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Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Morals clauses prove controversial for Catholic school teachers
(Sandhya Dirks, NPR)

Religious college that expelled transgender student not covered by Unruh Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Constitutional law profs oppose religious exemption in Obama's planned LGBT non-discrimination executive order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Town of Greece Board will hear secular invocation tonight
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis: End the ‘racist and xenophobic’ approach to migrants along U.S.-Mexico border
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Vatican editor says England’s female bishops vote ‘complicates’ relations
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

The French want to make society safe for religion by banning so-called cults
(Gerry Hadden, PRI)

President Obama hails “Simple Truth” of religious freedom at Iftar dinner
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Trusting God for a second child in China
(June Cheng, WORLD News Service)

Accrediting agency to review Gordon College
(Matt Rocheleau, The Boston Globe)

Israel, let's not become Europe, where hate is on the rise
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Lord Carey’s suicide mission
(Laura Perrins, MercatorNet)

All wired up: the contraceptive chip
(Karl D. Stephan, MercatorNet)

Parenting as a political activity
(Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, MercatorNet)

Gaza situation report
(George Friedman, MercatorNet)

U.S. Senate passes bill creating special envoy for religious freedom
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

CORRECTION: Istituto islamico si discute di Diritti ma non è ammesso il Professore israeliano
(Marco Ventura, Informazione Corretta)

Update: Urban Outfitters pulls Lord Ganesh duvet cover after Hindus protest
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)

Interfaith leaders launch daylong unity fast for Mideast peace
(Dale Hanson, Religion News Service)

Women bishops * peace fasts * prostitute massacre : Tuesday’s roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Church of England split over assisted dying as debate looms
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

WCC general secretary expresses appreciation for Church of England’s vote on women bishops
(World Council of Churches)

Community Bible Church introduces innovative program to develop new online churches
(Christian News Wire)

What happens when society rejects a faith-based moral standard?
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)

Media bias & the seal of the confessional story
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)

Will free markets bring religious freedom to China?
(Edward Trancik, Acton Institute)

Officials of secular groups must be allowed to solemnize marriages just like clergy can
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Liquid church shatters Guinness world record
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Russian church official believes fight for God's truth is going in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Hundreds of children kneel down to pray for peace in Ukraine in Yaroslavl monastery
(Interfax-Religion)

Schools top source of police concern over radicalisation
(Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian)

Iraqi Shiite fighters of Balad provide bulwark for Baghdad
(Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times)

Jailed Chinese pastor's family escapes to US
(Louise Watt, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Atheist to open NY meeting; top court OKed prayers
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Bill would tighten up buffer zone rules
(David Scharfenberg, The Boston Globe)

The Middle East's Christian diaspora: Christian's continue to flee Iraq. Is there hope for them?
(Lucy Schouten, The American Spectator)

France and the Islamic veil – again: Baby-Loup
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Middle Eastern politican calls for unity between Muslims and Christians
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)

Hamas fires rockets into Israel after rejecting cease-fire proposal; calling it a 'joke'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Assisted suicide legalization proves divisive for Anglican communion; Archbishop of Canterbury against bill
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Christian charities take on border crisis' humanitarian needs, serve refugees with 'the heart of Christ'
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)

Sanmenxia City Religious Affairs Bureau creates religious regulations television game show [Simplified Chinese]
(Henan Province RAB, Sohu)

North Korean Catholics invited to attend Pope's mass in Seoul
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)

Chibok, 3 months later
(World Watch Monitor)

Monday, 14 July 2014

Assyrian NGO, Christian Solidarity International aiding Iraqis fleeing Mosul, Baghdede
(Assyrian International News Agency)

Church of England to have women bishops
(Official News Release, The Church of England)

Church of England votes 'yes' to women bishops
(Tess Little, Reuters)

Church of England votes to allow female bishops
(Julie Westfall, Los Angeles Times)

Confederate flag dispute rises again: appeals court says Texas can't block license plate
(Andy Grimm, NOLA.com, Times-Picayune)

Expected attendees at the White House iftar dinner
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

Expelled transgender student wins partial victory
(Emma Margolin, MSNBC)

Five things I teach foreign students about American religion & politics
(Tobin Grant, Religion News Service)

Florida school board ducks anti-religion challenge
(Chris Fry, Courthouse News Service)

Group of law professors urges Obama to deny religious exemption in order
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Is Evangelical morality still acceptable in America?
(Alan Noble, The Atlantic)

Preachers call for compassion in dealing with immigrant surge
(Michel Martin, Host, NPR Faith Matters)

Remarks by the President at the annual Iftar dinner, July 14, 2014
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

The fault is not Israel's
(Ben Stein, The American Spectator)

YOU can bring peace in the Middle East!
(Rebecca SIrbu / Rabbis Without Borders, My Jewish Learning)

How America can help to stop the war in Gaza
(Liel Leibovitz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Health economics 101: contraceptives pay for themselves, usually, babies don’t
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)

Ohio enacts released time program, effective in September
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

US House reapproves Religious Freedom Commission
(Catholic News Agency)

Synod approves women in the episcopate
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Human trafficking to China
(Marcus Roberts, MercatorNet)

A Constitution for the UK?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Church of England approves women bishops in historic vote
(Trevor Grundy and Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Church of England General Synod approves female bishops
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

Church of England General Synod votes to allow female bishops – as it happened
(Claire Phipps and Josh Halliday, The Guardian)

At Crimean Holocaust event, a chance to burnish Russia’s image as defender of minorities
(JTA)

Nigerian archbishop calls for government rescue of schoolgirls
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

White House will not instantly recognize 'non-binary genders' in all departments
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Republican Party's not fighting gay marriage, says potential Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)

Malala Yousafzai shows support for Nigerian girls abducted by Boko Haram
(Monica Mark, The Guardian)

Lord Falconer’s assisted suicide bill under attack
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)

Liberalism alive and well in America’s churches
(Chelsen Vicari, Juicy Ecumenism)

Episcopalians in South Carolina take their $500 million property fight to court
(Rachel Lynn Aldrich, WORLD News Service)

I now pronounce you spouse and spouse
(Michael Brown, Charisma News)

Colorado traditional marriage law latest to fall
(WORLD News Service)

Even religious leaders have things to learn, like how to better serve domestic violence victims
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret National News)

Hobby Lobby, Wheaton College, and a new religious order
(Sarah Barringer Gordon and Nomi Stolzenberg, Religion and Politics)

Humanists win right to solemnize their own weddings in Indiana
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Stopping the panic over Britain's paedophiles
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)

Netanyahu finally speaks his mind
(David Horovitz, The Times of Israel)

How anti-atheist stigma affects the mental health of American nontheists
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey supports assisted suicide bill
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Buddhists honor their deceased ancestors this week
(Mary Herndon, Religion News Service)

Women bishops * immigrants’ saint * Gaza escalates: Monday’s roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Conference to train Catholics in defense of marriage
(Celina Ortiz, Christian News Wire)

Preachers call for compassion in dealing with immigrant surge
(NPR)

Christian persecution in China intensifies as pastor sentenced to 12 years in 'miscarriage of justice'
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

Christians disappearing from Iraq, bishops lament
(Catholic News Agency)

Israeli-Hamas battle escalates; Palestinians flee Gaza airstrikes
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Conservative UK MPs condemn 'medieval, cruel' abortion laws after 39-week abortion
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Massachusetts city terminates contract with Christian college over its stance on homosexuality
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

US education department says Christian University can refuse trans students on-campus housing
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Lesbian named Christian says Pentecostal Southwestern Christian University expelled her for marrying her girlfriend
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Who's the real Hobby Lobby bully?
(Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View)

Sotomayor digs in
(George Neumayr, The American Spectator)

Police attack Mennonite church gathering in Vietnam
(Luke Martin, Mennonite World Review)

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