Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Special Report: In Egypt, jailed Islamists 'dying of neglect'
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)
Michigan Imam visits Amir Hekmati, longest-held American in Iran
(Rick Gladstone, The New York Times)
Texas clinics file Supreme Court appeal of abortion law
(Mark Sherman, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
U.S. Special Representative met with religious leaders of Ukraine
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
Turkey takes on the Islamic State ... in 40-page report
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
World Council of Churches joins Paris international divest from fossil fuel call
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Vatican says transgender man cannot be a godparent
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics jumps into Bible, pot debate
(Greg Horton, Religion News Service)
U.S. court: Transgender illegal immigrant cannot be deported to Mexico
(Dan Whitcomb, Reuters)
South Carolina to seek death penalty in Charleston church massacre
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)
Ambassador Saperstein calls for religious freedom in Tibet
(Tenzin Monlam, Phayul)
U.S. clerk jailed for gay marriage defiance; dispute goes on
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)
White House: 'appropriate' for judge to enforce law in Kentucky gay marriage license issue
(Alina Selyukh and Susan Heavey, Reuters)
Ky. clerk’s office issues marriage licenses Friday — without the clerk
(Mike Wynn and Chris Kenning, Religion News Service)
Kentucky clerk who said ‘no’ to gay couples won’t be alone in court
(Alan Blinder and Richard Fausset, The New York Times)
Kentucky clerk ordered to jail for refusing to issue gay marriage license
(James Higdon and Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post)
Kentucky clerk issued marriage license to a transgender couple
(Mike Wynn, Religion News Service)
Muslim flight attendant files complaint after discipline for refusing to serve alcohol
(Sarah Cwiek, Michigan Radio)
EEOC complaint alleges failure to accommodate Muslim flight attendant
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Case again examines NLRB jurisdiction over religious colleges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A win for life (and common sense) in the March for Life vs. abortion-pill mandate fight
(Marissa Poulson, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Implementing health reform: Federal court rules on March for Life v. Burwell (updated)
(Timothy Lost, Health Affairs Blog)
IRS chief Koskinen and the tax status of faith-based colleges
(Brian W. Walsh, The Hill)
Ugandan rabbi launches second bid for Parliament
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ma Ba Tha to celebrate passage of race & religion laws
(Wa Lone, Myanmar Times)
Rome to name plaza after Martin Luther nearly 500 years after his '95 Theses'
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
A primer on where pope stands on gays, divorce, abortion
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
The ISIS slave girl buyback schemes
(Mat Wolf, Shira Rubin, The Daily Beast)
The two Jewish state solution
(Yuval Diskin, Tablet)
ADF report: Planned Parenthood’s years-long pattern of ignoring child sexual abuse, enabling predators
(Attorney sound bites: Natalie Decker | Michael J. Norton, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Black Elk: An American Virgil
(Matthew Milliner, First Things)
Myanmar: Electoral Commission rejects candidacy of Muslim leaders
(Asia News)
A testing time for Europe
(Martin Maier SJ, Europeinfos: Christian perspecitves on the EU)
Migrant crisis has reached 'Biblical proportions' with millions of refugees overwhelming Europe, UK leader warns
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Cornerstone Blog: Migration Crisis: Europe's Failed Response
(Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Second Bangkok bombing suspect arrested, an ethnic Uyghur
(Asia News)
Why death penalty must go
(Faizan Mustafa, The Tribune (India))
Kentucky clerk loses on same-sex marriage plea
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Contempt hearing for Kentucky county clerk
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Clerks, conscience, and the case for common ground
(Charles C. Haynes, Inside the First Amendment, Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)
Kentucky clerk not issuing gay marriage licenses causes uproar. North Carolina shows better way
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal)
Kentucky clerk, a local fixture, and now a national symbol
(Alan Blinder and Richard Fausset, The New York Times)
The defiant Kim Davis, the Ky. clerk who refuses to issue gay marriage licenses
(Sarah Kaplan and James Higdon, The Washington Post)
Kentucky county clerk continues to refuse to issue marriage licences; contempt motion filed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Contempt motion filed against Rowan County clerk
(Press Release, ACLU of Kentucky)
Singapore elections: Church tells Catholics to cast a moral and responsible ballot
(Asia News)
Thousands of Odisha pogrom survivors accuse the BJP of protecting religious terrorism
(Asia News)
The one percent: Why so few pastors quit a 'brutal job'
(Lisa Cannon Green, Christianity Today)
Vienna Jews accuse city prosecutor of ignoring anti-Semitic incitement by Muslims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US demands release of Chinese Christian pastors and activists
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill at least 24 in northern Nigeria
(Lanre Ola, Reuters)
NY mom wins right to not vaccinate son over religious belief
(Fox News)
Why Muslims in Europe back Christianity in public schools
(Tobin Grant, Religion News Service)
Influential Christian church ends protests by thousands of followers in Philippines
(Fox News)
School district investigates mass baptism filmed at football practice
(Matthew Pearl and Julie Wolfe, USA Today)
Lawyer who advised churches in China faces secretive detention
(Chris Buckley, The New York Times)
Cities hosting Pope Francis must take pains to protect church-state separation, says Americans United
(Press Release, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Key findings about American Catholics
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center FactTank)
U.S. Catholics open to non-traditional families
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Most US Catholics are fine with nontraditional families
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Catholic to Catholic-ish: 45 percent in US feel connected to the faith
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Vast majority of U.S. Catholics who left the church can’t imagine returning, study says
(Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post)
Pope's upcoming visit to U.S. generates church-state concerns
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit charges pet store chain with discrimination against Persians
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Petco won't sell Persians springtime goldfish
(Rebekah Kearn, Courthouse News Service)
San Jose Sikhs vote for the status quo
(Joe Rodriguez, San Jose Mercury News)
Internal struggles at US mosques seep into secular courts
(Fariba Nawa, Reveal)
Factional disputes in houses of worship are increasingly ending up in court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5th Circuit hears oral arguments in prison worship case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Customs officials unlawfully seizing 10.5 million books and brochures intended for Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout Russia
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Four years of bombings in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
(World Watch Monitor)
California assisted-suicide bill advances despite Catholic opposition
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Somali Islamists warn against 'immoral culture' at hotels, beaches
(Feisal Omar, Reuters)
Belarus: Cancelled fine for religious worship re-imposed
(Forum 18 News Service)
Cornerstone Series: A Tale of Three Laws
(Karen Taliaferro, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Responding to A Tale of Three Laws: A Rational Case for Religious Freedom
(Sherif Girgis, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Responding to A Tale of Three Laws: Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue - Event Excerpt, Judaism
(David Novak, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Responding to A Tale of Three Laws: Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue - Event Excerpt, Islam Part I
(Anver Emon, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Every tenth Russian justifies actions of Orthodox believers in Manege
(Interfax-Religion)
Is Pope Francis an environmental populist?
(Ignace Berten o.p, Europeinfos: Christian perspecitves on the EU)
Europe, who is your neighbour?
(Marek Misak, COMECE, Europeinfos: Christian perspecitves on the EU)
A Summer University for Europe – and beyond
(Michael Kuhn, COMECE, Europeinfos: Christian perspecitves on the EU)
Bishop of Newcastle announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Christine Hardman to be Twelfth Bishop of Newcastle
(The Church of England in the Diocese of Newcastle)
Considerations of PCC liability, engagement of amenity societies &c
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
As 800,000 from 70 countries gather, religious freedom & business takes the stage
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
What is the Rimini Meeting?
(Rimini Meeting)
“What is this lack a lack of, o heart, of which all of a sudden you are full?”
(Rimini Meeting 2015)
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Group prods fellow Mormons to get behind family-friendly immigration reform
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Syria's humanitarian crisis
(The Economist Explains)
Christian schools shut in Israel to protest budget cuts
(RT.com)
ACLU says new Nevada education law violates separation of church and state
(Eric Schulzke, Deseret News National)
US ambassador raises concern over violations of religious freedom in China
(RTT News)
Human Rights Tribunal orders spa to pay for religion-based demotion
(Rachel Ward, Edmonton Journal)
Petersburg needs three times as many churches as it now has - head of the Metropolia
(Interfax-Religion)
Dangers of international ‘fatigue’ on Israel-Palestine issue
(Uri Savir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
In new video, Planned Parenthood business partner defends abortion, ‘that’s where we get our tissue’
(Kate Scanlon, The Daily Signal)
Reimagining Europe – a multidisciplinary blog
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Reimagining Europe: Our Shared Futures
(A new blog, The Church of England and the Church of Scotland)
N.J. billboard looks to raise awareness about Islam
(Hannan Adely, NorthJersey.com)
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