Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Gay Catholic group gets VIP treatment at Vatican for first time
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Judge rules Richland florist violated state Consumer Protection Act by discriminating against same-sex couple
(Press Release, Washington State Office of the Attorney General)
Judge to anti-gay florist: Religion is not an excuse to defy anti-discrimination laws
(Zack Ford, Think Progress)
Judge rejects WA florist’s religious freedom argument
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
State of Washington v. Arlene's Flowers
(Superior Court of the State of Washington)
Court says florist violated Washington public accommodation law in refusing flowers for same-sex wedding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The dispute over morality clauses is roiling San Francisco's Catholics
(Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle)
NYC changes pre-K rules to accommodate Orthodox schools
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Utah, Vermont on opposite ends of US religion spectrum
(Dora Hasan Mekouar, Voice of America)
APC alerts Nigerians over fresh plot to use religion for election purposes
(Daily Post)
Doctor refuses treatment of same-sex couple's baby
(Fox News)
Return of the religious police worries reformers in Saudi Arabia
(Richard Spencer, The Telegraph)
South Dakota to U.S. Supreme Court: Overturn Roe v. Wade
(Religious Liberty)
Oklahoma House panel OKs bill to punish licensing of gay marriage
(Heide Brandes, Reuters)
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper vows to appeal face veil ruling
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Excluding “religious worship services” when government opens up property for public access
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Malaysia bans Christian pilgrimages to Israel: Gaza conflict and Islamic State (IS) serious concern
(Global Pulse)
Deadly attack hits Shia mosque in Islamabad
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)
Pakistan officials say Afghan Taliban has signaled peace talk readiness
(Al Jazeera America)
Texas county issues historic marriage license to same-sex couple
(Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)
Colombia’s Supreme Court denies adoption to homosexual couples
(Luis R. Miranda, The Real Agenda News)
Plaintiffs can sue in California — rather than in Iran — because the Iranian system is biased against non-Muslims and women
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Lakewood rabbi trial underway for kidnap, torture of husbands
(MaryAnn Spoto, NJ Advance Media)
In kidnapping trial, rabbi argues torture to extract divorce document from husband complies with Jewish law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pediatrician won't treat baby with 2 moms
(Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press)
Pediatrician, "after much prayer," refuses to treat lesbian couple's infant
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Michigan doctor refuses to treat lesbian couple’s baby, citing religion
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)
What the Kahane phenomenon can teach Israelis today
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Florist who rejected same-sex wedding job broke Washington law, judge rules
(Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times)
C.A. rejects order allowing property dispute to be tried in Iran
(Kenneth Ofgang, Metropolitan News-Enterprise)
California court says Iranian forum would discriminate against women and non-Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Former Atlanta fire chief files federal lawsuit against Reed
(Katie Leslie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fired Atlanta fire chief sues mayor and city
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Report: ISIL militants retreating from Kobani crossed into Turkey
(Today's Zaman)
Ankara calls on Libya to establish national unity gov’t after ISIL killings
(Today's Zaman)
Qatar recalls ambassador from Egypt in dispute over Libya strikes
(Ahmed Tolba, Reuters World News)
Denmark announces $150M anti-terror upgrade
(Jewish Daily Forward)
US military Islamic State hit with 15 air strikes by US-led coalition
(The Jerusalem Post)
Boko Haram militants kill three in attack on Niger village
(Niamey, Reuters World News)
Religious freedom group says Lehigh County seal violates the Constitution
(Edward Sieger, The Express-Times)
Shooting of witness threatens trial of Coptic Christians' murderers
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Norwegian Muslims will form a human shield around an Oslo synagogue
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Oslo to permanently close streets around main synagogue to traffic
(The Jerusalem Post)
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Attempt to seed panic, hatred behind murders of Copts in Libya - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Court rules Obama admin can make Christian college obey pro-abortion HHS mandate
(Elizabeth Slattery, Life News)
Muslims plan 'peace ring' around Oslo synagogue
(The Local (Norway))
Religious Liberty Clinic takes homeless ministry case to Ninth Circuit
(JM Brodie, Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School)
Bahrain religious freedom hailed
(Bahrain News Agency)
Judge Marjorie Rendell just handed birth control another major victory hinging on Hobby Lobby
(Lauren Barbato, Bustle)
Meddling in foreign policy could cost state
(Anna Wolfe, Jackson Free Press)
Salt Lake NAACP denounces religious rights bill
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Commission on international affairs addresses issues related to religion and violence
(World Council of Churches)
Jewish feminism, women in leadership, and why women are the world's agents for change
(Ruth Messinger, Elizabeth Tenety, Berkley Forum: Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Jordan ministry launches anti-extremism campaign
(Mohammad Ghazal, Al-Shorfa)
It is violent extremism, not Islamic extremism
(Junaid M. Afeef, Patheos Blog: Altmuslim)
Issues related to religion and violence raised at World Council of Churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Zunera Ishaq on why she fought to wear a niqab during citizenship ceremony: ‘A personal attack on me and Muslim women’
(Douglas Quan, National Post)
Rouhani accommodates Iran's Jewish students
(Meir Javedanfar, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Shiite faithful defy danger to visit shrines
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Uzbekistan: Prominent religious figure freed
(Human Rights Watch)
Israeli court allows Arab MP to run in Knesset polls
(Middle East Monitor)
How religion matters in the face of death
(David Briggs, Association of Religion Data Archives)
Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything, and cosmology
(Mary-Theresa Madders, OUPblog Religion)
CAQ's plan to limit freedom of expression could lead to church-synagogue closings, premier says
(Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette)
African apostasy: How it disenfranchises, disrupts family ties & endangers lives
(Sincere Kirabo, Patheos Blog: Notes from an Apostate)
Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act matters to you
(Matt Hadro, Washington Times)
Is there a future for Jews in Europe?
(Rabbi Ben Greenberg, Patheos Blog: Second City Torah)
Azeri Muslims in Azerbaijan face jail for praying
(OnIslam)
Rights commission: ISIL committed 4 million violations in Iraq
(Khalid al-Taie, Al-Shorfa)
Hundreds of Islamists referred to Egypt military tribunal
(Al Bawaba)
Bosnian police arrest alleged Daesh supporters
(Al Bawaba)
Hollande says anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim acts threaten France
(Al Arabiya News)
Background conference call by senior Administration officials previewing the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
(White House Press Briefing Room)
Will White House violent extremism summit address pressing civil rights concerns?
(Hina Shamsi, ACLU)
President Obama: Our fight against violent extremism
(Opinion, Los Angeles Times)
Obama: We are not at war with Islam
(Kevin Liptak, CNN)
New government program to root out extremists is seriously flawed (Commentary)
(Faiza Patel, Religion News Service)
The 'Jobs for Jihad Delinquents' program (Opinion)
(Michelle Malkin, One News Now)
Poll shows majority support for religious freedom in marriage debate
(Nate Madden, The Boston Pilot)
Extremists warn Pakistani press club, saying Christian journalists spread their faith
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Flagged Bill: SB 99 – Public Accommodation Fairness Act – Sen. Jim Dabakis
(Curtis Haring, Utah Political Capitol)
Supporters file second "religious liberty" bill in Georgia
(Kristina Torres, The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
CA lawmakers urge archbishop to remove morality clauses
(Olga R. Rodriguez, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Sino-Vatican agreement rumors fall wide of the mark
(Cardinal Joseph Zen, Catholic News Asia)
Dialogue between China and the Holy See: It looks like someone is trying to shout us down
(Card. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, AsiaNews.it)
Myanmar's Buddhist terrorism problem
(Usaid Siddiqui, Al Jazeera)
Iran supreme leader: American Sniper made to 'harass and offend the Muslims'
(Ben Child, The Guardian)
GOP lawmakers call for reinstatement of anti-gay Atlanta fire chief
(Justin Snow, Metro Weekly)
Speak up or stay quiet? Arkansas firms keep mum on controversial anti-LGBT bill
(Jessica Glenza, The Guardian)
Indiana Senate panel quickly advances religious freedom bill
(Tom Davies, Associated Press, Wane WX)
Bill could allow organizations hiring discrimination based on religion
(Kara Berg, Ball State Daily)
Sectarian religious values threaten Israel
(Frances Raday, The Jerusalem Post)
Iraq civil war leader rallies Shi'ite fighters against Islamic State
(Ned Parker, Reuters)
Boko Haram threatens Nigerian elections after fresh violence
(Aminu Abubakar, Agence France-Presse)
11 killed at Nigeria election rally
(Al Arabiya News)
Why Notre Dame’s curriculum review raises far-reaching Catholic identity questions
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Texas religious leaders gather in support of pro-gay marriage ruling
(Eva Ruth Moravec, The Christian Science Monitor)
Faith leaders rally at Texas capitol for gay rights
(Eva Hershaw, The Texas Tribune)
Europe court upholds religion ruling on Turkey schools
(Umut Uras, Al Jazeera)
Congressmen accuse Atlanta mayor of religious discrimination
(Austin Ruse, Breitbart News)
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