Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 21 June 2019
Symposium: A monumental decision?
(Andree Blumstein, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Decision does not support new Christian-only monuments
(K. Hollyn Hollman, SCOTUSblog)
Protestant duty & American democracy
(Mark Tooley, Providence Mag)
Sri Lanka cardinal says government should have prevented Easter attacks
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
NY Cardinal says Vatican-Israel ties have made ‘world a better place’
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Peace Cross can stay, Supreme Court rules
(Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times)
U.S. State Dept. honors Italian nun during human trafficking report presentation
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Splintered decision in cross case relies on memorial’s history
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Rising generations are key to religious freedom and a more just world
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
BJC Fellows featured prominently at annual BYU religious freedom conference
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
World War I cross memorial survives high court challenge
(Tim Ryan, Courthouse News Service)
‘Hail Satan’ prayer at Alaska gov’t meeting sparks protest
(Associated Press)
Archdiocese: School with gay teacher can’t use Catholic name
(Ken Kusmer, Associated Press)
Aldo Dávila set to be Guatemala’s 1st openly gay congressman
(SONIA PÉREZ D., Associated Press)
Controversial telescope to be built on sacred Hawaiian peak
(Caleb Jones, Associated Press)
Pope seeks more freedom in theology, dialogue with Islam
(Associated Press)
Federal appeals court allows Trump abortion rules to take effect
(CBS News)
9th Circuit lifts injunctions on Title X abortion counseling ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects Free Exercise defense to infliction of emotional distress claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Roy Moore running again for US Senate seat in Alabama
(Alex Rogers, CNN)
Roy Moore to run again for Senate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orthodox Church emerges as a leading social actor amid Greece’s economic crisis
(Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions via Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Kazakhstan: "We don't have censorship", but three books banned
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Why you shouldn't blame millennials for religious freedom's image crisis
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
New York Times attacks anti-Muslim tensions in small-city Minnesota, but reality is more complex
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
China: Lili's story
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Thursday, 20 June 2019
The Pacific Northwest (the "None Zone") is the American religious future
(Mark Silk, RNS Column:Spiritual Politics)
7 in 10 Filipinos choose religion over science – global study
(Glenda Marie Castro, Rappler)
Why Christians must support religious freedom for everyone
(Tony Perkins, Religion News Service)
IICSA: publication of Roman Catholic Church Case Study
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Defamation and church discipline: Otuo
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Georgian president rules out 'Orthodox union' of Georgia and Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
How the Berlin Jewish Museum became a political lightning rod
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Archbishop joins pope in calling for talks to resolve U.S.-Iran tensions
(Dennis Sadowski, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Burundi’s bishops caution that political intolerance poses threats
(Francis Njuguna, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Iraqi envoy to Vatican urges international help for Christians to return home
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
West Virginia school voucher proposal would allow religious discrimination with state tax credits
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Cracker Barrel bars church event over LGBT execution remarks
(Associated Press)
AP Photos: German Catholics attend Corpus Christi parades
(Associated Press)
Judicial oversight of FLDS land trust ended
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump judicial pick opposed by LGBT community confirmed
(Jake Holland, Bloomberg Law)
Controversial nominee confirmed for Texas federal bench
(Tim Ryan, Courthouse News Service)
Senate confirms controversial nominee for Texas federal court seat
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit: School’s transgender policy violated teacher’s religious beliefs
(Marilyn Odendahl, Indiana Lawyer)
Christian music teacher sues over school's transgender policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ex-Scientology member sues church and its leader alleging abuse, human trafficking
(Alex Johnson, NBC News)
Former Scientology adherent sues claiming false imprisonment, human trafficking and more
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Robert George: The man behind the State Department’s new “natural law” focus
(Kathryn Joyce, New Republic)
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Role of religion at issue in disputed Sudanese transition
(RFI Afrique via Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Blasphemy to be abolished in Greece under new criminal code
(Humanists UK, politics.co.uk)
New state law requires professors reschedule exams for fasting Muslim students who ask
(Katie Anderson, The College Fix)
With hymns and prayers, Christians help drive Hong Kong’s protests
(Javier C. Hernández, The New York Times)
Why the Free Exercise Clause needs to be strengthened
(Michael Peabody, ReligiousLiberty.TV)
US Supreme Court will soon decide 'Peace Cross' First Amendment case
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Erasmus: Why Pope Francis may open the door to married priests
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Vatican opens historic debate on having married priests for Amazon region
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Law and religion round-up – 16th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Same-sex relationships in Botswana: Motshidiemang
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Koblenz, the burkini ban and constitutional rights
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
IICSA announcement – religious organisations investigation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Azerbaijan: Appeal court upholds couple's massive fines
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Fissile material: The gift of overcoming barriers eludes the world’s Orthodox Christians
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Memorial in place of the second biggest burial of the Holocaust victims opened in Caucasus
(Interfax-Religion)
The Georgian Church official accuses US acting ambassador of trying to aggravate the situation around LGBT-action in Georgia
(Interfax-Religion)
Tony Perkins elected Chair of bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Tony Perkins elected USCIRF chair
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
This far-right activist will now lead a major U.S. religious freedom body
(Sarah Jones, New York Intelligencer)
Religion section editor of Dagestani newspaper suspected of financing terrorism arrested for 2 months
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian activist takes up Jehovah's Witnesses' cause
(TV2, Russia Religion News)
Orthodox Church decides not to build in Ekaterinburg
(ETV, Russia Religion News)
Lawyer critiques criminalizing Jehovah's Witnesses
(Elena Ovchinnikova, Newsler.ru)
Vaccine exemptions are a necessary part of religious toleration
(Matthew Walther, The Week)
Why the Supreme Court sent a new case on same-sex wedding cakes back to lower courts
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Eritrean Catholic bishops say government closes church-run health centers
(Francis Njuguna, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
6th Circuit sends ruling on Wiccan prisoner’s religious liberty claim back to District Court
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Friday Five: SBC wrap-up, Catholic hotline, #ChurchToo, abuse lawsuits, cult ranch, VeggieTales
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
USCIRF encouraged by appointment of Special Envoy to Sudan, urges close scrutiny of religious freedom during transition
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
FFRF foregoes cert petition in challenge to parsonage allowance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church loses in trust case
(Sentinel & Enterprise News)
Church that is potential trust beneficiary lacks standing to seek independent trustee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Couple sues to block release of new, statewide vaccination data
(Jenna Carlesso, Connecticut Mirror)
Parents ask court to bar publication of data on vaccination rates in individual schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit by purchasers of former PTL club properties may move forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Certiorari denied in contraceptive mandate case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding cake
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Supreme Court vacates and demands same-sex wedding cake case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
German court rejects city's ban on"burkini"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
German court overturns ban on Islamic ‘burkini’ swimwear at swimming pools
(Breitbart News)
UN launches plan to combat escalating hate speech
(Associated Press)
Serbia-Montenegro church row fuels Balkan tensions
(Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press)
When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help
(Stephen Wright, Associated Press)
Guilty plea in N.C. Muslim murders draws attention to weak state hate crime laws
(Sue Sturgis, Facing South)
Bill 21: Quebec passes secularism law after marathon session
(Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette)
Quebec enacts ban on public employees wearing religious symbols
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York eliminates religious exemption from vaccination
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Congressional hearing on religious freedom in Turkey
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
British parliamentarian says UK should have offered Asia Bibi asylum
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
After Asia Bibi, no changes expected in Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
(CNS News)
Asia Bibi has won her battle, but many more Christian minorities struggle for justice in Pakistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Monday, 17 June 2019
An important step to combat act of violence based on religion or belief
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
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