Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 22 March 2013
FAU student says he was suspended for not 'stepping on Jesus'
(Al Pefley, CBS 12 News)
Catholic Church, facing U.S. priest shortage, now using Anglican converts to serve parishes
(Meredith Bennett-Smith, Huffington Post)
Obama visits Bethlehem's Nativity Church
(Matt Spetalnick and Ali Sawafta, NBC News)
Pope urges dialogue with Islam, more help for the poor
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Alcoholics Anonymous spirituality cause of internal debate
(G. Jeffrey Macdonald, Huffington Post)
When the new pope meets the old pope: Awkward?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Religion, ethnicity and popularity come into play in Indonesia
(Bruce Gale, Jakarta Globe)
Episcopal bishops agree not to help breakaway congregations
(G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service)
Religious, political leaders sound off on same-sex marriage before court hearing
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Thursday, 21 March 2013
The patentability of human genes: more developments
(Rosalind English)
EVENT March 22, 2013: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announces audio webcast of briefing on reconciling non-discrimination principles with religious liberty
(Lenore Ostrowsky, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)
High court to hear same-sex marriage cases
(Legal Report, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Justin Welby enthroned as new archbishop of Canterbury
(Same Jones, The Guardian)
Justin Welby speaks of same-sex challenges for Church
(BBC News)
EVENT, April 2, 2013: The predicament of pluralism: A discussion with Steven Knapp
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Russia: Familiar twist in anti-Jehovah's Witness campaign
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Buddhist temples in Japan joining matchmaking boom
(Sanjay G. Dhande, The Indian Express)
Syrian TV says mosque bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press, USA Today)
Afghan villagers take on Taliban in their heartland
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Indonesian city tears down church in front of worshippers
(Agence France-Presse, Global Post)
Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Religion News Service)
If gay marriage is legalized, polygamy is next, briefs warn
(Michael Foust, Baptist Press)
Briefs: Religious liberty on line in marriage cases
(Michael Foust, Baptist Press)
New Archbishop of Canterbury enthroned
(Matt Dunham, ABC News)
Redefining marriage threatens religious liberty
(Leslie Grimard and Ryan T. Anderson, The Foundry)
A landmark verdict on religious heritage
(The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])
Religion, children enter the debate over RI's same-sex marriage bills
(Andrea Panciera, Providence Journal)
In defense of traditional marriage
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Washington Post - Guest Voices)
State of our Unions: A conversation about marriage in America
(Google Hangout, The Washington Post)
Striking divide between Democrats and Republicans in gay marriage cases at Supreme Court
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Prayer Alert: Judgment in key freedom of expression case to be handed down on Friday
(Christian Legal Centre)
Christian guesthouse owners find way to carry on banning gay couples
(Richard Alleyne, The Telegraph)
Court rejects 2nd Pussy Riot appeal
(Sky News)
Who are the Jesuits, exactly?
(The Economist: Newsbook)
American Family Association seeks preliminary injunction against HHS mandate
(Liberty Institute, PR Newswire)
Liberty Institute submits public comment about growing religious hostility trend to U.S. Civil Rights Commission
(Liberty Institute, Herald Online)
State of Kentucky reaches settlement in church-state suit over child proselytizing
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
USCCB: HHS mandate remains ‘unprecedented’ violation of religious liberty
(Catholic World News, CatholicCulture.org)
The DOJ and the Life of Julia
(Ammon Simon, Patheos Blog: Philosophical Fragments)
Jay Michaelson’s “Report” on Religious Freedom: Part 1
(Matthew J. Franck, National Review Online)
EVENT, 24 March 2013: 'Rally for Marriage' 2-5 pm in Trafalgar Square
(Le Manif Pour Tous and Christian Concern)
British man, 83, intends to be first person with dementia to die at Dignitas clinic
(Steve Doughty, Daily Mail)
Church banned from using hotel following dispute over practising homosexual clergy
(Christian Concern)
HFEA advises Government to permit creation of three-parent babies
(Christian Concern)
European jihadists: the latest export
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Venezuela Jews unveil new main Sephardic synagogue
(The St. Louis Jewish Light)
Boko Haram threatens JTF spokesperson, demands prisoners exchange for French nationals
(Abubakar Shekau, The Premium Times (Nigeria))
Some countries 'slipping back' to discrimination against LGBT people, says PACE rapporteur
(Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, assembly.coe.int)
Academy of Pediatrics backs gay marriage; says kids raised in such families do just as well
(Associated Press, The Washington Post Health & Science)
Is French Jewish emigration driven by anti-Semitism?
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
An Israeli and a Palestinian make a bold plea to Obama and their leaders
(Gadi Kenny and Mahmoud Jabari, Common Ground News Service)
Vatican's communications site runs Batman story
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
The last Catholic high school for boys considering priesthood
(Angela Jimenez, Huffington Post)
Delayed marriage fallout: More unwed births, report says
(Kim Painter, Religion News Service)
Health care providers could decline to offer services based on religious views under Michigan proposal
(Tim Martin, Michigan Live)
How the internet is erasing the religious right’s political power
(Gregory Ferenstein, TechCrunch)
David Cameron: I will oppose "aggressive secularisation" of British society
(Rowena Mason, The Telegraph)
Israel and the U.S. are home to more than four-fifths of the world’s Jews
(Graphic, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
State of Kentucky agrees to make broad changes in child care system to protect against religious coercion
(Press Release, ACLU)
Plaintiffs may move ahead on some of their claims charging anti-Semitic bullying
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
France, the Islamic veil and religious discrimination in employment
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Is the French Burka Ban Compatible with International Human Rights Law Standards?
(Daniel Barton, Essex Human Rights Review Vol. 9, No. 1. June 2012)
The rise of religious "nones" indicates the end of religion as we know it
(Gary Laderman, Huffington Post)
Civil rights commission to consider religious liberty on campus
(Leigh Jones, World Magazine)
Kentucky: Religious Freedom Act oversteps boundaries
(The Eastern Progress)
Full text of Pope Francis’s address to religious leaders
(Pope Francis, Catholic Herald)
Mosques torched in deadly Myanmar riots
(Al Jazeera)
Russian Orthodox Church, Vatican to stand up for family values
(Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI))
Pope Francis signals core mission – returning Catholics to the church (+video)
(G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor)
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Victim punished for outing vandals
(Angela Lu, World Magazine)
Buddhist, Jewish, Wiccan, Muslim and Sikh prisoners sue over lack of non-Christian chaplains in federal prisons
(Dene Moore, Canadian Press, National Post)
Pakistan’s extremist democracy
(Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books)
On gay unions, a pragmatist before he was a pope
(Simon Romero and Emily Schmall, The International Herald Tribune)
Toronto Masons look for ways to reclaim the Masonic Temple
(Rachel Mendleson, The Star (Canada))
Voss Lighting to pay $82,500 to settle EEOC religious discrimination lawsuit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
French firing over veil was ‘religious discrimination’
(France 24 International News)
Is rights replication undermining the international human rights system?
(1 Crown Office Row barristers' chambers, UK Human Rights Blog)
Pope Francis on Twitter: @Pontifex account blowing up as new pope asserts social media presence
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huffington Post)
Lindisfarne Gospels: Why is this book so special?
(Flavia Di Consiglio, BBC News)
Traditional Catholics key in on signs of pope’s worship style
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Islamic law comes to rebel-held Syria
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Libya Islamists gaining strength: Libyans concerned by sectarian violence
(Sherif Elhelwa, Huffington Post)
Illicit ordination in China on same day as pope's inauguration
(UCA News)
In 2012 interview, Pope Francis (then-Cardinal Bergoglio) reveals secret of celibacy
(Aleteia)
'It's not your homeland': An interview with Shlomo Sand
(Lewis Turner, The Palestine Chronicle)
Will a China collapse bring freedom to Tibet?
(Richard Finney, Radio Free Asia)
Jedi weddings could be legal in Scotland, Free Church suggests
(Jessica Elgot, Huffington Post)
Canada: From 'Bible Bill' to Stephen Harper, the evolution of faith-based politics
(Ira Basen, CBC News)
Anti-bullying law not supported
(The Canadian Press, Castanet)
Rand Paul, Ted Poe seek census religion law that already exists
(Michael McAuliff, Huffington Post)
NYPD spying on Muslims bred political and religious suppression, report finds
(Nicole Flatow, Think Progress)
Indonesia: Few hard-liners, political elites behind religious violence: Ministry
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)
Muslim girl’s disappearance in Egypt sparks religious strife
(Tarek El-Tablawy, Bloomberg)
Southern Baptists expand north with church plants
(Jay Lindsay, Yahoo! News)
Leading senior assisted living company settles religious discrimination suit with EEOC
(JDSUPRA Law News)
Christian democrats will make religion teaching mandatory for teachers
(The Nordic Page)
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Israel's rabbis in retreat as Obama arrives
(Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin, Huffington Post)
Mormons change references to blacks, polygamy
(NPR: All Things Considered)
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