Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Ronald Williams v Commonwealth of Australia & ORS
(Press Release, High Court of Australia)
Sheboygan County congregation sues Presbyterian Church over property
(Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Stop calling Hobby Lobby a Christian business
(Jonathan Merritt, The Week)
HHS mandate was just the first step. Here comes a new attack on religious liberty.
(john Shimek, Catholic Vote)
Questions of cosmology
(Peter Berger, The American Interest)
Your faith might cost you your next job
(Bradley R. E. Wright, Christianity Today)
Arizona break-in highlights gun-possessing clergy
(Brian Skoloff and Rachel Zoll, AP: The big story)
Vietnam - Pastors and Bible students attacked by mob
(Release International)
Boko Haram: 'Leader' arrested in south Nigeria
(Ludovica Iaccino, International Business Times)
BJP win elicits mixed reaction from India's Christians
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Boko Haram suspected of detonating suicide bomb, killing 14 watching World Cup in Nigeria
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
MP calls anti-chaplain campaign an 'alliance of Greens, gays and atheists'
(Daniel Hurst, The Guardian)
Sikhs want the attack on the Golden Temple to be recognized as genocide
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)
U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law
(Elias Biryabarema, Reuters)
New Zealand abortion rates drop to 20-year low; pro-life groups hail news
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The devastating issue pastors aren't discussing
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Thousands rally at U.S. Capitol against gay marriage
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict all about denial of moral legitimacy
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Presbyterians vote to allow gay marriage by whopping 3-1 ratio
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses and Muslims face up to six years' imprisonment
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18)
Student religious liberty bills await governors' signatures in Missouri, North Carolina
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court allows eruv in Long Island town
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court upholds Pennsylvania's Sunday hunting ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Do not resuscitate: Patients’ Article 8 rights
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Locum Tenens of the Kiev Metropolitan See against Ukraine's Eurointegration
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian militants shelled a church in Slavyansk, church ward killed
(Interfax)
Unidentified criminals set on fire Orthodox church in Kherson
(Interfax)
Myanmar’s persecuted minority
(Adam B. Ellick and Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times)
The coming gay marriage witch hunt
(David Freedlander, The Daily Beast)
Kazakhstan eyes "unified" Islamic banking law next year
(Bernardo Vizcaino, Reuters)
Essex PhD student 'murdered for being Muslim', police fear
(Oliver Duggan, The Telegraph)
Leader’s words about women jolt Morocco
(Aida Alami, The New York Times)
Muslims close shops to protest Sri Lanka attacks
(Bharatha Mallawarachi, The Associated Press)
Court stops Australian funding of school chaplains
(Rod McGuirk, The Associated Press)
As ISIS advances, what future for Iraqi Christians?
(Jane Arraf, The Christian Science Monitor)
As moderate Islamists retreat, extremists surge unchecked
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Stirring Republican doubts about the death penalty
(Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Religious conservatives to judge top republicans
(Steve Peoples, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Methodist pastor who performed gay son's wedding to appeal defrocking
(Maya Srikrishnan, Los Angeles Times)
Presbyterians set vote on same-sex marriage at convention in Detroit
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
UK bans teaching of creationism theory in free schools
(RT)
EVENT, 19 June 2014: IGE's June Faith & International Affairs Conference Call
(Dr. Pauletta Otis, Institute for Global Engagement)
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
As anti-Christian violence continues, fear and insecurity increase among minorities
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asianews.it)
From Sarajevo comes a no to violence done in the name of God, and lessons from the martyrs
(Bernardo Cervellera, Asianews.it)
Judge rejects bid to appeal Pa. gay-marriage ruling
(Associated Press)
Non-violence vs. fundamentalism in contemporary India
(Card. George Alencherry, Asianews.it)
The Sunni-Shia divide: Where they live, what they believe and how they view each other
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Preacher arrested for crossing police barricade blocking Christians found not guilty
(Heather Clark, Christian News Network)
Federal judge: Westhampton Beach village cannot block religious boundary
(Kyle Campbell, 27east.com)
Interim step forward for Hamptons eruv
(The Jewish Week)
Sunday hunting lawsuit dismissed by federal judge
(AP, Lancaster Online)
Nigerian military arrest senior Boko Haram member: police
(Anamesere Igboeroteonwo and Joe Hemba, Reuters)
Boko Haram threat has not stopped Bible translation work in Nigeria
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Luxembourg: marriage equality approved
(Human Rights Watch)
As Myanmar's Rakhine Buddhists gain strength, so does anti-Muslim apartheid
(Aubrey Belford, Reuters)
Kenya massacre prompts calls for increased security
(World Watch Monitor)
Twitter relents, won't allow Pakistan government to block controversial messages
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret National News)
In God we trust…but employers don’t; job-hunters hurt by admitting faith on resume
(Meredith Somers, The Washington Times)
Kenya’s religious leaders demand government response to deadly terror attack
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Is marriage in America on the rocks?
(Jerry Newcombe, The Christian Post)
Gay marriage ban questioned by Colorado judge
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
'Women's issues' broader than reproductive health, experts say
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Christian college clubs face scrutiny for wanting Christian leaders
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
$108M damages in faith-healing death upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
District court upholds ACA non-profit contraceptive mandate rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Utah Supreme Court refuses to set aside default judgment in FLDS land case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Scottish Constitution: is there a religious angle?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
India's prime minister takes strong stance against recent violence towards women and girls
(Matti Stevenson, Christian News Wire)
Appeals court sets date to hear arguments in four-state ban on gay marriage
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Islamic militants kill 21 in attacks in Iraq, invade country's biggest oil refinery
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
As Southern Baptist, mainline churches lag, Assemblies of God booms
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Pluralism is the enemy: 'Jesus is the only way' will be deemed hate speech, says pastor
(Hayley Olson, The Christian Post)
Supreme Court okays pro-life challenge to Ohio election speech law
(Catholic News Agency)
Ukraine to celebrate at state level the 150th anniversary of metropolitan who helped fascists
(Interfax)
Militants tried to shell Slavyansk Cathedral, but missed it
(Interfax)
Attorney: courts overturning marriage laws use "raw judicial power"
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Gates abortion funding drop met with praise, caution
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Pro-marriage culture reduces inequality, professor says
(Catholic News Agency)
Understanding male same-sex attraction
(Michael Cook, Conjugality)
Obama thinks Iran can rescue American interests in the Middle East: he's wrong
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Homemakers are happier
(Nicole M. King, Family Edge)
Where Christian churches stand on gay marriage
(David Masci, Pew Research Center)
When global warming kills your god
(Adam Weymouth, The Atlantic)
The separation of church and state is still alive—for children, anyway
(Yishai Schwartz, New Republic)
The Buddhist punk reforming drug rehab
(Stephen Krcmar, The Daily Beast)
Pakistan police clash with supporters of Canada-based cleric
(Qasim Nauman, The Wall Street Journal)
Iraq crisis: ISIS militants threaten UK, says Cameron
(BBC News)
Cuba's Catholic Church may restrict rare forum for open debate
(Marc Frank, Reuters)
Kenya attacks: Al-Shabab not involved - Kenyatta
(BBC News)
Shiite militias decamping from Syria to fight in Iraq
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
Jewish groups united by prayers for 3 missing youths
(Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times)
Secular group protests Navy’s rejection of humanist chaplain
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Georgia, Missouri carry out executions
(Jim Salter and Kate Brumback, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Charitable giving to religious groups is down as philanthropy improves from the Great Recession
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Cordileone defends marriage march
(Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism)
Something rotten? The state of religious freedom in Denmark
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)
An unprecedented spiritual disaster
(Jeff Gissing, Juicy Ecumenism)
Christian nomads
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Schism through a young United Methodist’s eyes
(Michael Moore, General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church)
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