Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Court endorses confiscation of Jehovah's Witnesses' headquarters
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Pope singles out Rome's decay, corruption on traditional feast day
(Reuters)
Trump delivers Hanukkah wishes to ‘Jewish brothers and sisters’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Washington Archdiocese considers next step in lawsuit over transit ad
(Catholic News Service)
New York Archdiocese pays $40 million to clergy sexual abuse victims
(Christie L. Chicoine, Catholic News Service)
House passes bill extending protections against crimes targeting religious institutions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Podcast on Masterpiece Cakeshop oral argument
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Jewish Heritage museum bullied me because I'm Muslim: suit
(Sara Dorn, New York Post)
Jewish museum CFO claims religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
DoD complying with court orders to access transgender persons into the military
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Defense)
Federal judge blocks transgender military ban in Lambda Legal case, AG Ferguson case
(Press Release, Washington State Attorney General)
Military will move ahead with transgender enlistments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
2 companies reach $7.7-million settlement over allegations of selling fetal tissue
(Daniel Langhorne, Los Angeles Times)
Settlement reached in suit over sale of fetal tissue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
University of Iowa kicks Christian student group off campus
(Press Release, Becket)
Christian student organization sues University of Iowa over anti-discrimination rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vatican voices concern over Trump's Jerusalem move
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Analysis: What the Vatican does to stop money laundering
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Analysis: What is the context of Pope Francis’ words on the Lord’s Prayer?
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Critics warn against British movement advocating at-home abortion pills
(Catholic News Agency)
The devastating but little-noticed DRC refugee crisis
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Open Doors presents UN with hope for the Middle East
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Sexual abuse survivors fear being 'deserted' after royal commission ends
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
The traditional Chinese dance troupe China doesn’t want you to see
(Nicholas Hune-Brown, The Guardian)
Congregation fights to save church where Harriet Tubman worshiped
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Tens of thousands of Israelis attend ultra-Orthodox rabbi's funeral
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem excites apocalyptic fervor
(Matthew Gabriele, Religion News Service)
Nigeria: Plateau attackers arrested, as Christians call for grazing ban
(World Watch Monitor)
Over 800,000 call on UN to protect Christians in Middle East
(World Watch Monitor)
Democrats not invited to White House Hanukkah party
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Bizarre murder-suicide of Shinto Priestess
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Reaction to Trump's Jerusalem move
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Speculation mounting in Alabama senate race- abortion, black Christians
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Launching year-long campaign leading up to the 70th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights
(Linda Wieland, World Religion News)
Countries around the world and their status on gay marriage
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The identity crisis of Hanukkah
(Donniel Hartman, Religion News Service)
Influential Southern Baptist layman Paul Pressler subject of sex abuse suit
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Taxing the rich to help the poor? Here’s what the Bible says
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)
On election day, an Alabama church stands apart
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Menorah lightings planned around the world for Hanukkah
(The Editorial Board, Religion News Service)
Can Reform Judaism reform itself?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
Final exam: When should we limit religious freedom?
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Celebrating Hanukkah where the dominant winter holiday isn’t Christmas
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
AP: Rohingya methodically raped by Myanmar’s armed forces
(Kristen Gelineau Elineau, Religion News Service)
Religious broadcasters take aim at tech giants for ‘stifling’ conservative speech
(Chris Mathews, Religion News Service)
Renaissance art goes green in two exhibits at the Getty Museum
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Child marriage is still legal in the US
(Nicholas Syrett, The Conversation)
Religion, gay marriage among sticking points in Grand Forks' 'inclusion resolution'
(Sam Easter, Grand Forks Herald)
Religious faith can help people to build better cities – here’s how
(Chris Ives and Andre Van Eymeren, The Conversation)
Supreme Court puts off hearing a case on job protections for LGBT employees
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
Man in custody after ‘attempted terrorist attack’ in N.Y. subway was inspired by ISIS, officials say
(Danielle Paquette, Lindsey Bever, and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post)
Suspect in New York bomb attack said to have been inspired by Islamic State's call for Christmas attacks
(Nina Agrawal and Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times)
Armenian Legal Center highlights link between property & religious rights
(Asbarez)
Catholic group can't intervene in PA's suite against Trump over contraceptive care
(P.J. Dannunzio, The Legal Intelligencer)
In Colorado cake case, religious values clash with discrimination. Jews have been on both sides.
(Michael Helfand, Jewish Week)
High commitment to religious freedom
(Daily Express)
Francis Rooney: Religious freedom should play a major role in the war against terrorism
(Kevin Derby, Sunshine State News)
Monday, 11 December 2017
December 17: Religious controversies at universities, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Religion Watch, December 2017, Volume 33 No. 2
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
December 10: Masterpiece Cakeshop case begins, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Global peacemakers join march in Oslo after Peace ceremony saying 'No' to nuclear weapons
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egyptian religious leaders to shun US vice president Pence over Jerusalem
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Russia: Falsified "evidence" helped convictions?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Roy Moore, Jerusalem and LGBT rights: Why is religion so divisive?
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Hindu man in India kills a Muslim and posts the video
(Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times)
Poland appoints ex-banker with Jewish roots as prime minister
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
After second incident, Swedish anti-Semitism watchdog warns of wave of attacks
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
LDS Church donates another $5 million in 2017 for refugee resettlement in U.S.
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Firm convictions, uneasiness at churches before Senate race
(Steve Peoples, Kim Chandler and Bill Barrow, Associated Press)
Bishops urge U.K. to allow more child refugees from France
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
Iowa priest honored posthumously for heroism as chaplain at Pearl Harbor
(Dan Russo, Catholic News Service)
Catholic archbishop challenges Malawi’s leaders on abortion law
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Amid embassy furor, Vatican cautions against ‘new cycle of violence’
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Court upholds FEMA policy barring grants to houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Around the Web: important law-and-religion news stories from around the web
(Law and Religion Forum)
Barclay & Rienzi, “Constitutional Anomalies”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Kim Davis once denied him a marriage license, now Kentucky man seeks her hob
(Luxora Leader)
Antagonists in same-sex marriage saga will now face each other in 2018 election
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
More challenges to FEMA's policy on disaster aid to religious facilities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Protesters oppose return of disputed art in Catalonia
(Manu Fernandez, Associated Press)
Catalonia braced for violence as judge orders seizure of disputed religious artefacts
(Hannah Strange, The Telegraph)
Fight over religious artifacts becomes part of the Catalonian independence battle
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rules transgender people can enlist in military, denying Trump bid to delay deadline
(Spencer S. Hsu and Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
Man wearing pipe bomb in custody after ‘attempted terrorist attack’ in N.Y. subway, police say
(Mark Berman, Lindsey Bever, Amy B. Wang, and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post)
American Jews and charitable giving: An enduring tradition
(Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, The Conversation)
Franklin Graham isn't preaching in England for another nine months, but already he's getting trashed
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
In a rare court challenge to its abortion ban, Brazil grapples with its own version of Roe vs. Wade
(Jill Langlois, Los Angeles Times)
A mostly Christian city in the Philippines lays out the welcome mat for displaced Muslims
(Ralph Jennings, Los Angeles Times)
Why faith actors are essential to promoting religious tolerance: a guest blog from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
The pope’s Myanmar plight recalls church struggles with rotten regimes of the past
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Former GetReligionista explains: Why voting for the 'lesser of two evils' is still evil
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Religion is as much about social glue as staying true
(Zakir Hussain, The Straits Times)
After decades of suppression, Baha'is celebrate publicly in Baghdad
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor)
Call to anti-Lingayat religion campaigners to shed differences
(The Hindu)
M.B. Patil attempts to show Lingayat was separate religion
(The Hindu)
South Africa: Efforts to curb commercialisation of religion
(Tania Page, AlJazerra)
Respecting religious diversity
(Jan Figel, The Nation)
Two Florida synagogues sue FEMA over hurricane disaster aid
(Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald)
In sign of gently warming ties, Bahraini delegation visits Israel
(Times of Israel)
Ghost of Justice Scalia looms as Supreme Court debates religion and civil rights law
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
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