Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 26 June 2017
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)
Who is Karen Handel, winner of that big Georgia race? Surprise! Press ignored a key angle
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Pavan v. Smith (same-sex couples adoption case)
(Per Curiam Opinion, The Supreme Court of the United States)
Can yoga be Christian?
(Andrea Jain, The Conversation)
Australian census map: the results, region by region
(The Guardian)
Australian census: religious affiliation falls as population changes rapidly
(Gareth Hutchens, The Guardian)
Census 2016: 39% increase in same-sex couples since 2011 – live
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)
Church and states braced for biggest battle on euthanasia
(Gay Alcorn and Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
British Sikh couple take legal action after being advised not to adopt
(Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian)
China: Vatican gravely concerned for bishop 'forcibly removed' from diocese
(The Guardian)
Tensions flare between IDF, UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
(Ben Caspit, translated Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Gay activist is calling out churches for spiritual abuse
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Can InterVarsity leaders seek doctrinal unity with staff and volunteers? On sex, CBC says 'no'
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Bomber planning to attack Mecca’s Grand Mosque blows himself up
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
What do Christian protests about Harry Potter books teach us?
(Trisha Tucker, Religion News Service)
Analysis: Congregations can’t make up for proposed federal budget cuts
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Whose heritage? UNESCO’s tricky balancing act between religious and secular forces
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pastors and political choice
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Are pastors particularly partisan?
(Joe Carter, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Joe Carter takes closer look at that New York Times coverage of partisan pastors
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Law and religion round-up – 25th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Lord Carey resigns as honorary assistant bishop
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia accuses mufti Gainutdin of spreading anti-Semite myths
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Allied with Muslim bloc, but great friend of Israel
(Udi Shaham, Jerusalem Post)
Orthodox Church proposes more religion in schools
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
The Democrats’ religion problem
(Daniel K. Williams, The New York Times)
Former anti-Semitism envoys call on Congress to fund the office
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Opinion: Liberal Islam is a chimera
(Loay Mudhoon, Deutsche Welle)
Liberal mosque debate turns political in Germany
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Christian leaders concerned over talks to form new Executive in Northern Ireland
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israeli government suspends mixed-prayer plan at the Western Wall
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Giving in to ultra-Orthodox, Cabinet drops compromise on mixed prayer space at Western Wall
(Barak Ravid, Haaretz)
Jewish groups furious at Israeli government block of men, women praying together at Western Wall
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Jewish diaspora angry as Netanyahu scraps Western Wall mixed prayer plan
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Israeli government's reversal on egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel in Jerusalem is "an unconscionable insult"
(Press Release, The Union for Reform Judaism)
Israel's cabinet suspends agreement on egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The holy alliance between Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox
(Danny Zaken, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
I love Israel. Her government: not so much
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
3d Circuit: Dismissal of prisoner's RLUIPA suit at pleading stage was improper
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
People keep voting in support of the death penalty. So how can we end it?
(Austin Sarat, The Conversation)
Why cash remains sacred in American churches
(James Hudnut-Beumler, The Conversation)
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a fundamental right
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
5th Circuit reinstates controversial Mississippi HB 1523
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Russia: Prison, trials, investigations for religious meetings
(Forum 18 News Service)
Israeli airline can't force women to move for ultra-orthodox men who don't want to sit next to women
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
June 25: Mississippi allows denial of services to LGBT people, Ramadan goes unmarked at White House
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
30 years after Edwards v. Aguillard: Why creationism lingers in public schools
(John E. Taylor, The Conversation)
Saturday, 24 June 2017
ADF International’s Kelsey Zorzi Elected President of the UN’s NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(News Release, ADF International)
Does traditional faith equal hate? Southern Poverty Law Center coverage raises unasked questions
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Bracing for the next news story: Was Bernie Sanders actually pushing 'secular humanism'?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
General Pharmaceutical Council guidance on religion, personal values & beliefs
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Court temporarily halts deportation of 100 Iraqi Chaldeans and minority Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal court blocks immediate deportation of Iraqi nationals
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)
Win for 1st Amendment
(Editorial, Boston Herald Radio)
Iranian protesters chant 'Death to Israel and Death to America' and burn ISIS flags in Tehran
(Jack Moore, Newsweek World)
Turkey removes evolution from high school curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 23 June 2017
Turkey drops evolution from curriculum, angering secularists
(Patrick Kingsley, The New York Times)
Religion in schools: Turkey has a problem with evolution so has banned teaching Darwin's theory until college
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)
Education for all? Not in Iran
(Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Scotland, Northern Ireland and humanist weddings: Humanist nuptials are popular in Scotland but only beginning in Ulster
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Court refuses to grant habeas corpus to Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Otkrytaya Rossia, Russia Religion News)
Polish human rights official under fire for saying his ‘nation’ took part in the Holocaust
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Lawmakers urge Trump to appoint White House Jewish liaison
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. bishops launch 2017 Fortnight for Freedom with new video
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic bishop says troubled Somali refugees still need acceptance, help
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
Zambia bishops, faith leaders warn of crisis if dictatorship results
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Churches would need to raise $714,000 per year to fill in the gap from Trump’s poverty program cuts
(Jack Jenkins, Think Progress)
Union busting for God: Catholic colleges invoke "religious freedom" to violate Catholic teaching
(Kaya Oakes, Religion Dispatches)
Study: when it comes to detecting racial inequality, white Christians have a blind spot
(Tara Isabella Burton, Vox)
Madonna di Alvenia sect comes to Seborga
(Davide Ghiglione, Financial Times)
Police officer Mohammed Ayub Pandith lynched outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid
(Peerzada Ashiq, The Hindu)
Christian-style weddings remain popular in Japan, but allure is more about optics than religion
(Dave Hueston, Japan Times)
In mosque's factional dispute, Ohio court orders dissolution and reincorporation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Refusing service to gays? Is pollster asking the right question? Journalists should inquire
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Destruction of mosque ‘heralds end of Isis’
(Richard Spencer, The Times)
Nonprofit tracker smears dozens of conservative organizations as ‘hate groups’
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)
Islamic State claims a historic mosque in Mosul was destroyed by a U.S. airstrike — but video evidence suggests otherwise
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Is it a hate crime? Washington Post offers strong coverage of Muslim girl's D.C.-area slaying
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Are Southern voters really different? Washington Post political desk avoids religion, again
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Iraqi tribes sharpen legal tools to root out ISIS - In unprecedented step, sheikhs amend tribal law to use courts, police
(Fred Strasser, United States Institute of Peace)
World Refugee Day 20 June
(The United Nations)
Stemming the tide of hatred with kindness, and finding ‘life itself’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Video Message on "The Conflict of Social Innovations: Christian Theologies, Empires, and Modern Constructions of Race"
(Prof. Leo D. Lefebure, Centre for Religious Studies of Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
No longer strangers: Conference of experts confirms churches’ role in creating welcoming and integrating societies
(Press Release No: 17/25, Conference of European Churches)
Why protect speech we don't want to hear? We need to hear it
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)
Court says Mississippi can enforce LGBT religious accommodations law
(Morgan Howard, MS News Now)
5th Circuit: Plaintiffs lack standing to challenge Mississippi's Anti-LGBT conscience law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Circuit court win for religious freedom on gay marriage
(Ryan Andersen, The Daily Signal)
Barber v. Bryant (Mississippi religious accommodations decision)
(US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
10th Circuit: Qualified immunity protects officer who told suspect to stop praying
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court expresses concerns about First Amendment violations before dismissing appeal
(Press Release, First Liberty)
Sause v. Bauer (Kansas qualified immunity case)
(US Court of Appeals for the tenth Circuit)
Female genital mutilation case expands
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Genital mutilation scandal widens to include mothers
(Robert Snell, The Detroit News)
United States v. Nagarwala - FGM case, superceding indictment
(US District Court Eastern District of Michigan)
Is a foreign polygamous marriage valid in Ireland? HAH v SAA & Ors
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Church to debate post-election “state of the nation”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
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