Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Meriam Ibrahim freed from police station after being accused of forging travel documents
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment in the case of S.A.S. v. France
(European Court of Human Rights)
7th circuit dismisses church’s appeal in Evansville crosses case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Hobby Lobby case won't be the end of the religious freedom discussion on contraception
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Baptist Joint Committee’s new RFRA resource page provides history, substance
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Stop saying “moderate Muslims.” You're only empowering Islamophobes.
(Nathan Lean, The New Republic)
Buffeted by tumult, Jewish population in Tunisia dwindles
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
The depth of the biblical doctrine of marriage and morality
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism)
Thousands of Indian Muslims sign up to defend Iraq's shrines
(Sruthi Gottipati, Reuters)
Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
(JC Sevcik, United Press International)
Explosion at Nigerian mall kills at least 21
(Patrick McGroarty, The Wall Street Journal)
A millennial’s take on the Hobby Lobby case
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)
Shiite violence traps Baghdad’s Sunnis, haunted by a grim past
(Alissa J. Rubin and Rod Nordland, The New York Times)
U.S. launches bid to wrest Sunni tribes from militants
(Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal)
Jihadists step up recruitment drive
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
Sudanese Christian woman freed again
(Mohamed Osman, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
United Church of Christ joins sponsors of gay games
(Stuart Elliott, The New York Times)
United Methodist pastor reinstated in same-sex marriage case
(John Lomperis, Juicy Ecumenism)
Doing the Lord’s business: A response to Jonathan Merritt
(Alexander Griswold, Juicy Ecumenism)
Evangelicalism’s major turn: the need for ‘generation replant’
(R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Southern Blog)
Mass. abortion clinic buffer zone law struck down
(Milton J. Valencia, Peter Schworm, and Martin Finucane, The Boston Globe)
Yet another unanimous judgment in McCullen v. Coakley
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone law overturned (in McCullen v. Coakley)
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Ruling shows crack in legal gay marriage unanimity
(Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
LDS Church issues statement regarding overturned Utah marriage amendment
(Emily Eyring, Deseret News)
Utah plans to appeal appellate court's ruling on same-sex marriage to U.S. Supreme Court
(Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News National Edition)
Experts: Ruling tees up gay marriage for top court
(Nicholas Riccardi and Brady McCombs, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Federal appeals court strikes down Utah ban on same-sex marriage
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Are people killing each other today over an election dispute in Arabia more than a thousand years ago?
(Peter Berger, The American Interest)
Methodists reinstate pastor, deepening Church’s rift over gays
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
Cornerstone: A Conversation on Religious Freedom and Its Social Implications
(A New Blog Discussion, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - Cornerstone)
Our Fractured Attitude Towards Corporate Conscience
(Brett G. Scharffs, SSRN)
Seattle Archdiocese to pay $12.1 million to settle sex abuse lawsuit
(Gram Slattery, The Christian Science Monitor)
Non-stunning response: e-petition
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Violent extremism and religious freedom
(Cornerstone Blog Discussion, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - Cornerstone)
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim and the First World problem of “religious persecution”
(Benjamin L. Corey, Patheos Blog: Formerly Fundie)
Victory for Meriam
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
More on corporations in Hobby Lobby
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
10th Circuit Court upholds same-sex marriage
(Jessica Miller, Kirsten Stewart and Pamela Manson, The Salt Lake Tribune)
AP issues massive correction on Ireland child burial story
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Congress passes World War II Memorial Prayer Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court decides dispute over proceeds from sale of church property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indiana attorney general files for emergency motion for stay on same-sex marriage ruling
(WTHR Channel 13)
Jury service does not violate free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rizza Cadillac to pay $100K to three Arab Muslim employees under federal consent decree
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Statement on 10th Circuit ruling on Kitchen v. Herbert
(Press Release, Office of the Attorney General)
Supreme Court rejects right to die appeals
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
U.S. magistrate judge issues mixed report “dripping with hostility to religion” in case involving the censorship of a Christian teacher
(Press Release, American Freedom Law Center)
White House hosts global LGBT human rights forum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Zoning denial for Catholic school athletic field lighting violates RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Meriam Ibrahim: Sudanese woman freed from apostasy death sentence is re-arrested at airport... and then released again
(Mohamed Osman, The Independent)
Sudan summons U.S., South Sudan envoys in row over Christian convert
(Maaz Alnugomi, Reuters)
Anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka: Need to curb hardline Buddhists - analysis
(Archana Arul, Eurasia Review)
Savannakhet: Village chief denies Christian funeral and burial to new convert
(AsiaNews.it)
Nepal appeals to religious leaders to freed 60,000 nationals trapped in Iraq
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Hong Kong's referendum "is a cry for freedom by the people that Beijing cannot ignore"
(AsiaNews.it)
Pope's mafia "excommunication" a call to conversion, priests explain
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Chaldean priest says little hope for Christians in Iraq
(Kate Veik, Catholic News Agency)
Sudanese woman sentenced to death re-arrested
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Why the Arab world is lost in an emotional Nakba, and how we keep it there
(Richard Landes, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Provincial Canadian court orders Google to block sites worldwide, in trade dispute
(Denyse O'Leary, Connecting)
Making gay okay--and criticising it taboo
(Robert R. Reilly and Alvino-Mario Fantini, MercatorNet)
Can democracy be Christian? Reflections on how to (not) be a political theologian
(Stanley Hauerwas, ABC: Religion and Ethics)
The fall of Mosul
(Phillip Jenkins, Aleteia)
What’s the track record when atheists wield political power?
(Richard Ostling, Patheos Blog: Religion Q&A)
Berlin House of One: The first church-mosque-synagogue?
(Stephen Evans, BBC)
The pope's divisions
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Hindu mantras open Maryland's Laurel City Council 1st time in 144 years
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Religious exemption hotly debated in the White House
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
How to tell the difference between the PCA and PCUSA
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Russian-Chinese cultural center could open around oldest Orthodox church in China
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin dismisses problems of Russian sexual minorities as "virtual"
(Interfax-Religion)
It's important to recognise the impact Islamism is having in the UK
(The Guardian)
U.S. appeals court backs gay marriage in conservative Utah
(Daniel Wallis, Reuters)
Meanwhile, Tenth Circuit strikes down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Thoughts on today’s Tenth Circuit decision striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Britain bans Saudi cleric who supports jihad in Syria
(Angus McDowall, Reuters)
Gay marriage ban in Indiana struck down by federal judge
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
What to expect if Hobby Lobby wins religious freedom case
(Forbes)
Federal court strikes down Indiana ban on same-sex marriages
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
First Amendment Center survey results as to corporate religious freedom rights
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Bombing at Nigerian college, Boko Haram suspected
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Even atheists oppose school labeling transexual kids 'xe,' 'xem and 'xyr'
(Charisma News)
North Korea deserves unrelenting attention for unrelenting atrocities
(Rikki Elizabeth Stinnette, WORLD News Service)
Bishop: government corruption a factor in Boko Haram violence
(Carl Bunderson and Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Discrimination order sparks fears over religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)
Nigerian man 'beaten to a pulp, choked,' then committed to psychiatric ward for Atheism
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
The Economist accuses Pope Francis of ‘following Lenin’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Detained on charges of forgery, Meriam Ibrahim is not yet free
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Federal judge: Let passengers challenge no-fly list designation
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
Christian father commits suicide after ISIS members rape wife and daughter in front of him because he couldn't pay poll tax
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Nazi SS guard case raises question: Is there an age limit on justice?
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Italian priest charged with soliciting sexual favors from desperate refugees
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Mike Huckabee to Host International Tour for Evangelical Pastors From Early Primary States
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)
North Alabama's only abortion clinic to close Friday
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Christian College delays decision on allowing faculty to be in same-sex relationships
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
White House invites pastor of Southern Baptist Church Who broke ranks on homosexuality to reception with president
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Malaysia refuses Church right to appeal ban on use of ‘Allah’
(Matt George, World Watch Monitor)
Same-sex marriage in the Presbyterian church could hurt their seminaries
(Anthea Bulert, The Guardian)
Beyond cure? Europe euthanasia rulings sear debate
(Lori Hinnant, The Associated Press)
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