Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 6 December 2019
There is no culture war peace treaty: What a challenging new National Review piece gets wrong about Democrats, evangelicals, and Trump.
(Zack Beauchamp, Vox)
Montenegro pushes on with religious law, defying Serbian church
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
Samoa bans kids from church as measles outbreak kills 63
(Griffin Paul Jackson, Christianity Today)
Civil rights groups: The “Fairness for All” Act is an affront to existing civil rights protections
(Human Rights Campaign)
With cold temps coming, Lenexa and church need to negotiate a way to shelter homeless
(The Kansas City Star)
American Airlines apologizes for making woman change 'Hail Satan' shirt
(Owen Daugherty, The Hill)
Florida shooting updates: Authorities say it's too early to know if It’s terrorism
(Patricia Mazzei, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Christine Hauser, The New York Times)
Conviction of author and editor for article’s remarks on Islam was excessive, breached their freedom of expression
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights via Strasbourg Consortoim)
Transgenderism: Technology and role reversals have made both sexes unattractive
(Katherine Barker, MercatorNet)
Washington Post offers look at five country music myths and misses a familiar ghost
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Thursday, 5 December 2019
EVENT, 5 December 2019: Global Conversations
(The Parliament of the Worlds Religions)
The confession ‘Heil Trump’ and an anti-gay slur were scrawled on an Indiana church right after Trump’s election. The investigation led to an unlikely suspect — and the discovery of a hate crime hoax.
(Peter Jamison, The Washington Post)
Anglicans in Canada are facing a kind of ecclesiastical near-death experience
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
A new wave of clergy sex abuse cases is expected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada: Church of Atheism denied charitable status as court finds it isn't a religion
(Nicole Thompson, National Post)
Is atheism a religion? The Ministry of National Revenue is a non-believer
(Jason Proctor, CBC News)
Atheism is not a religion, Canadian court rules in tax case
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
USCIRF condemns arrests of Baha’is during Iran protests
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Justice Department supports religious discrimination lawsuit over school voucher exclusion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
German bishop charged with embezzling 6-figure sum
(Associated Press)
At Madrid climate talks, Catholics work to provide ‘moral perspective’
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Former priest sues over inclusion on list of alleged abusers
(Associated Press)
Mexican diocese suspends evening Masses due to insecurity
(Catholic News Service)
Indonesia to deploy 160,000 people to protect churches for Christmas
(Catholic News Service)
American Jews are getting scared enough to hide their religion
(Dave Schechter, Religion Unplugged)
Elderly Jehovah's Witnesses woman locked up for half a year
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Moscow patriarchate promotes conservative social views
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Serbian president invites Putin to attend opening of St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade
(Interfax-Religion)
Saint Isaac's Cathedral and 5 other churchs in St. Petersburg received bomb threats
(Interfax-Religion)
Zelensky urges clerics to back Ukraine's initiatives in run-up to Normandy-format summit
(Interfax-Religion)
Pelosi: House moving forward with articles of impeachment against President Trump
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Why Nancy Pelosi doesn't hate the president and prays for him instead
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Pelosi points to her Catholic faith in denying she hates Trump. Will news reports offer any context?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Jürgen Moltmann, theologian who survived life under Nazi regime, leaves students spellbound with his account
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Remarks by Vice President Pence to a meeting of faith leaders | Kalamazoo, MI
(The White House)
School drops Christmas carols to respect other religions (Switzerland)
(Swiss Info)
Time for Iraq and Lebanon to ditch state-sponsored sectarianism
(The Economist)
Capitol rotunda has become focal point of religious debate
(Capitol News Illinois)
Arabs are losing faith in religious parties and leaders (Religious zeal is also falling in the region, particularly among the young)
(The Economist)
Hundreds of lawyers share their own abortion stories with U.S. Supreme Court ahead of landmark case
(Deanna Paul, The Washington Post)
National-religious leaders call on Netanyahu to quit
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Religion becomes an important part of the UK elections
(http://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/4941/Religion_becomes__an_important_part_of_UK_elections_, Evangelical Focus)
'In the Name of Belief': Indonesia embraces indigenous religious education
(Ardila Syakriah, The Jakarta Post)
Shinto festival carries on centuries-old tradition in Japan
(Malcolm Foster, Associated Press)
Lavish religious ceremonies in Turkey draw angry criticism
(Sibel Hurtas, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Conscience: Its use and abuse
(T. Patrick Hill, Sightings: The University of Chicago Divinity School)
‘A wakeup call:’ British theologian N.T. Wright on the prosperity gospel, climate change and Advent
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
New international research project to study religion’s impact on family size and child health
(Mirage News)
India’s plan to identify ‘illegal immigrants’ could get some Muslims declared ‘foreign’
(Haimanti Roy, The Conversation)
How the Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition
(Diane Winston, The Conversation)
At UN climate conference, Episcopal delegation urges nations to act swiftly and justly
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Uyghur Act passed by the U.S. House: Good, but what's next?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Mosques lose Islamic symbols, repurposed for government use
(Xin Lu, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Hungary, Brazil and US talk declining birth rates, abortion at Capitol Hill conference
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Trump faced 'overwhelming pushback' from conservative Christians on Syria policy, Sen. Graham says
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
House passes bipartisan prison reform bill on early release for older offenders
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Tucson bishop: US policy puts migrants at risk of violent crime
(Catholic News Agency)
'If we give up our Christianity, we lose our identity,' says Hungarian minister
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican committee asks UN for World Day of Human Fraternity
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis tells Jesuits he is shocked by anti-immigration narratives in Europe
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Burkina Faso bishop: As violence continues, 'nobody is listening'
(Catholic News Agency)
A student’s coming-out video goes viral, reigniting LGBTQ debate at Quaker school
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Egypt arrests Coptic community rights activist amid heightened surveillance measures
(Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
“Major Churches” and “Festival Churches” – I
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Controversy over Army-licensed items with religious theme
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Unconstitutional Discrimination against Shields of Strength"
(Letter, First Liberty)
US Military gives in to activist demands to discriminate against company because of inspirational dog tags
(Press Release, First Liberty)
Former Cardinal McCarrick and Newark Archdiocese sued by sex abuse victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick faces new sex abuse lawsuit in Newark
(Catholic News Service, America: The Jesuit Review)
New Jersey lawsuit alleges former D.C. archbishop Theodore McCarrick sexually abused 14-year-old at Hackensack parish in the 1990s
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before
(Bernard Condon, Jim Mustian, Religion News Service)
'Divine collision' shaped the life of Jim Gash, Pepperdine's new president
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Melissa Rogers envisions a better way forward for faith in the public square
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Faith in American Public Life
(Melissa Rogers, Baylor University Press)
India's cabinet sends religion-based citizenship bill to parliament
(Devjyot Ghoshal, Zarir Hussain, Reuters)
Faith made Harriet Tubman fearless as she rescued slaves
(Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation)
Opinion: These journalists have confounded China’s massive propaganda machine
(Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post)
What to understand about Christianity’s decline in America
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Mormons, in the end, fare well in Washington Post story about refugee welcome in Utah
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Trump gave states the power to ban refugees. Conservative Utah wants more of them.
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
'The Two Popes' movie gets rave reviews and a good amount of fact checking, too
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Climate crisis could reverse progress in achieving gender equality
(Nitya Rao, The Conversation)
Bishops in eastern Congo urge more protection, back day of strikes
(Catholic News Service)
Top Catholic leaders in Hong Kong have backed street protesters
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
Pope demands action for failing fight against climate change
(Paige Hanley, Catholic News Service)
Why is homosexuality still taboo in many African countries?
(Kate Hairsine, Deutsche Welle)
Mormons and white Evangelicals are divided over Trump
(Daniel Cox, Voter Study Group)
The US treats asylum seekers so poorly
(Sylvie Qwasinwi Ngassa Bello and Sharon Stanley-Rea, The Hill)
Let the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom expire
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Pence says Trump is an ally of religious freedom at West Michigan church
(Malachi Barrett, M Live Media)
Canadians divided over the role of religion: poll
(Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International)
Could a 3rd election in Israel hinge on religious pluralism?
(Stewart Ain, The New York Jewish Week)
Fast-track religious freedom, Israel Folau urges
(Chris Merritt, The Australian)
Senate confirms pro-life lawyer as federal judge
(Catholic News Agency)
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Latter-day Saints leaders reaffirm support for refugees
(Associated Press)
First Presidency releases statement on refugees
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Vatican to welcome asylum seekers to Italy
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
EVENT, 3 December 2019: Conference on Muslim-Jewish Relations
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Faith and Development in Focus: Philippines
(Supported by the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD), World Faiths Development Dialogue - Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs)
Time to fix the Rome Statute and add the crime of starvation in non-international armed conflicts!
(Rogier Bartels, EJIL: Talk!)
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