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Friday, 14 August 2015

Equality Florida Institute heads back to court on behalf of LGBT Families
(Press Release, Equality Florida Action, Inc)

Suit says Florida will not issue correct birth certificates to married lesbian couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kentucky clerk continues to refuse to issue marriage licenses, despite injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Despite order, office refuses to issue gay marriage license
(Adam Beam and Claire Galofaro, Associated Press)

Court: Colorado baker who refused gay wedding cake can't cite beliefs
(The Associated Press, Colorado Springs Gazette)

Court upholds order against bakery that refused wedding cake for same-sex couple
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Coptic Church unhappy Egyptian Christians are joining Salafist-linked party
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

United Church of Canada aims to divest from fossil fuels
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Korea: Still divided 70 years on
(World Watch Monitor)

Most non-religious Americans condone polyamory, new survey finds
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

For conservative Christian colleges, no middle ground on gay rights (Analysis)
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric calls for reforms to start with judiciary
(Saif Hameed and Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State attacked them with chemical weapons
(Isabel Coles, Reuters)

Pope Francis says Sundays are a gift from God not to be shunned
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Analysis: The revival of Sikh nationalism begins to worry India
(Slok Gyawali, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Syrian Rebel Leader Subhi al-Refai on U.S. relations with Ahrar al-Sham
(Aron Lund, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))

Press-ups between the Purbeck
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Colorado Christian cake artist forced to bake gay marriage cakes despite religious beliefs, court rules
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Nigeria's Boko Haram militants 'have new leader'
(BBC News)

Buhari charges Nigeria’s military chiefs to defeat Boko Haram in 3 months
(Talatu Usman, Premium Times)

Dabke troupes dance on in Gaza
(Rasha Abou Jalal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Muslim, Arab world ‘big victims of terror’
(Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News)

The European Court of Human Rights uncovered: What it does, who it protects, why it matters
(Adam Wagner, RightsInfo)

Plan to create Muslim cemetery sparks uproar in Texas city
(Patrick Strickland, Al Jazeera America)

New study finds US military’s transgender care costs would be tiny
(Al Jazeera America)

Connecticut becomes latest state to ban the death penalty
(Al Jazeera America)

Trans homicides surpass total for 2014 as community warns of crisis
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)

Iran deal debate devolves into clash over Jewish stereotypes and survival
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Fetal tissue and Ben Carson’s abortion blind spot
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Bangladesh says arrests two Islamists over killing of secularist blogger
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)

Islamic State says in broadcast that it killed Croatian hostage
(Omar Fahmy and Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters)

Birth certificates latest battleground in Florida's gay marriage fight
(David Adams, Reuters)

Colorado appeals court backs gay couple in wedding cake dispute
(Keith Coffman, Reuters)

Kazakhstan: "What right do authorities have to scare our children?"
(Forum 18 News Service)

2 clubs in top Czech league fined for anti-Islam posters
(The Washington Times)

Religious council can dictate who can practise shariah law, says federal lawyer
(V. Anbalagan, The Malaysian Insider)

Nativity scene under scrutiny for religious tone
(Clara Garcia, Valencia County News Bulletin)

Florida may protect religious groups that oppose gay marriage
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Anti-gay groups mount ‘Texas response’
(John Wright, The Texas Observer)

Religion is no reason to refuse gay clientele, appellate court rules in bakery case
(Reuters)

French court rules school lunches may include pork; Muslims alarmed
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)

Black churches bucking the trend of decline
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Manager of Oklahoma gun store and range declares it ‘Muslim-free’ zone
(Greg Horton, Religion News Service)

Court bans LGBT march in Odessa
(Interfax-Religion)

UOC asks Constantinople not to interfere in church affairs in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Statues erected to protest the stoning of women under Islam
(Sarkis Zeronian, Breitbart News)

Ukraine's border guard service reports detention of priest allegedly involved with militia battalion in Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)

Islamic extremists send death threat to 19 bloggers and intellectuals
(Sumon Corraya, Asia News)

For Christian activist, Sri Lanka is ready for historic elections
(Jehan Perera, Asia News)

Hong Kong: Card Tong issues an "urgent appeal" against cross demolition in China
(Asia News)

Presbyterian Church grants sanctuary to illegal immigrant mother of 2 who fears deportation back to Mexico
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)

Tennessee school leaves CCCU over gay couple hiring controversy; 'to deny biblical marriage is to deny authority of scripture,' says univ. president
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Four Sudanese Christian women found innocent of 'immoral dress'
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Armed guards at US churches: Why it's tempting, and why it's wrong
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

China intensifies anti-church campaign as faithful risk lives in defying state orders
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)

UK on alert as it probes reported plot by ISIS to launch terror attack this weekend
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)

India weighs update to 1970s abortion law
(Menaka Rao, BBC News)

Morocco moves to legalize abortions in cases of rape and incest
(Jessica Morris, USA Today)

Truck bomb targeting Shiites kills 67 at Baghdad market
(Vivian Salama and Sinan Salaheddin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

ISIS enshrines a theology of rape
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)

Federal court: Anti-Muslim group can't post ads on buses
(Martha Bellisle, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Mississippi ban on adoptions by same-sex couples is challenged
(Tamar Lewin, The New York Times)

Knesset c'tee nixes Agriculture Ministry regulations for Yom Kippur chicken ritual
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

In Israel, Knesset committee rejects agriculture ministry rules on kapparot ritual
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Guam takes step against LGBT discrimination in the workplace
(Hayley Miller, Human Rights Campaign Blog)

Guam legislature passes marriage equality and LGBT employment discrimination laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Legislature passes Marriage Equality Act
(Shawn Raymundo, Pacific Daily News)

Despite order, office refuses to issue gay marriage license
(Claire Galofaro, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Court says Kentucky clerk cannot refuse to issue marriage licences
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal judge orders Kentucky county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
(Adam Beam and Claire Galofaro, Associated Press)

Judge orders Rowan County clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses
(Press Release, ACLU of Kentucky)

Kentucky county clerk defies judge over gay marriage
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)

70 years after WWII, the Holocaust is still very important to American Jews
(Becka Alper, Pew Research Center FactTank)

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Making same-sex marriage a reality: The final steps
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Kansas federal district court implements Obergefell holding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

District should strike overtly religious songs from lineup
(Jason Benell, The Des Moines Register)

Card. Parolin in Indonesia: "Unique nation for tolerance and respect for diversity"
(Mathias Hariyadi, Asia News)

India: Gujarat, book on father of the Constitution withdrawn because "anti-Hindu"
(Asia News)

Iran: Parliament mulls fining women for not wearing hijab
(Radia Zamaneh, Eurasia Review)

Women to vote for the first time in Saudi municipal elections
(Asia News)

Lebanon: Maronite bishop stopped at gunpoint in a country where anarchy reigns
(Fady Noun, Asia News)

Sri Lanka: Church’s social doctrine to guide Christian voters in the country’s upcoming elections
(Melani Manel Perera, Asia News)

Jewish neighborhood in San Antonio hit with anti-Semitic graffiti
(Jim Forsyth, Reuters)

Spain arrests man marketing Islamic State clothing range
(Adrian Croft, Reuters)

Union U. quits CCCU over Mennonite members' same-sex marriage moves
(Bob Smietana, Christianity Today)

Sheriff to pastor protesting for Sandra Bland: ‘Go back to the church of Satan’
(Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post)

Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan Political Council converges in Istanbul
(Interfax-Religion)

A year after Ferguson, have white Christians learned anything?
(Russell Moore, The Washington Post)

Kaliningrad resident sentenced to four years in jail for calls for 'jihad'
(Interfax-Religion)

Russell Moore: “Equality Act is a threat to religious freedom”
(Eliel Cruz, Religion News Service)

Interfaith leaders find common ground promoting Internet freedom
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Christian moviemakers opt for black cast after glut of whitewashed Bible films
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)

Orthodox Jewish enclave faces growth, conflict
(Shannon Mullen, Religion News Service)

Sudan bars Christian pastors from leaving Muslim country following their release from prison
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Kenyan clergy joins battle against deadly homemade brews
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Pope’s climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil investments
(Religion News Service)

Mississippi newlyweds arrested, accused of planning to join ISIS
(Reuters, Religion News Service)

Most Americans don’t see sin in divorce
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Young American couple arrested for trying to join ISIS during honeymoon; accused is policeman's daughter; family 'stunned'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who has massacred thousands of Christians, has been driven out of power, claims Chad's president
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

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