Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 1 July 2022
UK: Racial Justice First Report: consistory courts (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Healthcare-workers and transgender clients: Mackereth in the EAT
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Podcast: God on "Our" side?
(Ed Kessler, The Naked Scientists)
Scotland: Moderator has 'positive' meetings with Scotland's political leaders
(The Church of Scotland)
Churches in 7 states vandalized after Roe v. Wade ruling: Full list
(Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek)
Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade. Many Orthodox women are panicking.
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What has the demise of Roe v. Wade cost the Catholic Church?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Fallout from Supreme Court abortion decision: When reporters parrot partisan talking points
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
‘Dangerous times’: US Muslims mull implications after fall of Roe
(Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Al Jazeera)
Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism’s conservative wing
(Peter Smith)
China: Religion and dissent excluded from live streaming
(Zhou Kexin, Bitter Winter)
Tibet: Religious persecution by China continues to deteriorate in Tibet
(Devdiscourse)
Americans’ complex views on gender identity and transgender issues
(Pew Research Center)
Weekly Highlight #210: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: New research on religion and Covid-19 emphasizes holistic approaches to care
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Movsesian on religious exemptions
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
WEBINAR, 1 July 2022 (12PM ET): An Examination of Religion and Addiction
(Tanenbaum's Conscientious Care Webinar Series)
Kigali Declaration on upholding human rights during a pandemic and other global crises
(The Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions)
Cuba: "Voces por la Libertad Religiosa en Cuba" en Cumbre de las Américas 2022
(YouTube Video, Outreach Aid to the Americas)
Nicaragua: Ortega regime expels Missionaries of Charity from Nicaragua
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nicaragua: sacerdote enfrenta cárcel por amenazar con arma a cinco personas
(Voz de América)
As the court forces Christianity on America, time for atheists to speak out
(Kate Cohen, The Washington Post)
Afghan Taliban hold clerics’ assembly, aiming to boost rule
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
India: Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
(Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)
India: Thousands protest in India’s Udaipur after Hindu tailor murdered
(Al Jazeera)
India Hindus begin pilgrimage in Kashmir amid heavy security
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)
Pro-Palestine mapping website raises alarm in Jewish groups
(Philip Marcelo, Associated Press)
Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans
(Jim Mustian, Associated Press)
Portable sign ban violates First Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Blinken, Pompeo, Pelosi and Rubio display nonpartisan importance of religious freedom at D.C. summit
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Texas archdiocese calls for unity after what authorities call largest mass casualty event they've ever seen
(Emma Colton, Fox News)
Dialogue prevents religious extremism, pope tells Jewish group
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Central African Republic bishops warn of ‘convulsions’ from Ukraine war
(Catholic News Service)
German leaders see crisis as Catholics resign from the church
(Thomas Winkel and Joachim Heinz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mozambique: Relocating or expanding? Islamic State Mozambique’s reaction to foreign intervention
(Ryan O'Farrell, Long War Journal)
CUNY chancellor a no-show at City Council hearing on campus antisemitism
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Are religious charter schools coming soon?
(Nicole Garnett, New York Daily News)
Supreme Court school prayer ruling stirs debate over how far religion will seep into campus
(James Rainey, Mackenzie Mays, Hannah Fry and Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times)
Gender: Towards an Islamic paradigm
(Shaykh Furhan Zubairi, Muslim Matters)
Russia: Lavrov thanks the Jewish Museum of Moscow for carefully preserving the memory of important pages of history
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine's Lviv symbolically votes to ban formerly Moscow-affiliated church
(Max Hunder, Reuters)
Ukraine: Council of Churches to be created in Ivano-Frankivsk to resolve conflict situations
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
What is this? Looking for real news coverage of crisis pregnancy centers? This isn't it ...
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Dear religion-beat pros: Sometimes small religious denominations merit a bit of attention
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Ukraine: Contesting reunification: Autocephaly and sovereignty in Ukraine
(Kathryn David, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland
(Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Nigeria: Evangelical church in "forceful conversion" controversy in Nigeria
(Justine John Dyikuk, La Croix International)
Creativity builds social cohesion: How to turn art into a tool for coexistence
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Christian support for prison, police & policy reform under pressure amid crime surge
(Paul Glader, Religion Unplugged)
CAIR on AIR: Celebrating 28 years of service
(YouTube Video, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Anti-Catholic attacks after Dobbs
(Richard W. Garnett, First Things)
Sri Lankan leaders ignore us, says Buddhist chief
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
3 reasons Baptists should hold to religious liberty for all
(Nathan A. Finn, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
SBC President Bart Barber on why religious liberty is a Baptist distinctive
(Bart Barber and Lindsay Nicolet, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
WCC joins side event of the Human Rights Council on the intersectionality of human rights and climate justice
(World Council of Churches)
Belgium: The sect observatory has committed a fault against Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Separation of church and state has always been good for religion
(Ed Simon, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Azerbaijan: Bahá’í principle of unity inspires national conference on coexistence
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Fla. judge says 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
(Carolina Bolado, Law360)
What happened to United Methodists’ proposal to split the denomination?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
GOP Rep. Boebert: ‘I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk’
(Adela Suliman and Timothy Bella, The Washington Post)
Democrats boosting Christian nationalism
(Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood, Word & Way)
Australia: Shifting from chaplains to secular student welfare officers can be divisive. Here’s how schools can manage the risks
(Allan Dale, The Conversation)
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District – A sledgehammer to the bedrock of nonestablishment
(Ira C. Lupu and Robert W. Tuttle, The American Constitution Society)
EEOC sues Aurora Pro Services for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Australia: Census results mean religions should stop getting special treatment
(Heidi Nicholl, The Sydney Morning Herald)
SGI Buddhist group amplifies voices of youth and faith communities at nuclear ban treaty meeting
(Religion News Service)
Ten measures for European governments to foster Jewish life
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
IGE Global Horizons | June 2022
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Opinion: Religious freedom is the forgotten key to understanding the world’s human rights crises
(Katelynn Richardson, Washington Examiner)
Thursday, 30 June 2022
CALL FOR PAPERS, new deadline for abstracts is 30 June 2022. ONLINE WORKSHOP, new event dates are 28-29 September 2022: The Challenges of Law, Religion and State in Health Care and Mental Health
(The Journal of Law, Religion and State, Bar-Ilan University)
EVENT, 28-30 June 2022: IRF Summit 2022 (Washington, DC)
(IRF Summit)
LIVE STREAM, 30 June 2022 (2:30 EDT - Washington, DC): IRF Summit Breakout Session: Human Dignity Initiatives: Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the UDHR
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 30 June 2022 (10AM ET): Discrimination and Persecution Against Muslims Worldwide
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission)
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Opinion: Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. (PDF)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Justices side with high school football coach who prayed on the field with students
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court ruling is greatest loss of religious freedom in generations
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Supreme Court overrules Lemon test, rules in favor of prayer for football coach
(Becket)
US Supreme Court rules high school coach free to pray at football games
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Supreme Court backs coach in praying on field after games
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Supreme Court sides with football coach in school prayer case
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Supreme Court decision on coach’s prayer throws doubt on a 30-year-old victory for a Jewish family
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)
Football coach prayer case could bring back ‘quasi-compulsory’ school prayer, Jewish group warns
(Marc Rod, Jewish Insider)
Supreme Court upends long-standing religious liberty protection for students, sides with football coach
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court rules for high school football coach who prayed at midfield
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Explainer: Supreme Court strengthens religious expression for teachers and coaches
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Court’s excellent ruling in Coach Kennedy case
(Ed Whelan, National Review)
BJC on Kennedy v. Bremerton decision: Students will be subject to religious pressure
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Humanists denounce the continued Supreme Court attack on separation of church and state
(American Humanist Association)
Supreme Court says high school coach's postgame prayers are protected free speech
(Scott Shackford, Reason)
“No victory for religious liberty”: In ruling for praying football coach, the Supreme Court smashes what’s left of separation between church and state
(Cristian Farias, Vanity Fair)
As White Christian America shrinks, the Supreme Court steps in
(The Washington Post)
SUMMER SCHOOL, 29 June - 3 July 2022: Researching Migration and Religious Diversity (Lithuania)
(Vytautas Magnus University)
WEBINAR, 29 June 2022 (2:30PM ET): The Impact of War on Religious Freedom
(Bruderhof)
The role of religious women in advancing religious freedom
(Palwasha L. Kakar, Religious Freedom Institute)
Cornerstone forum: Translating diplomatic engagement to on-the-ground improvements in religious freedom
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Religious freedom summit to call out China
(Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics)
Sikh Marines fight to serve and keep the faith
(Becket)
ADF International to highlight defense of persecuted Christians at International Religious Freedom Summit
(ADF International)
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