Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 21 July 2014
Analysis: Did Obama finally thread the needle on gay rights and religious freedom?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
NC megachurch's LOVE week to feed 800,000 people, serve thousands of underprivileged kids
(Jessica Martinez, Christian Post)
Iraq Catholic leader says Islamic state worse than Genghis Khan
(Dominic Evans and Raheem Salman, Reuters)
Kazakhstan: Jailings under Administrative Code continue as new Codes signed
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Give us a Bishop in high heels
(Jane Gardam, The New York Times)
The desperate dream of the Islamic Caliphate
(Samir Khalil Samir, MercatorNet)
Medical homicide: telling it as it is
(Jacqueline Laing, Careful! - MercatorNet)
We were wrong, says former regulator of Dutch euthanasia
(Theo Boer, Careful! - MercatorNet)
Supreme Court, HHS mandate, politics, contraception & the "war on women"
(Sheila Liaugminas, Sheila Reports)
First Kiwi lesbian "marriage" over already?
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality)
Clashes in China over cross removal
(Reuters, IOL News)
Veterans Affairs scandal stems from a crisis of ethics: bioethicist
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Concerns over Girl Scouts persist following USCCB Investigation
(Brigid Curtis Ayer, National Catholic Register)
Federal agencies provide disclosure guidance for companies relying on Hobby Lobby decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Najaf, Qom take different approaches in Iraq
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Nuclear weapons are against Shiite Islam
(Lucy Schouten, The American Soectator: The Spectacle Blog)
Trial of Jehovah's Witnesses winds down
(Kavkazskii Uzel via, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Law firm in Hobby Lobby win is playing key role in religion cases
(Rebecca Bratek, Los Angeles Times Nation)
FFRF and IRS settle suit on non-enforcement of 501(c)(3) against churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A ruling and another suit on Catholic hospital pension plans as "church plans"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic seminarians boycott graduation from Beijing seminary
(Anthony E. Clark, The Catholic World Report)
How many people of different faiths do you know?
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill: second reading
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pakistan court grants bail to suspect in murder of government minister
(World Watch Monitor)
North Carolina school voucher funding may proceed before court hearing
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Appeals court nullifies another same-sex marriage ban
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Can traditional religion survive a wired world?
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)
As BJC and others urged, President Obama to issue nondiscrimination order without new religious exemption
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Obama to sign executive order protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination Monday; no religious exemption
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Religious freedom vs. LGBT rights? It's more complicated
(John D. Inazu, Christianity Today)
The next religious liberty case
(David Skeel, The Wall Street Journal)
Federal appeals court strikes down Oklahoma’s gay-marriage ban
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim's family files new lawsuit to annul her marriage
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
China embraces enlightenment
(Onnucha Hutasingh, Bangkok Post)
Utah gets delay on same-sex marriages’ legality
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Friday, 18 July 2014
Beijing, seminarians desert graduation ceremony: We will not celebrate Mass with illegitimate bishops
(AsiaNews.it)
Why Islamic State's caliphate is trouble for Egypt
(Mahmoud Salem, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
World Cup highlights struggles & contributions of Afro-Brazilians
(Melissa Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation Case Study)
Supreme Court issues stay in Utah gay marriage recognition case
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Established churches: The palace and the desert
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
State trial court voids Florida's ban on same-sex marriages; appeal stays decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kyrgystan: Orthodox Bishop banned
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Court in India says enforcing wildlife protection against cobra worship is constitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Belgian bus company disassociates itself from Palestinian flag display
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope Francis appeals for peace with Shimon Peres, Mahmoud Abbas
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
The Trojan horse plot shows we must clarify religion’s place in state schools
(Usama Hasan, The Guardian)
Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett elected USCIRF Chair
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
The truth about Gaza
(Charles Krauthammer, National Review Online)
Ohio legislature mulling bill to allow Atheists to solemnize marriages
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Iraq may break into three separate states in response to Islamic attacks, Kurdish official predicts
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS orders last Christians out of Mosul
(World Watch Monitor)
Indian villages outlaw Christian practices
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Most think the U.S. has no responsibility to act in Iraq
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)
Islamist group claims attack that killed French soldier in Mali
(Reuters)
Trojan Horse report finds 'aggressive Islamist ethos' in schools
(BBC News)
Top Shi'ite cleric urges help for Iraq's displaced
(Reuters)
Netanyahu warns of wider Israel operation in Gaza
(Jodi Rudoren and Fares Akram, The New York Times)
Local Arab-American group launches Take on Hate anti-bias campaign
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
Church pantry worker fired for being a lesbian sues Catholic diocese
(Mark Morris, The Kansas City Star)
Keys judge overturns same-sex marriage ban; attorney general to appeal
(Steve Rothaus and David Smiley, The Miami Herald)
Legalising assisted dying will put too much pressure on people, says bishop
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Radical faith answers radical doubt
(John G. Stackhouse, Jr., OUPblog)
Biden celebrated as progressive hero for speaking ‘first’ on gay marriage
(Philip Rucker, The Washington Post)
Thursday, 17 July 2014
Court rules Scientology leader won't have to testify in Texas case
(John MacCormack, mysanantonio.com)
Certainty and authority
(John G. Stackhouse, Jr., OUPblog Religion)
Gaza impact * Meriam free? * Minister self-immolates: Thursday’s news roundup
(Religion News Service)
British parliament considering a 'right to die' bill
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
UK: "Assisted Dying" bill goes to House of Lords
(Carly Andrews, Aleteia)
Chinese scholar releases draft legislation on religion
(Li Yan, Global Times)
Is there a silver lining to the Supreme Court’s troubling government prayer ruling?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
String of same-sex marriage rulings reaches Florida
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Project Pedro Pan and today’s manufactured border crisis
(Elise Hilton, Acton Institute)
Suit challenges clinic's refusal to hire nurse who would not prescribe hormonal birth control
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Ministerial Exception" doctrine leads to denial of pension claim by removed priest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sufi Muslims push designer Roberto Cavalli to pull an offensive logo
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Hobby Lobby protesters ‘knit a brick’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Kenya’s Catholic bishops sued after canceling lease for Muslim-run restaurant
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Atheists are in disbelief over this recent study. Or are they...?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Johnson: Dutch Muslims: Of fanaticism and Yiddish
(M.S., The Economist [Prospero: Books, arts and culture])
Iraqi Christians and the West: A rock and a hard place
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Pro-lifers react to Senate attempt to overturn Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post Politics)
Why are liberals opponents of Israel?
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post Politics)
Assisted suicide: Easeful death
(The Economist)
Leaked report reveals 'aggressive Islamist agenda' in Birmingham schools
(Patrick Wintour, The Guardian)
China, Russia hold religious exchange conference in Moscow [Simplified Chinese]
(Voice of Russia)
Why you can't ignore religion if you want to understand foreign policy
(Leo P. Ribuffo, History News Network)
Dalian augments religious restrictions to ensure control, harmony, stability of religion [Simplified Chinese]
(Xinhua Net)
Kenyan coast Christians fear for lives as local politicians appear to be linked to Al Shabab
(World Watch Monitor)
Japan's holiest shrine suddenly breaks this one centuries old tradition
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
American Sikhs respond to ignorant hate with a beautiful PSA video
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Burger King's limited edition gay pride Whopper may go national, promotes homosexual behavior as healthy, warns AFA
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)
Sudan bans construction of all new Christian churches
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Catholic leaders criticize Church of England's acceptance of women bishops, call it 'obstacle' to Christian unity
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Malaysia airlines flight with nearly 300 people aboard shot down in Ukraine
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
The Senate's pushback on abortion restrictions
(Julie Rovner, The Atlantic)
Inter-faith marriages caught in the 'web' of archaic law
(The Times of India)
Three charged over Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdair murder
(BBC News)
Boko Haram kills 44 in vigilante backlash
(Gbenga Akingbule, The Wall Street Journal)
War in Ukraine: The turn of the tide
(The Economist)
After family's lawsuit is dropped, Sudanese Christian woman may now be able to leave for U.S.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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