Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 20 May 2019
Sikhs say Nordstrom apologized for turban, waiting for Gucci
(Anita Snow, Associated Press)
Trump is not a defender of religious liberty but a threat to it
(Ed Kilgore, New York Intelligencer)
Montreal archbishop, religious leaders oppose Quebec’s secularism bill
(Francois Gloutnay, Catholic News Service)
China considers three-child policy while India ponders two-child limit due to Muslim birth rates
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Saturday, 18 May 2019
Israel Folau's fight for religious freedom leaves behind ugly mess
(Bret Harris, The Guardian)
Bill accommodating students' religion signed into law
(Deborah Horne, KIRO 7)
Two powerhouse cardinals answer questions on Muslim migration, patriotism, contraception
(Dorothy Cummings McLean, Lifesite News)
Hope’s high stakes: ‘Rafiki’
(Commonweal)
Friday, 17 May 2019
6th Circuit orders new trial because of prosecutors' references to religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A liberal law professor explains why the Equality Act would ‘crush’ religious dissenters
(John McCormack, National Review)
A prosecutor ridiculed a couple's patron saint. So a court reversed their drug convictions
(Andrew Wolfson, Louisville Courier Journal)
Actions against Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd region
(Interfax-Religion)
Adoption provider threatened by NY officials for its religious beliefs will likely appeal court ruling
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Alabama abortion law: Should Jewish and Muslim doctors and women get exemptions for religious freedom? | opinion
(Steven Waldman, Newsweek)
Alito weighs in late on Buddhist inmate's request for his spiritual adviser at his execution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Battle for control over Christian broadcasting and relief organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic bishop challenges Dallas police affidavit accuracy
(Associated Press)
Conscientious objection must be respectful, pope tells health care workers
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service)
Court rejects Christian adoption agency's challenge to anti-discrimination regulation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal court ruling continues religious broadcaster’s family feud
(Dave Stafford, Indiana Lawyer)
Fire safety in church buildings
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Florida enacts new school voucher program despite previous state supreme court ruling
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Folau fired by Rugby Australia for contentious online posts
(John Pye, Associated Press)
Friday Five: Dallas clergy abuse, God and abortion, Colorado hero, 'Whiskeypalians,' Tenn. execution
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Gay couples plan mass weddings after Taiwan legalizes unions
(Ralph Jennings, Associated Press)
Group wants Tennessee DA to resign over anti-Islam post
(Associated Press)
House of Bishops meeting, 15-17 May 2019
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
How Samoa's prime minister is backing a Latter-day Saint effort to provide education in his nation
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Kremlin evasive over public demonstrations against building church
(Interfax-Religion)
North Korea begins crackdown on Falun Gong
(Radio Free Asia)
NPR offers a short report on the eruv: Lots more can be said about making public space sacred
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Opinion: No religious exemptions from vaccines
(Jason L. Riley, The Wall Street Journal)
Seventh-day Adventist Church responds to Equality Act
(Seventh-day Adventist Church)
The New York Times thinks religious freedom has gone too far
(Nicole Russell, Washington Examiner)
Ukrainian tradition evoked in inauguration of new leader
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
VA orders Wiccan, Muslim texts removed from MIA/POW display that includes Bible
(Michael Cousineau, New Hampshire Union Leader)
VA will remove unauthorized religious additions to medical center display
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thursday, 16 May 2019
American Muslims in public life say they face outsize scrutiny
(Leila Fadel, National Public Radio)
Burdensome water rates on churches challenged in lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California ‘confession bill’ viewed as violation of religious liberty
(Pablo Kay, Catholic News Service)
California confession debate pivots on how to keep children safe
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Cert. filed in challenge to school's curriculum on the Muslim world
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches seek relief in Court from Texas city’s unlawful attempt to skirt state tax laws
(First Liberty)
Dispute over building church in Ekaterinburg continues
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Legal Spirits Episode 009: The “anti-vaxx” controversy
(Law and Religion Forum)
Man killed over allegation of cow smuggling in Kashmir
(Associated Press)
Mexican court allows abortion if mother’s health is at risk
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
Muslim prison guard accuses Georgia agency of discrimination
(Associated Press)
NYU chaplain to be first chief rabbi of the United Arab Emirates Jewish community
(Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel)
Ontario court upholds requirement that objecting doctors refer patients to others
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Potential Dalai Lama visit needs separate discussion - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin calls for compromise over Orthodox cathedral standoff
(Vladimir Isachenkov and Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press)
Since numbers make news, how do we explain America’s religious recession since 2000?
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion)
Taboos fall away as far-right EU candidates breach red line
(Elaine Ganley, Associated Press)
Taiwan to vote on formal recognition of same-sex marriage
(Ralph Jenning, Associated Press)
Texas Senate passes religious “association” bill as state legislative deadline approaches
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The Equality Act will harm religious freedom
(Thomas F. Farr, Real Clear Religion)
Thomas More Law Center asks Supreme Court to decide how far schools can promote Islam And disparage Christianity
(Thomas More Law Center)
Why lawmakers in Texas are trying to 'Save Chick-fil-A' and gay-rights advocates are fighting it
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
WorldViews Analysis Italy’s Salvini leads Europe’s ethnonationalist surge
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Death row inmates’ first-person stories featured in prison ministry’s tour of Episcopal churches
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)
Interfaith groups rally in support of Equality Act for LGBTQ Rights
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huffington Post)
Extremists won't hinder interfaith dialogue
(Kourosh Ziabari and Leonard Swidler, Fair Observer)
An uncommon victory for an indigenous tribe in the Amazon
(Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker)
States racing to overturn Roe v. Wade look to a Supreme Court that prefers gradual change
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Which states are blocking abortion — and which are enacting protections?
(Dan Keating, Lauren Tierney, Tim Meko, and Danielle Rindler, The Washington Post)
Alabama Senate passes nation’s most restrictive abortion ban, which makes no exceptions for victims of rape and incest Add to list
(Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Chip Brownlee, The Washington Post)
Religiously unaffiliated voters are leading U.S. politics into uncharted waters
(David Byler, The Washington Post)
White House declines to back Christchurch call to stamp out online extremism amid free speech concerns
(Tom Romm and Drew Harwell, The Washington Post)
Abortion ban reaction: Democrats erupt, Republicans stay quiet as both sides see an impact in the 2020 election
(Michael Scherer and Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post)
Ontario’s top court rules religious doctors must offer patients an ‘effective referral’ for assisted dying, abortion
(Kelly Grant, The Globe and Mail)
Pakistan upholds death for 3, acquits 2 in couple’s killing
(Associated Press)
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
3 Amazon workers in Minnesota file discrimination complaint
(Associated Press)
Abuse survivors sue vatican
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Alabama passes restrictive abortion law; other states have also
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anxiety, hope as church schools wait to reopen in Sri Lanka
(Krishan Francis, Religion News Service)
As Europe’s do-gooders and hard-liners clash, jury’s out on ordinary folk
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Countries banning kosher meat are forcing ‘expulsion’ of Jews, says U.S. anti-Semitism envoy
(Callum Paton, Newsweek)
Court rejects RFRA claims by former street gang members
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
French president faces questions over Notre Dame restoration
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Governor Murphy signs legislation extending the civil statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims in New Jersey
(State of New Jersey)
Kremlin doesn't approve of law breaches in church construction protests in Yekaterinburg
(Interfax-Religion)
Looking for God — and a bit of fairness — in coverage of Alabama's abortion ban vote
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
Muslim groups apologize for video: Mistake ‘ours to own’
(Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press)
New Jersey Governor signs statute of limitations extension for sex abuse claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No taxation with religious invocation: Seventh Circuit’s decision to impact ministerial employees
(National Law Review)
Police execute search warrant at Catholic Diocese of Dallas
(David Warren, Associated Press)
Raising the minimum age for marriage?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religious freedom and the federal election
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
SCOTUS debates heat up on death penalty, religious liberty: What word is missing here?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Suit seeks to hold Vatican at fault for abuse
(Associated Press)
Three Muslim employees describe hostile work environment at Amazon in federal discrimination suit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
What Republicans and Democrats get wrong about religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Democrats nix ‘So help me God’ from swearing-in oath; conservatives rankled
(Leonardo Blair, Christian Post)
Top Vatican diplomat grants interview to Chinese Communist tabloid
(Catholic News Service)
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
‘Religious Freedom in Islam’ Review: Politics and Pluralism
(Thomas Albert Howard, The Wall Street Journal)
Are yoga and mindfulness in schools religious?
(Candy Gunther Brown, The Conversation)
Article 9 ECHR & promotion of religious views by employees: Kuteh
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Australian political leaders agree gays don’t go to hell
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Brazil’s Catholic Church opposes president’s gun law liberalization
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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