Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Religious liberty and LGBT rights: Solutions elusive in adoption conflict
(Gillian Friedman, Deseret News InDepth)
Twists, news pegs, names and questions in impending United Methodist LGBTQ showdown
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
First Amendment question from tmatt: What happens if Dallas Cowboys offer visible prayers?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Why the rescued Thai soccer team has ordained as Buddhist novice monks
(Andrew Alan Johnson, The Conversation)
No room in modern Myanmar for faith-based nationalism
(Kyaw Phyo Tha, The Irrawaddy)
Bishops gear up for looming immigration battle over family separation
(Christopher White, Crux)
Trouble averted at Petcom (rights of Seventh-day Adventist worker in Jamaica)
(Jamaica Observer)
Gingrich: 'Securing' religious liberty top priority for U.S., Vatican
(Steve Larkin, National Catholic Reporter)
Europe’s prisons breed terrorism. Can anything be done?
(Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post)
More than 200 killed in southern Syria as Islamic State launches devastating assault
(Louisa Loveluck, The Washington Post)
Dog bites abortion critic: New York Times goes behind the scenes with Roe v. Wade opponents
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
NBC/WSJ poll: Support for Roe v. Wade hits new high
(Carrie Dann, NBC News)
EVENT, 26 July 2018: Religious persecution in Iran and Yemen: The case of the Baha’is
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
EVENT, 24-26 July 2018: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Washington, DC
(US Department of State)
EVENT, 24 July 2018: The Fight for International Religious Freedom: Perspectives from the Vatican, Washington, DC
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Japan hangs 6 more members of cult behind subway gas attack
(Ken Moritsugu and Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)
Company unveils moving mosque to welcome Muslims in Japan
(Nicola Shannon, Associated Press)
Kazakhstan: Restricted freedom, community service for religious meetings
(Forum 18 News Service)
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Alberta man changes gender on government IDs for cheaper car insurance
(Reid Southwick, CBC News)
Is there reason for hope with new Palestinian reconciliation bid?
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Performing marriage lands Israeli rabbi in police detention
(Yossi Beilin, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Will Iranian Kurds be on front lines of US conflict with Iran?
(Fazel Hawramy, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
93Queen: The incredible story of the all-female Hasidic emergency service
(Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian)
‘She is loose’: A historic group of female Lutheran bishops on #MeToo and the Holy Spirit
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Bidding starts at $50K for Bible that went to moon
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
In Western Europe, familiarity with Muslims is linked to positive views of Muslims and Islam
(Scott Gardner and Jonathan Evans, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
After asking Muslim swimmers to leave pool, manager claims 'no discrimination'
(Christina Jedra, Delaware News Journal)
Muslim swimmers asked to leave Wilmington public pool; mayor apologizes
(Christina Jedra, Delaware News Journal)
Swimming while Muslim: A Delaware newspaper dives in and tries to explain it all
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Surprise: Washington Post covers one side of Episcopal Church prayerbook debate
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
‘What is rape, Mom?’: A small town in India grapples with how to protect children
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)
Karnataka High Court upholds interfaith marriage
(Shyam Prasad S, Bangalore Mirror)
Mob thrashes Muslim man at Ghaziabad court over interfaith marriage
(The New Indian Express)
Christian refugees admitted to US down more than 50% under Trump
(Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian)
How vouchers can end the culture war over adoption
(Brian Miller, Forbes)
UN delivers strong rebuke to Australian government on women’s rights
(Maria Nawaz and Tess Deegan, The Conversation)
St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville provides place for refugees to practice English, build relationships
(Episcopal News Service)
Scared of CRISPR? 40 years on, IVF shows how fears of new medical technology can fade
(Patricia Stapleton, The Conversation)
Humanist Legal Society launches with Press Club panel July 19
(American Humanist Association)
New organization: Humanist Legal Society
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Report released on 2016 global restrictions on religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State Department hosts first-ever Ministerial to advance religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Challenge to school's transgender policy is rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Teacher may sue Catholic school for pregnancy discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fifty years later, scientist’s finding on birth control still challenges Catholic teaching
(Frank Maurovich, Religion News Service)
The Guardian view on the Catholic contraceptive ban: a historic mistake
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Street preacher denied preliminary injunction against trespass policy of sports arena
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ADF asks US Supreme Court to weigh in on whether EEOC and court can redefine ‘sex’ without Congress
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Cert. filed in funeral home's firing of transgender employee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan Civil Rights Commission: Department will continue to take complaints of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
(Michigan Department of Civil Rights)
Michigan AG and Civil Rights Commission at odds over coverage of LGBTQ discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Advocates file lawsuit objecting to NYS law on oversight of orthodox yeshivas
(Bobby Cuza, NY1)
Group files suit against new exemption for yeshiva schools
(Maya Sweedler, The Wall Street Journal (paywall))
Establishment Clause challenge to New York's carve out of standards for yeshivas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church of Scientology, former member settle long lawsuit
(Associated Press)
Church of Scientology settles lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge finds NY anti-abortion protests aren’t harassment
(Amanda Ottaway, Courthouse News Service)
New York AG denied injunction against anti-abortion protesters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Amish get remand for more consideration of religious freedom defenses in permit case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
As McCarrick scandal spreads, top US cardinal urges stricter abuse policies
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Egypt: Copt in court for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post that led to riot
(World Watch Monitor)
Iraqi refugees in Egypt denounce lack of protection, services
(Jihad Abaza, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Turkish woman jailed for insulting Ataturk
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Syrian truce relieves pressure on Jordan's border
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Violence against women at center of debate on landmark bill in Iran
(Zahra Alipour, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Israel helps White Helmets, but rejects Syrian refugees
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Russia zeroes in on returning Christians to Syrian homes
(Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor: Russia/Mideast Pulse)
The Guardian view on antisemitism and Labour: not just a problem of perception
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Will this computer teach us about the future of religion?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Iranian pastor taken to Evin Prison after violent raid on home
(World Watch Monitor)
Indonesia passes anti-terrorism law after suicide attacks on churches
(Nithin Coca, Religion News Service)
Why Sacha Baron Cohen matters
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
How the Mormon Church’s past shapes its position on immigration today
(Matthew Bowman, The Conversation)
Hit piece or masterpiece? Digesting that Washington Post story on rural Baptists who voted for Trump
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Not every Catholic story today is bad news. Here are two positive ones not to be overlooked
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Advocacy group sues state over Orthodox Jewish yeshivas
(Associated Press)
Lawsuit filed to challenge exemption from minimum standards for ultra-orthodox schools
(Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal)
Victims of religious persecution tell their stories at international conference in DC
(Katherine Rohloff, The Daily Signal)
EVENT, 24-26 July 2018: EHS Conference 2018-19: The Church and the Law
(Ecclesiastical History Society, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)
Outlawing caste discrimination – the Government says “No”
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Permission to Officiate – the new policy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
U.S. State Department prepares to host international religious freedom meeting
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pompeo to host State Department’s highest-level global meeting on religious liberty
(Michelle Boorstein, GetReligion)
U.S. gathering on religious freedom sets up competing narratives
(Nahal Toosi and Lorraine Woellert, Politico)
Ministerial to advance religious freedom: economic issues
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Pompeo speaks ahead of first ever Ministerial on religious freedom
(Courtney Grogan, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
U.S. Secretary of State says Catholic Church has “central role” in fight for religious freedom
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious education in England: A cacophony of views on what to teach children about God
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Immigrants seek out religious communities in Canada, survey finds
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Monday, 23 July 2018
Law and religion round-up – 22nd July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
How religious freedom redefines religion
(Greg Forster, The Gospel Coalition)
Egypt: Copts celebrate first mass in new church, seven years since last church’s closure
(World Watch Monitor)
Which country has the most human slaves in the world? Global index lists top 10
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Biker nun on a mission to free Tanzania from grip of HIV
(Rebecca Ratcliff, The Guardian)
Woman has close call as 100kg stone falls from Western Wall
(Reuters, The Guardian)
What liberals (still) get wrong about Trump's support
(Henry Olsen, The Guardian)
Netanyahu will be known as the first prime minister of Israeli apartheid
(Aida Touma-Sliman, The Guardian)
Bishop inquiry in exchanges with Prince of Wales’s solicitors over submission
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
21 human skulls stolen from historic church
(Elsa Meyer, World Religion News)
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