Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 9 November 2013
Why Bishops’ religious liberty arguments on ENDA fail
(Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry: Bondings 2.0)
Friday, 8 November 2013
USCCB chairmen oppose Senate passage of ENDA
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Watch live now: Hawaii House historic final same-sex marriage vote
(David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement)
The blessings of religious liberty
(Nathan Gill, Ethika Politka)
Senate passes ENDA; fate in House uncertain
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Senate votes to ban discrimination against gay and transgender workers
(Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post Politics)
Senate OKs gay rights bill banning discrimination
(Donna Cassata, Associated Press, ABC News)
Lafferty: ENDA's religious amendments just 'lipstick on a pig'
(Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow)
Judge dismisses lawsuit against N.J. gay-to-straight conversion therapy ban
(Susan K. Livio, The Star-Ledger)
King v. Christie (same-sex therapy ban case)
(The Honorable Freda L. Wolfson, US District Court for the District of New Jersey)
RFRA at 20: a retrospective
(K. Hollyn Hollman, BJC General Counsel, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Law Professor Douglas Laycock says religious liberty at risk
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
Disagreements over sexual immorality threaten religious liberty, legal expert says
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post Politics)
RFRA needed now more than ever - Buzz Thomas
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
CoE could ban circumcision
(Jonathan Fisher, The Jewish Chronicle Online)
Billy Graham @ 95 * Atheists (heart) Francis * Fallen patriarch : Friday’s Religion News Roundup
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
Pakistan: Unauthorized exploitation of religion
(Malik Tariq Ali, The Nation)
4 couples sue Idaho over same-sex marriage ban
(Rebecca Boone, Associated Press, SeattlePi)
Advocate: AF Academy staffer broke religion rules
(NECN.com)
Same-sex marriage, religious liberty collide in case (Elane Photography) presented to Supreme Court
(Ken Klukowski, Breitbart.com)
Religion, contraception and bosses' rights - Editorial
(International New York Times)
Billy Graham's birthday sermon calls for 'a spiritual awakening' as evangelist turns 95 (VIDEO)
(Huff Post Religion)
As Nigeria battles Islamist Boko Haram, an imam and pastor spread tolerance
(Dave Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor)
Indonesia's tolerant take on Islam
(Erich Follath, Spiegel Online International)
Frenchman jailed for glorifying Toulouse killer
(JTA)
Swastikas, slurs and torment in NY town’s schools
(International New York Times)
Survey: 29% of European Jews considered emigrating due to anti-Semitism
(JTA)
Jesus Feminists and the women of the holiness-pentecostal movement
(Dale M. Coulter, First Things: First Thoughts)
EU study: Jews in Germany fear rising anti-Semitism
(Barbara Hans, Spiegel Online International)
Message of the WCC Assembly: “We intend to move together”
(World Council of Churches)
First woman and African moderator elected to the WCC Central Committee
(World Council of Churches)
The World Council of Churches condemned the imprisonment of Archbishop Jovan and the violation of the religious freedom of the Orthodox believers in R. Macedonia
(Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric)
European Court says Greek law limiting civil unions to heterosexual couples violates ECHR
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Women face violations because of religion and their sex - UN expert
(Ghana Mission, Modern Ghana)
Shedding light on voodoo rituals in Haiti
(David Rosenberg, Slate)
The end of Protestantism
(Peter J. Leithart, First Things: On the Square)
U.S., Israel lose voting rights at UNESCO over Palestine row
(reporting by Alexandria Sage and Marine Pennetier; editing by Mark John and Mark Trevelyan, Reuters)
Former faculty members' suit against religious college dismissed on Establishment Clause grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8 landmark church-state court decisions that shook America
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Minnesota high court upholds clergy sexual conduct statute against Establishment Clause challenges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CAIR-Cincinnati announces EEOC complaints against DHL for firing 24 Muslim workers over prayers
(CAIR, PR Newswire)
Complaint claims prayer led to Muslims' firing from DHL
(Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com)
Adoption Sunday a huge success
(Evangelical Alliance UK)
The Lord Chief Justice on law, religion and sharia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The changing face of UK Christianity
(Evangelical Alliance UK)
Delete column on religion in visa applications for tourists, says Planning Commission
(Kartikeya Sharma, India Today)
More on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
Thursday, 7 November 2013
A high-minded threat to personal liberty
(Tony Perkins, The Washington Times)
Astronaut Chris Hadfield learned a lot about spirituality in space
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huff Post Religion)
EU Court of Justice rules sexual orientation valid ground for fear of persecution in asylum procedures
(The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights)
Evangelical maximalism
(Gerald McDermott, First Things: First Thoughts)
Jacksonville rape sentence thrown out; appeals court rules judge factored in his own Catholic beliefs
(Larry Hannan, The Florida Times-Union)
Pope Francis cited in Illinois gay marriage passage by Catholic Speaker of the House Michael Madigan
(Huff Post Religion)
Senate bill on bias against gays finds support in Mormons
(Jeremy W. Peters, International New York Times - Politics)
Supreme Court's prayer debate spotlights a shift in Latinos' religious landscape
(Melissa Castellanos, Latin Post)
The real gay agenda
(Tom Carpenter, Huff Post Gay Voices)
U.S., Austrian Muslims to attend Vienna Kristallnacht ceremony
(JTA)
Understanding evangelicals and immigration reform
(Michael Gerson, The Washington Post Opinions)
Israel demolishes Church-owned house to expel a Palestinian family
(AsiaNews.it)
Hindu radicals using Patel to build the tallest statue in the world
(AsiaNews.it)
FIFA chief Blatter urges Iran to admit women to stadiums
(Ahram Online)
Robson on corporate religion and the ACA's contraception mandate
(Steven D. Schwinn, Constitutional Law Prof Blog)
Georgia: No to administrative liability for hurting religious sentiments
(Tatia Megeneishvili, The Messenger Online)
Grand Chamber judgment in Vallianatos and Others v. Greece: Reasons for excluding same-sex couples from “civil unions” under Greek law were not convincing in a case concerning civil unions in Greece
(European Court of Human Rights)
Quebec’s secularism charter heads to lawmakers
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Freedom vs. dignity: A sustainable history thesis for the Arab Spring
(Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
JFK's call for religious freedom can transform places like Pakistan
(Katrina Lantos Swett, The Christian Science Monitor)
Islamic Movement leader Salah convicted by Israeli court
(JTA)
Lithuanian Jews to get compensation for Holocaust, Soviet occupation
(JTA)
Keeping church at arm's length from state
(Ted N.C. Wilson - President, Seventh-day Adventist world church, Huff Post Religion)
Pakistan: Nizami incited war crimes using religion
(The Daily Star)
Many Sunnis and Shias worry about religious conflict
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Music, literature and religion in German-Armenian cultural dialogue
(Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator)
MPs debate persecution of Christians
(Christian Concern)
Azerbaijan: "Tragicomedy and mockery of justice" (sentencing of Islamic theologian Taleh Bagirov)
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Response from scholars supporting "marriage conscience" religious liberty protection
(Thomas Berg, Carl Esbeck, Edward Gaffney, Richard Garnett, Douglas Laycock Bruce Ledewitz Christopher Lund Michael Perry Robin Fretwell Wilson, Mirror of Justice)
Senate adds stronger religious protections to workplace discrimination bill
(Jacqueline Klimas, The Washington Times)
ENDA, pathetic amendments, and the end of the fight for religious liberty
(Daniel Horowitz (Diary), Red State)
New sexual orientation, gender identity measure in employee non-discrimination act will threaten religious liberties, says Family Research Council
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post U.S.)
Dan Savage, Seattle’s gay mayor, ENDA’s big religion problem: Today in Gay
(Dan Avery, NewNowNext)
The ENDA of religious liberty? Special rights for sexual orientation
(John Stonestreet, BreakPoint)
Orthodox Handbook on Ecumenism presented at WCC 10th Assembly in Busan
(World Council of Churches and Conference of European Churches)
Research study suggests little “unfair treatment” of faith groups
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Prayer rules * Mystery exits * Naked ‘Priests’: Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Top court not likely to block town prayers
(Rick Garnett, CNN Opinion)
'Chhath' puja above religion for a Muslim family
(Business Standard)
Malaysia: ‘Religion creeping into Sarawak politics’
(FMT News)
Pilot claims denied Emirates job for wearing turban
(Daniel Shane, Arabian Business.com)
Turkey: When the reference is religion
(Mehveş Evin, Hürriyet Daily News)
UK politicians collaborate with Muslim Brotherhood Islamists?
(Samuel Westrop, Gatestone Institute)
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
BJC to commemorate RFRA's 20 years with Symposium
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Catholic principal says Quebec rule prohibits teaching faith
(Catholic News Agency)
Fowler, Hertzke, Olson, & Dulk, “Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices”
(Andrew Rosali, CLR Forum, St. John's University School of Law)
Mix of radical ideas and idealism drives Europeans to join global jihad
(Interview with Gilles de Kerchove, RT Op-Edge)
N.J. school district drops ban on Christmas carols
(Nathan Porter, The Washington Times)
Onward Christian Soldiers: Christian missionaries in North Korea
(Justin Rohrlich and Chad O'Carroll, Slate)
Teen poet sparks new debate on Islam in Denmark
(Clemens Bomsdorf and Ellen Emmerentze Jervell, The Wall Street Journal - Speakeasy Blog)
The audacity of Pope: Three ways Pope Francis could seriously rock the boat
(John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Engaging with religion and the religious
(Aurangzeb Haneef, The Express Tribune)
Don’t stop believing: religion has a place in Australia’s future
(Peter Sherlock, The Conversation)
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