Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 10 October 2014
China’s one-child policy: Pro-choice and pro-life must work together to end forced abortion and gendercide
(Reggie Littlejohn, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
NC school district to keep but re-evaluate Bible curriculum
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
California churches take action against forced abortion coverage
(Tom Ciesielka, Christian News Wire)
California megachurch pastor Rick Cole sleeps on the streets to raise funds for the homeless
(Smitha Nambiar, Christian Today)
Turkey condemns Israeli security forces for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Middle East Monitor)
Tunisia's Islamists ready for a coalition with old regime officials
(Tarek Amara, Reuters)
Estonia first ex-Soviet state to legalise gay marriage
(BBC News)
Estonian president promulgated the controversial Cohabitation Law
(The Baltic Course)
Leading Vatican cardinal says Catholic Church will never bless gay marriage
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Church officials struggle to assist those with mental illness
(Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register)
Notre Dame, Saint Mary's extend benefits to same-sex spouses
(Margaret Fosmoe, South Bend Tribune)
Frustrations end as gay couples marry in Las Vegas
(Kimberly Pierceall, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
N.C. GOP leaders face noon deadline to intervene in same-sex marriage lawsuits
(Michael Gordon, The Charlotte Observer)
A beheading in Oklahoma: Was it terrorism or workplace violence?
(Holly Bailey, Yahoo! News)
The woman’s place in the synagogue
(Barry Davis, The Jerusalem Post)
Christian clerics to Europe: Recognize Palestinian statehood
(The Jerusalem Post)
College students get app to combat anti-Semitism
(Hannah Dreyfus, The Jewish Week)
Three wheels and three walls: New York’s tricycle sukkahs
(Raffi Wineburg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Reform rabbis nudge ICE on deportations
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel Police restrict Muslim worshippers on Temple Mount following riots
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Abortion law reform in Northern Ireland – so will it happen this time round?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pope Francis' message to Catholic Charities USA
(Zenit: The world seen from Rome)
Human rights: The gay divide
(The Economist)
Britain, Sweden - and a State of Palestine?
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
Christian students to get their own religion classes, Turkey’s education minister says
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Minister: Christian theology lessons to be introduced in schools
(Daily Sabah)
Christians urge India's prime minister to halt torment in Madhya Pradesh
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Muslim women attacked in Australian communities after anti-terror raids
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Symposium: The human costs of staying out of the marriage debate
(Robin Fretwell Wilson, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The gay marriage cases and federal jurisdiction
(Steven Calabresi, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The Supreme Court’s deliberation-forcing move in the marriage equality cases
(William Eskridge Jr., SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Going gentle into that good night?
(John Neiman, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Judge Sutton’s trilemma
(Dale Carpenter, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Why the Nine couldn’t count to four
(Scott Michelman, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: No going back for this Bickelian Court
(Neil Siegel, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The Supreme Court’s opt out means more marriage equality but continuing harms to gay and lesbian couples
(Suzanne Goldberg, SCOTUSblog)
Thursday, 9 October 2014
“What’s at stake in Kobani: Islamic State and Kobani calculations”
(Carl Drott, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Bahraini activist faces trial over tweets
(Al Bawaba News)
Debate continues over religion in Licking Valley schools
(Jeff Valin, 10 Central Ohio's News Leader)
Egypt's army: Between victory and defeat
(Dr. Amira Abo el-Fetouh, Middle East Monitor)
Franciscan priest, four Christians freed by Islamist militants in Syria
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Islamic State fighters are threatening to overrun Iraq’s Anbar province
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)
Monastic silence and a visual dialogue
(Abbie Reese, OUPblog Religion)
Peter Luger sued by Muslim waiter who claims he was target of hate-filled taunts and trickery
(John Marzulli, New York Daily News)
Rights group asks for probe into shooting range that refuses to cater to Muslims
(Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News)
Scenes from Sukkot in Brooklyn
(The New York Times: City Room)
Seven witchcraft suspects burned to death in Tanzania
(AFP, Yahoo! News)
The Battle for Kobani
(Alan Taylor, In Focus, The Atlantic)
Russian parliament passes government's law on religious meetings
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
Duma simplifies legalization of new religious movements in Russia on first reading
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
Bakery owners face bankruptcy after a discrimination finding
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality: A Blog on the Future of Marriage)
Why the Gaza war looked different on Israeli TV than it did on CNN
(Yonit Levi and Udi Segal, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
What's at stake in Kobani: Islamic State and Kobani calculations
(Carl Drott, Syria Comment)
Dispatches: A shocking display of homophobia by Kyrgyz Parliament
(Mihra Rittmann, Human Rights Watch)
Dispatches: The Ukraine ceasefire that wasn't
(Ole Solvang, Human Rights Watch)
Religious pluralism is a fact (not a belief system)
(Fred Clark, Patheos Blog: Slacktivist)
Debate over religious freedom looms ahead
(Kristine Guerra, Indy Star)
Marriage and society: Getting to the heart of the matter
(Collette Caprara, The Daily Signal)
The profound injustice of Judge Posner on marriage
(John Finnis, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Meeting current international religious freedom and national security concerns
(Tad Stahnke, Human Rights First, Testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security)
#Holocaust selfies are inevitable if you turn solemn sites into tourist traps
(Lilit Marcus, The Guardian)
Synod14: Summary of 7th General Congregation: On the Indissolubility of Marriage, Communion, Cohabitation and Responsible Parenthood
(Zenit: The world seen from Rome)
Trinity Western grad 'attacked' for being Christian in job rejection
(Natalie Clancy, CBC News | British Columbia)
Black atheists say their concerns have been overlooked for too long
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
As UN targeted by Islamists in Mali, Bishops urge renewed peace efforts
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
KY officials seek nondiscrimination assurances from creationist park
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Is it fair to judge a religion by their extremists?
(JJ Feinauer, Deseret National News)
Nepal: Institutionalizing human rights - OpEd
(Dr. Gyan Basnet, Eurasia Review)
Dashain and Deepawali could "bankrupt" Nepal
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Vietnamese Catholic intellectual treated like "a slave" in prison
(AsiaNews.it)
Top Vatican cardinal wants streamlined annulments
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Madhya Pradesh: anti-Christian violence "unacceptable"
(AsiaNews.it)
North Cotabato: Grenade attack on Protestant church, two dead and three wounded
(AsiaNews.it)
Secularist conference to discuss rise of religious right
(Mark Tran, The Guardian)
Whirlwind ascent of Houthi rebels in Yemen brings relief and trepidation
(Shuaib Almosawa and Kareem Fahim, The New York Times)
Catholic Church opposes latest version of HHS birth control mandate
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Settlement on HHS Mandate breaks new ground for religious freedom
(The Cardinal Newman Society)
Catholic clergy appeal to Supreme Court to protect seal of confession
(John Trigilio Jr., Religion News Services)
Machinegun, heavy weapons fire rock Central African Republic capital
(Reuters)
Church of England’s gay marriage split is as entrenched as ever
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
First Monday surprise on same-sex marriage: In plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Summary of responses: On the Supreme Court’s denial of the marriage petitions
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The jealous god of tolerance: Gay rights trump religious rights again?
(John Stonestreet, The Christian Post Opinion)
Gay marriage opponents set to continue court battle
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Expansion of religious extremism in Russia continues through "personnel" training in foreign Islamic centers - Russian Prosecutor General's Office
(Interfax-Religion)
Holy See's Statement to the U.N. in Geneva at the General Debate of the 65th Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR
(Zenit: The world seen from Rome)
Indian Hindu nationalists say 'no' to alliance with radical Sri Lankan Buddhists
(UCA News)
Nepal: Constitution drafting getting delayed: Update no. 31
(Dr. S. Chandrasekharan, South Asia Analysis Group)
Supreme Court Justice Kennedy halts gay marriage licenses in Idaho (+video)
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)
To defeat ISIS we need to stop shooting in the dark and understand political Islam
(Nasim Ahmed, Middle East Monitor)
You’re so vain — I bet you think this Hajj is about you!
(Al Bawaba News)
Supreme Court on marriage; Synod on family
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
9th Circuit's invalidation of Idaho and Nevada same-sex marriage bans temporarily stayed by Justice Kennedy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Alternative rationales for striking down laws banning same-sex marriage in the Ninth Circuit opinions
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Idaho same-sex marriages delayed (UPDATE)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Recent statistics on abortion: UK
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Two more same-sex marriage bans fall (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Gay marriage opponents pick new battleground of religious freedom
(Fiona Ortiz, Reuters)
The defense of marriage isn’t over
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Colorado Supreme Court, Suthers clear way for same-sex licenses
(Jordan Steffen and Jesse Paul, The Denver Post)
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