
(Adventist News Network)
Former chaplain: Eastern religion in military training reflects desperation
(Chad Groening, OneNewsNow)
Saeed’s bail rejected – Will Iran uphold religious liberty?
(Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ, The Moral Liberal)
Consumer rights defender charged with slandering Christ the Savior Cathedral Fund
(Interfax-religion)
Latina immigrants: The new ambassadors of Islam
(The Washington Informer)
USCCB approves a Call to Prayer during Year of Faith
(The Diocese of Alexandria)
'God' dropped from UK Air Cadet Organization pledge for atheists
(The Christian Post)
Lutherans bristle at suggestion of joining Catholic Church
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Homophobic 'vigilante' video appears online
(BBC News London)
In Egypt, coalition of groups opposed to Islamists is fracturing
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)
At Stanford, clinical training for defense of religious liberty
(Ethan Bronner, The New York Times)
Activists of extremist religious organization Nurjular to stand trial in Novosibirsk
(Interfax-religion)
Why Germans distrust Islam
(Deutsche Welle)
Liberal Irish priest says threatened with excommunication
(Stephen Mangan, Thomson Reuters, Global Post)
Traditional religious parties scramble to win over 'new Haredim'
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)
Israel considers ban for far-right candidate over gaffe on blowing up shrine
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters FaithWorld)
Islamic cleric sentenced to death for Bangladesh war crimes
(Serajul Quadir, Reuters)
South Koreans face lonely deaths as Confucian traditions fade
(Christine Kim, Reuters)
UN team set to arrive in Mali to assist Government resolve ongoing crisis
(UN News Centre)
Burger King settles claims of Pentecostal employee
(David Lee, Courthouse News Service)
L.A. church leaders sought to hide sex abuse cases from authorities
(Victoria Kim, Ashley Powers and Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times)
Kazakhstan: Seven large fines for "illegal missionary activity" – so far
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Monday, 21 January 2013
ECOWAS seeks Maghreb support for Mali action
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Five years after the Orissa pogroms, Christians still live in appalling conditions
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Right to rites: Russia may ban unsanctioned public prayer
(RT)
Tibet rights reach ‘new low’
(Radio Free Asia)
World Religion Day fosters community in Ottawa
(Fiona Buchanan, Ottawa Citizen)
European Court of Human Rights: Jurisprudence on Some Sect/Cult Issues Within the Framework of Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Eliza Van Ruiten & Willy Fautré, Report: Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Freedom of Religion or Belief in Tunisia and Egypt: Beyond the Arab Spring Revolutions
(Riccardo Benvenuti & Mark Barwick, Report: Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Obama extols a biblical vision of equality for all in second inaugural
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Tensions over the place of religion in America play out in presidential inaugural
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Lots of prayer services surround Inauguration today—diversity and controversy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iran says American tried to turn children against Islam
(Compass Direct News)
Eweida et al v United Kingdom: some thoughts on the wider ramifications
(Christopher Luff, Law & Religion UK)
The Cost of Faith: Persecution of Christian Protestants and Converts in Iran
(Report, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran)
Eweida and Others Judgment Part I - The Sexual Orientation Cases
(Paul Johnson, ECHR Blog)
Pakistan Supreme Court confirms decision to drop blasphemy case
(World Watch Monitor, Compass Direct News)
Dublin parents petition for mixed-religion secondary school
(The Irish Times)
Religion and people
(Rasul Bakhsh Rais, The International Herald Tribune)
We observe World Religion Day
(Manilla Bulletin Publishing Corporation)
Turkmen v. Ashcroft
(Center for Constitutional Rights)
“Liberty and justice for all”: Roe v. Wade’s betrayal
(Jim Graves interview with Robert P. George, The Catholic World Report)
Christians killed in North Korea
(Christian Today)
Denmark Queen forwards Hindu prayer request to Danish Parliament
(Eurasia Review)
Northern Nigeria - The conflict within
(Zainab Sandah, All Africa)
Why the anti-Muslim ads in New York City were not hate speech
(Abira Ashfaq, The Express Tribune: The Big Picture Blog)
Crosses, Undercover Cops and Rocknroll – The Human Rights Roundup
(Sam Murrant, UK Human Rights Blog)
Backed by state money, Georgia scholarships go to schools barring gays
(Kim Severson, The New York Times)
Religion and Law round up – 20th January
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Bishop Thomas Paprocki’s letter in defense of marriage
(ChurchMilitantTV (YouTube), Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Stanford Law Clinic: ‘To litigate and protect’
(Emily Belz, World News Service)
Military rules leave gay spouses out in cold
(Rachel L. Swarns, The New York Times)
America must protect religious freedom abroad
(M. Zuhdi Jasser, Fox News)
Books: ‘A Martyr’s Crown’: A wake up call to threats on religious liberty
(Robert Curtis, The Catholic Sun)
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Republicans use iaxpayer dollars to insert religion into public education
(Rmuse, Politics USA)
Friday, 18 January 2013
‘No varsity based on religion’
(Express News Service, The New Indian Express)
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