Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 11 July 2014
#BringBackOurGirls isn’t trending anymore. but the girls still aren’t all free.
(Charlotte Florance, Lauren Aragon, The Daily Signal)
Religious freedom in peril
(Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times)
A majority of Americans believe they have a sure answer to society's problems. You'll never believe what it is.
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
Reifying the corporation, in law and in fact
(Sasha Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Let’s not “reify the corporation”? Really?
(David Post, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Church of England breaks ties with payday lender Wonga
(AFP, Yahoo! News)
Church of England female bishops would be 'seismic'
(Katherine Haddon, AFP, Yahoo! News)
Marriage of clergy to same-sex partners – update
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Why Obama, Kerry, Abbas, Hamas, BDS, and Hezbollah will all go poof!
(Edward N. Luttwak, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Christian and Canadian support for Israel defies propaganda
(Christine Williams, Gatestone Institute)
Faring well? Convenient findings about same-sex parenting
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality - MercatorNet)
Kalachakra incites hatred and terror, says China
(Phuntsok Yangchen, Phayul)
China warns its journalists to keep to state media
(Al Jazeera America)
New book released in Spanish: "Democracy without Religion?"
(edited by Martin Kugler and Francisco José Contreras, Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
A bill to undo Hobby Lobby
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
China Xinjiang: Muslim students 'made to eat' at Ramadan
(Martin Patience, BBC News)
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Ashers Baking Company: 'Gay cake' raised in House of Commons
(BBC News Northern Ireland)
France is not an anti-Semitic nation
(Laurent Fabius and Bernard Caseneuve, The New York Times OpEd)
Is the United Nations anti-Semitic?
(Eric R. Mandel, The Jerusalem Post)
Jewish, Catholic groups pay to bury unclaimed bodies at Wayne County morgue
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
More cases on religion await, with eye on opinion by Alito
(Robert Pear, The New York Times)
Op-Ed: Studying Muslim Anti-Semitism in America
(Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld interview with Steven K. Baum, Arutz Sheva 7)
Quebec court orders religious group to compensate victims of sexual abuse
(Melanie Marquis, The Canadian Press)
Southeast Asian fighters in new ‘Caliphate’: Implications for Indonesia’s militant Islamist movement – Analysis
(Navhat Nuraniyah and Sulastri Osman, RSIS via Eurasia Review)
The right to be wrong
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Forced feedings during Islamic Ramadan; 12 Uyghurs seized outside Kasghar Mosque [Simplified Chinese]
(Qiao Long, Radio Free Asia)
Discursus: Confession and the Anglican Way
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)
Islamabad: A National Commission will be set up to protect religious minorities
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
A corporation is more nearly a method than a thing
(Sasha Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Missing the point on Hobby Lobby – rejoinder to David Post
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
I’ll take the bait! A reply to Ilya’s response re corporate religionhood
(David Post, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Is there a link between religion and divorce rates? The answer may surprise you
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)
Utah same-sex marriage case on way to the Court [UPDATED]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Hollywood, Islam and political correctness
(Oliver Williams, Gatestone Institute)
Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
(Jennifer Dobner, Reuters)
Utah takes defense of marriage to the US Supreme Court
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Utah to appeal gay marriage case to Supreme Court
(Michael Winter, Religion News Service)
Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban falls [UPDATED]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Colorado judge backs county clerk over gay marriage licenses
(Keith Coffman and Daniel Wallis, Reuters)
Religious leaders petition Congress to support immigrant children
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Catholic seminaries now teach business and leadership skills
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Burma: the clash of church, state, and society
(David Scott Mathieson, Human Rights Watch)
John Calvin’s prophetic calling and the memory
(Jon Balserak, OUPblog Religion)
Why are churches and pastors being blocked from helping out with the flood of illegal immigrant kids?
(Rob Kerby, Christian Headlines)
'I would go to jail over Jesus' name,' says public official
(John Jessup, Charisma News)
A look at the damage governments inflict on religious property
(Peter Henne, Pew Research Center)
Urban Outfitters’ Lord Ganesh duvet cover upsets Hindus
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Church of England set to vote on women bishops
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
The anchor boys
(Maurice Chammah, The Revealer)
Religion and press freedom in the digital age – Part two: Al Jazeera on trial
(Natasja Sheriff, The Revealer)
We've always known the church transforms society... and now there is research to prove it
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Beware encounters with Christianity's flagship heretical cult: The Church of the Almighty God [Eastern Lightning] [Simplified Chinese]
(Yi Yanwei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
The transgender religion
(Heather Wihelm, Real Clear Politics)
Obama’s Evangelical gravy train
(Andy Kopsa, The Nation)
Calif. Muslims see religious liberty burden in butchering rule
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Atheist TV channel will launch July 29 on Roku
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Baptists perceive return of Soviet conditions
(Andrei Dementiev, Russia Religion News)
Episcopal group to offer new 'witnessing and blessing' rite for gay relationships
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Secular group sues North Carolina city over 'Christian' war memorial
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Lawmakers, advocates propose legislation to reverse Hobby Lobby ruling
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Crafty activists are trolling Hobby Lobby by rearranging in-store craft displays to spell ‘pro-choice’
(Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post)
Singapore withdraws gay penguin book from libraries
(BBC News)
Archbishop's sermon on Occupy Central was 'taken out of context': church
(Ernest Kao, South China Morning Post)
Burundi law to limit church numbers
(BBC News)
In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
(Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times)
Islamic State appeals to only four percent of Syrians: poll
(Reuters)
I was a stranger and you welcomed me: a Catholic response to the border crisis
(Mark Gordon, Aleteia)
Adams judge tosses Colorado gay marriage ban but stays ruling
(Jordan Steffen, The Denver Post)
Will the next benchmark case be Supreme Court v. reality?
(Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture)
Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to high court
(Brady McCombs, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Corporations and the “free exercise” of religion – response to David Post
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Russian Jews thank Putin for fighting against anti-Semitism
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)
Report: U.S. monitored e-mails of prominent Muslim Americans, including attorneys
(Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post)
Joint Statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice on Court-ordered Legal Surveillance of U.S. Persons
(Office of the Director of National Intelligence, United States)
US spied on prominent Muslim-Americans — report
(Stephen Braun, Arab News)
More on Utah same-sex marriage case
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Egypt: A dream deferred – OpEd
(Kristen McTighe, Good Governance Africa)
Hobby Lobby: Murray, Udall introduce legislative fix to protect women’s health in aftermath of Supreme Court decision
(Press Release, U.S. Senator Patty Murray)
IACHR Special Rapporteur releases comprehensive report on freedom of expression and the Internet
(International Justice Resource Center)
Same-sex marriage advocates to deliver petition to governor
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Senate Democrats unveil legislation to reverse high court's Hobby Lobby ruling
(Alexander Bolton and Elise Viebeck, The Hill)
There used to be bipartisan support for religious freedom. What happened?
(Kelsey Harris, The Daily Signal)
Utah to appeal same-sex marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA have been spying on
(Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept)
Report says Muslim-Americans included in NSA-FBI e-mail monitoring
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why LGBT groups turned on ENDA
(Tierney Sneed, US News)
A Ukrainian bishop's burial: Holding the balance
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Does the Hobby Lobby decision threaten gay rights?
(Pema Levy, Newsweek)
Gay marriage and baking: Cakes and ale
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Indonesian presidential candidate’s claim of victory disputed by rival
(Sam Bollier, Al Jazeera America)
Guantanamo Bay detainees argue Hobby Lobby decision makes RFRA applicable to them
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Connecticut synagogue files RLUIPA challenge to zoning denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious exemption myths
(Kristen Powers, USA Today)
What happens when Israeli mourners visit a Palestinian family
(Bill Chappell, NPR News)
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches urges separatists to surrender and release all hostages
(Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))
Gay groups pull support for anti-discrimination bill over religious exemption
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Central African Republic fighters attack church sheltering civilians
(Crispin Dembassa-Kette, Reuters)
New fallout from Hobby Lobby
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
What’s wrong with the Hobby Lobby decision
(David Post, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Australia lifts the seal of the confession
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)
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