Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Tips for mainstream journalists as they grapple with America’s growing religious complexity
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Harmful Virginia bill would restrict religious freedom in foster care and adoption
(Nathan Berkeley, Refigious Freedom Institute)
Montenegro govt, Serbian Church, seek dialogue on religion law
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
DeVos proposes protections for faith-based colleges, student groups
(Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Education Dive)
Law body wary about legislative moves against religious confession (Australia)
(Joe Higgins, The Catholic Leader)
New report on Christian persecution highlights global trends that threaten religious freedom
(Jeremy P. Barker, The Christian Post)
Give me religion that does not polarise society (Indonesia)
(Julia Suryakusuma, Modern Diplomacy)
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Religious-schools case heads to a high court skeptical of stark lines between church and state
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Can school choice exclude religious schools? High court weighs in.
(Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor)
Supreme Court religious rights case has big implications for U.S. schools
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Religious school choice case may yield landmark Supreme Court decision
(Erica L. Green, The New York Times)
Supreme Court hears arguments today in Montana religious school aid case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Transcript of today's arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Argument analysis: Justices divided in Montana school-choice case
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Roberts pivotal as U.S. Supreme Court tackles public aid to religious schools
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
To protect religious freedom, the Supreme Court must rule in favor of school choice
(Erica Smith and Dick Komer, USA Today)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" (Video)
(YouTube Video)
Today's civil rights struggle: Religious tolerance
(Donna J, The Hill)
Public schools cannot be religiously neutral, but school choice makes neutrality possible
(Neal McCluskey, CATO Institute)
"I Have a Dream," Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
(Martin Luther King, Jr., The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University)
The power in a circle: Standing hand-in-hand to overcome disrimination
(Ellen Blum Barish, Tablet - Notebook)
The one thing about Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatness everyone keeps missing
(John Blake)
Some thoughts on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Are we better than this?
(Vance Morgan, Patheos Blog: Freelance Christianity)
Is your dream too small? Big? A rabbi, MLK and a revelation of love
(Leah D. Schade, Patheos Blog: ecoPreacher)
French President Emmanuel Macron loses his temper with Israeli police officers protecting him
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New survey on antisemitism in France
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
AJC Paris survey: French Jews, non-Jews agree on scope of Antisemitism
(AJC Global Jewish Advocacy)
The Haftarah reading that inspired Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’
(Charles Kopel, Tablet)
Howard Thurman's Contemplative Activism & the Spirit of MLK
(Bruce Epperly, Patheos Blog: Living a Holy Adventure)
Martin Luther King’s unfinished second revolution: Economic justice
(Rebecca Hamilton, Patheos Blog: Public Catholic)
'Always fight with love', Martin Luther King, Jr.'s enduring message
(Kemberlee Kaye, Patheos Blog)
A Tribute to Dr. King: May he always live on in our hearts and lives
(Paul Louis Metzger, Patheos Blog: Uncommon God | Common Good)
French Senate debates IVF law after thousands protest in Paris streets
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
French trial exposes how church covered for predator priest
(Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Associated Press)
LDS Church and NAACP becoming closer allies, apostle says during MLK Day speech
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Baha’i faith community hosts World Religion Day
(Anthony Fridgen, KVRR)
Pope: Populism is fertile ground to foment anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)
Pope urges bishops to teach discernment, including on political issues
(Catholic News Service)
‘World Happiness Report’ focuses on government, forgets faith
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)
In a first for Illinois, transgender man who gave birth will be listed as the father on his baby’s birth certificate
(Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune)
Notre Dame renovation chief says rebuild won’t be rushed
(Associated Press)
Islamic extremists kill Nigerian pastor, attack his hometown
(Sam Olukoya, Associated Press)
US Court ruling ends long legal fight in Chinese torture case
(Dave Collins, Associated Press)
2nd Circuit: No amended complaint in Falun Gong torture lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
UK prime minister’s pledge to stop funding coal welcomed by Catholic aid agency
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ivory Coast bishops vow to build bridges, not walls, ahead of 2020 elections
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Polish lawmaker posts on social media drawing of cows wearing striped Nazi camp uniform
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
‘True Indians’? Citizens are resisting Modi’s scapegoating of Muslims.
(Commonweal)
India’s first-time protesters: Mothers and grandmothers stage weeks-long sit-in against citizenship law
(Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court
(Rishabh R. Jain, Associated Press)
Bengaluru's 170-yr-old Modi Mosque opens doors to all, scores pay a visit
(Prajwal Bhat, The News Minute (India))
German society working at St. Alexander Metochion in Jerusalem not informed of property handover
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin to meet with Patriarch Theophilos and mother of Israeli woman convicted in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Bridging the gap between faith and investment discussed by investors, asset managers, developers, churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pastoral Statement: Civil Partnerships for opposite-sex couples
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Reporters digging (or failing to do so) into the complicated Catholicism of Rudy Giuliani
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Montenegro protest against religious law canceled over possible 'serious disturbance' to public order
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
He didn't want to give up his religion to serve. Now he's Houston's first Sikh deputy constable.
(St. John Barned-Smith, The Houston Chronicle)
OMB issues guidance on religion in awarding federal grants
(FedWeek)
Indonesian government deploys ‘mosque hunters’ who use drones to combat radicalism
(Adi Renaldi, Vice)
HUDO: ‘Sudan government must protect freedom of religion’
(Radio Dabanga, Radio Dabanga)
The role of religious identity in Middle Eastern politics, reflections on our visit to Iraq
(Lord David Alton and Dr. Wael Aleji, Asharq Al-Awsat)
President Donald Trump to attend March for Life on Friday
(Catholic News Agency)
Minnesota abuse survivors to speak at 'restorative justice' conference
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Are we seeing the calm before the storm in the Gulf?
(Karen Young, Al-Monitor)
What reopening the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue means for Egypt
(Rasha Mahmoud, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
How Soleimani’s slaying could affect Iran-Saudi ties
(Saeid Jafari, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
The Supreme Court is again debating the separation of church and state
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News | InDepth)
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
The Plot for America: Remembering civil rights leader Joachim Prinz
(Allan Nadler, Tablet)
Round Up 20.01.20: The UK in the ECHR, Cypriot justice under the spotlight, deteriorating human rights in Russia and sentencing remarks on TV…
(Thomas Hayes, UK Human Rights Blog)
CCP resolute to remove all outdoor Buddhist statues
(Lin Yijiang, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Presiding Bishop says Anglican Primates at meeting showed commitment to ‘walking together’
(Episcopal News Service)
Migrants and the bond with God: attachment and survival are linked
(Victor Counted, The Conversation)
Democrats’ challenge: Courting evangelicals in the Trump era
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
(Kirsten Grieshaber and Kerstin Sopke, Associated Press)
Church leaders: Nicaragua living a ‘moral cold war’; Colombia in a state of ‘social survival’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic theologians say Soleimani assassination violates ‘just war criteria’
(white, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Boko Haram beheads Christian as violence continues in Nigeria
(Shannon Levitt, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Irish bishop offers to mediate among gangs: ‘Something has to be done’
(Sarah MacDonald, Catholic News Service)
Bishops welcome guidance on school prayer, Trump’s proposed rules
(Catholic News Service)
Same-sex couples can ballroom dance at spring competition hosted by BYU
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)
Mormon school to allow same-sex partners in ballroom event
(Associated Press)
Elder Rasband on 3 keys to religious freedom and what agency has to do with it
(Valerie Johnson, The Church News)
Spreading the climate-gospel: The rise of 'green churches'
(James Clasper, Deutsche Welle)
Jehovah's Witnesses arrested at gathering in apartment
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witness sentenced in Far East
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Facing ties that bind between 'pro-life' issues, like human trafficking and immigration
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Northern Ireland: same-sex religious marriage and converting marriage/civil partnership
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Vegetarianism and veganism
(Michael Ainsworth and David Walker, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Iran continues to persecute Christians in violation of international law
(Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post)
Sessions running for Senate on 'religious freedom' — after trying to ban Muslims
(Josh Israel, The American Independent)
A plea for Pakistan's Christians
(Charles J. Chaput, First Things)
Sex and religious education to be compulsory in Wales
(BBC News)
No plans to abolish religion status on MyKad - Home Ministry
(Malaysiakini)
Trump declares Jan. 22 'National Sanctity of Human Life Day'
(Catholic News Agency)
Will Iraq's Sunnis form semi-autonomous region if US troops leave?
(Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iraq reignites after ‘deadline’ expires and protesters killed
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
What's in store for Iraq's PMU after death of top commander?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Algeria strives to regain prominence as world powers debate Libya's future
(Simon Speakman Cordall, Al-Monitor)
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