Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
How Facebook is like church, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
‘Change your image of India from a nice backpacking trip to the Taj Mahal!’
(World Watch Monitor)
CAR’s clerics say ‘war must stop’ as killings continue despite peace agreement
(World Watch Monitor)
New trauma centre to help northern Nigeria’s 2.7m conflict-affected children
(World Watch Monitor)
Cyprus signs deal for Europe's largest casino
(AFP)
Church tells Timorese political parties to put people first
(Vatican Radio)
Marawi militants offer prisoner swap for priest
(Amanda Hodge, The Australian)
Evangelical Christians in US have become less opposed to gay marriage, poll finds
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Leadership of St. Petersburg Scientology group imprisoned
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
Bigotry against religion won’t stop school choice forever
(Elliot Kaufman, National Review)
Legal radicals don’t want the ‘separation of church and state’
(David French, National Review)
Can a woman refuse to give her husband a Jewish religious divorce? It just happened in Australia
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ADL, religious leaders call on Rex Tillerson to appoint envoy to combat anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'Not in my name' – Indians protest vigilante attacks on Muslims
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
Supreme Court religious bonus
(Wall Street Journal)
Poll shows a dramatic generational divide in white evangelical attitudes on gay marriage
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Terrorists desecrate Eucharist, destroy Catholic chapel in the Philippines
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
ISIS-linked Jihadist's desecrate another Catholic church in Philippines
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Kidnapped Philippines priest ‘alive’ but Marawi situation ‘dire’
(World Watch Monitor)
Meeting hints Dems may be open to rethinking abortion orthodoxy
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Decapitation defendant claims religious conflict, seeks new lawyer
(Tim Potter, The Wichita Eagle)
Judge denies new counsel to murder defendant claiming religious conflict with attorney
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In unusual church autonomy dispute, Catholic school can require immunization of all students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court: Parochial schools can require immunizations
(News Service of Florida)
Florida enacts student religious liberty law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Florida: SB 436 Religious Expression in Public Schools (PDF download)
(Executive Summary, Florida Department of Education)
Supreme Court remands school aid cases for reconsideration in light of Trinity Lutheran decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Supreme Court strikes down a major church-state barrier
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Supreme Court victory for Trinity Lutheran: And a major win for religious freedom
(John Stonestreet, The Christian Post)
Excerpts from Gorsuch concurrence, Sotomayor dissent, in Trinity Lutheran Church opinion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
111 terminally ill patients took their own lives in first 6 months of California right-to-die law
(Soumya Karlamangla, The Los Angeles Times)
Council of Europe commissioner criticizes ban on LGBT Pride march in Istanbul
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Why a church playground matters for religious liberty
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Why Turkey chose Qatar
(Aykan ErdemirMerve Tahiroglu, The National Interest)
How to deradicalise someone
(Sarah Marsden, The Conversation)
What effect does religious freedom promotion have on counterterrorism?
(Peter Henne, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Christians and Sikhs protest India's Prime Minister at the US White House
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pentecostal foreign student treated leniently by court
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
The long path toward same-sex marriage in Germany
(Kay-Alexander Scholz, Deutsche Welle)
Vatican calls on China to let bishop exercise his ministry
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Myanmar cardinal calls for independent investigation of war crime allegations
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
British regulator issues guidance on religious beliefs in pharmacy practice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rejects lawsuit targeting kosher slaughter of chickens in Jewish ritual in Irvine
(Sean Emery, Orange County Register)
California state court rejects attack on millennia-old Orthodox Jewish ceremony
(First Liberty)
Court says kaporos ceremony not covered by unfair competition law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Georgia Supreme Court rules for tax credit scholarships
(Ty Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia Supreme Court dismisses on standing gounds challenge to tax credit scholarship program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
As Supreme Court bites into same-sex wedding cake dispute, how to tell good media coverage from bad
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Illinois Catholic bishop decrees no Holy Communion, funerals for same-sex couples
(Susan Hogan, The Washington Post)
Why are some journalists head-scratching over, well, a Catholic bishop's Catholicism?
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Slicing up Masterpiece Bakeshop stories (again): It may help to recall that earlier peyote case
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Birth certificate alteration for a married person?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Census 2016 shows Australia’s changing religious profile, with more ‘nones’ than Catholics
(Gary D. Bouma, The Conversation)
Mission and Ministry in Covenant
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The Supreme Court will review Trump's revised travel ban. Why that's good news for the President
(John G. Malcolm, The Daily Signal)
The Elijah Interfaith Institute - Sharing Wisdom, Fostering Peace
Make Friends video statement - world's most prominent religious leaders (English subtitles)
(YouTube)
Elijah releases the “Make Friends” appeal with the world’s most prominent religious leaders
(The Elijah Interfaith Institute and letsheal.org)
Monday, 26 June 2017
Wisdom Newsletter | Religious Leaders Across the World Issue a Coordinated End of Ramadan/ Eid al-Fitr Message: Make Friends Across Religions
(The Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Sikhs celebrate B.C. woman's 'inspiring' appointment as first turbaned judge in Canada
(Line Yeung, CBC News | British Columbia)
Faith in action: Religious teaching and action on refugees
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Muslims 'absolutely' the group most victimized by global terrorism, researchers say
(Michael Edison Hayden, ABC News)
PHOTOS: Here's how Muslims worldwide are celebrating Ramadan's end
(Colin Dwyer, NPR)
When is Eid al-Fitr, and why do Muslims celebrate it?
(Waseem Abbasi, Religion News Service)
On Eid 2017, a peek into the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)
Thousands of Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr in Moscow Cathedral Mosque
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin in congratulation on Eid al-Fitr speaks of Muslims' role in maintaining civil peace, accord
(Interfax-Religion)
Third time, no charm: Eid proves unlucky for Istanbul Pride
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Donald Trump abandons traditional White House Ramadan celebration
(Elle Hunt and David Smith, The Guardian)
Inside French prisons, a struggle to combat radicalization
(Eleanor Beardsley, NPR)
In northeast Nigeria, displaced families celebrate Ramadan's end in style
(Ofebea Quist-Arcton, NPR)
Vatican announces pope will attend reconciliation events in Colombia
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Reform movement launching first rabbinical school for Latin America, Spain and Portugal
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Supreme Court holds denial of playground resurfacing grant to church violates Free Exercise clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court sides with religious institutions in a major church-state decision
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court rules for Missouri church in ‘playground’ case
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer: Slip Opinion
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Opinion analysis: Church prevails in funding dispute
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court settles schoolyard scuffle: Government can’t blacklist Lutheran preschool from playground improvement program
(Press Release, Becket Law)
The Supreme Court’s religious-freedom message: There are no second-class citizens
(David French, National Review)
Supreme Court sides with religious school in church-state case
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
BJC: Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church “upends precedent and adds confusion”
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Symposium: Court ruling bolsters religious liberty… beyond the playground
(Nathan Diamant, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Putting some limits on the “play in the joints”
(Erin Morrow Hawley, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Bad news from Trinity Lutheran – Only two justices support the Establishment Clause
(Leslie Griffin, SCOTUSblog)
Cert. granted in dispute over refusal to create cake for same-sex wedding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court to take case on baker who refused to sell wedding cake to gay couple
(Bill Mears and The Associated Press, Fox News)
Supreme Court will hear religious liberty challenge to gay weddings
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court takes case on religious freedom vs. LGBT couple
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
U.S. Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to take effect pending appeals in October
(The Associated Press, CBC News | World)
Supreme Court grants review and partially lifts injunctions against Trump's travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court travel ban ruling: What it means
(Alan Gomez, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump’s travel ban to take effect and will consider case in fall
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press News)
On deporting Christians to Iraq
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Trump travel ban takes effect Thursday
(Associated Press Top News)
BJC responds to Supreme Court decision to review travel ban, cakeshop cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court: Same-sex spouses must get equal treatment in birth certificates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Karen Handel and the spurious Christian case against LGBT adoption
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)
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