Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 1 July 2022
What happened to United Methodists’ proposal to split the denomination?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
GOP Rep. Boebert: ‘I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk’
(Adela Suliman and Timothy Bella, The Washington Post)
Democrats boosting Christian nationalism
(Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood, Word & Way)
Australia: Shifting from chaplains to secular student welfare officers can be divisive. Here’s how schools can manage the risks
(Allan Dale, The Conversation)
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District – A sledgehammer to the bedrock of nonestablishment
(Ira C. Lupu and Robert W. Tuttle, The American Constitution Society)
EEOC sues Aurora Pro Services for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Australia: Census results mean religions should stop getting special treatment
(Heidi Nicholl, The Sydney Morning Herald)
SGI Buddhist group amplifies voices of youth and faith communities at nuclear ban treaty meeting
(Religion News Service)
Ten measures for European governments to foster Jewish life
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
IGE Global Horizons | June 2022
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Opinion: Religious freedom is the forgotten key to understanding the world’s human rights crises
(Katelynn Richardson, Washington Examiner)
Thursday, 30 June 2022
CALL FOR PAPERS, new deadline for abstracts is 30 June 2022. ONLINE WORKSHOP, new event dates are 28-29 September 2022: The Challenges of Law, Religion and State in Health Care and Mental Health
(The Journal of Law, Religion and State, Bar-Ilan University)
EVENT, 28-30 June 2022: IRF Summit 2022 (Washington, DC)
(IRF Summit)
LIVE STREAM, 30 June 2022 (2:30 EDT - Washington, DC): IRF Summit Breakout Session: Human Dignity Initiatives: Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the UDHR
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 30 June 2022 (10AM ET): Discrimination and Persecution Against Muslims Worldwide
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission)
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Opinion: Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. (PDF)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Justices side with high school football coach who prayed on the field with students
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court ruling is greatest loss of religious freedom in generations
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Supreme Court overrules Lemon test, rules in favor of prayer for football coach
(Becket)
US Supreme Court rules high school coach free to pray at football games
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Supreme Court backs coach in praying on field after games
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Supreme Court sides with football coach in school prayer case
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Supreme Court decision on coach’s prayer throws doubt on a 30-year-old victory for a Jewish family
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)
Football coach prayer case could bring back ‘quasi-compulsory’ school prayer, Jewish group warns
(Marc Rod, Jewish Insider)
Supreme Court upends long-standing religious liberty protection for students, sides with football coach
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court rules for high school football coach who prayed at midfield
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Explainer: Supreme Court strengthens religious expression for teachers and coaches
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Court’s excellent ruling in Coach Kennedy case
(Ed Whelan, National Review)
BJC on Kennedy v. Bremerton decision: Students will be subject to religious pressure
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Humanists denounce the continued Supreme Court attack on separation of church and state
(American Humanist Association)
Supreme Court says high school coach's postgame prayers are protected free speech
(Scott Shackford, Reason)
“No victory for religious liberty”: In ruling for praying football coach, the Supreme Court smashes what’s left of separation between church and state
(Cristian Farias, Vanity Fair)
As White Christian America shrinks, the Supreme Court steps in
(The Washington Post)
SUMMER SCHOOL, 29 June - 3 July 2022: Researching Migration and Religious Diversity (Lithuania)
(Vytautas Magnus University)
WEBINAR, 29 June 2022 (2:30PM ET): The Impact of War on Religious Freedom
(Bruderhof)
The role of religious women in advancing religious freedom
(Palwasha L. Kakar, Religious Freedom Institute)
Cornerstone forum: Translating diplomatic engagement to on-the-ground improvements in religious freedom
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Religious freedom summit to call out China
(Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics)
Sikh Marines fight to serve and keep the faith
(Becket)
ADF International to highlight defense of persecuted Christians at International Religious Freedom Summit
(ADF International)
A ripe moment for building peace by promoting international religious freedom
(Peter Mandaville and Knox Thames, The United States Institute of Peace)
Canada: Bill 21: Hijabs disappearing from view in Quebec classrooms as teachers retire
(Olivia O'Malley, Global News)
We’re seeing bipartisanship in action on global religious freedom
(Kelsey Zorzi, The Hill)
India: Scratching the wounds of the past: India’s disputes over mosques and temples are only increasing religious tensions
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
EEOC: 2 fired for not joining company Christian prayer
(Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press)
German court sentences ex-SS camp guard, aged 101, to five years in jail
(Reuters)
Germany: Over 2,700 antisemitic incidents reported in 2021
(Associated Press)
India: Who is Mohammed Zubair, Indian journalist arrested by Modi gov’t?
(Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)
India's Supreme Court to hear plea for protecting Christians
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Germany: Police raid suspected Islamic extremists across Germany
(Associated Press)
Certiorari denied in Christian ministry's challenge to defamation standard
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In Lebanon, how to say ‘I do’ sparks fierce debate
(Mariam Fam and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)
Four priests, one religious sister murdered in one week
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Syriac Catholic bishops highlight complex challenges in Middle East
(Doreen Abi Raad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Germany: Record numbers leaving churches
(Deutsche Welle)
Kosher certification agency sues JetBlue, saying they lied about a kosher snack
(Jackie Hajdenberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Norwegian Jews seek changes to national calendar that ignores most of their holidays
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UK: Commission on Racial Justice: First Biannual Report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Government is jumping on antisemitism bandwagon, says NUS chief
(Sabrina Miller, Jewish News)
Kavanaugh may be open to restoring strict scrutiny review in Free Exercise cases
(Raphael A. Friedman, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
303 Creative v. Elenis: Masterpiece Cakeshop 2.0?
(Mark Satta, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
CEC trains Italian churches in the security and safety of religious communities
(Conference of European Churches)
European churches look forward to highlight their concerns in European institutions
(Conference of European Churches)
Ecuador: Pope, bishops urge peace in protest-hit Ecuador
(La Croix International)
8 Christian conservatives who promoted false claims of rigged, stolen election
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
Seattle Pacific University students protest prohibition of LGBTQ faculty
(Kim Roberts, Religion Unplugged)
Justice Thomas: Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘hate group’ designation of Christian ministry shows it’s time to ‘revisit’ Times v. Sullivan
(Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime)
Utah advocates for religion, but the state’s constitution has an inconsistency
(Jon England, Deseret News)
Catholic schools notch record enrollment jump in 2021 due to public school shutdowns: study
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Opening Plenary: The Second Interreligious Forum of the Americas (FIDELA)
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Poll: Americans’ belief in God is dropping
(Yonat Shimron, The Washington Post)
Islamophobia
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Duty! Thou sublime and mighty name: In responding to duty, we testify to our worth and our dignity as free human beings.
(William Schweiker, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Malaysian govt seeks to halt 'dubious' online divorce
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indonesia: Bar workers accused of blasphemous drink promotion in Indonesia
(Katharina R. Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Jihad against capitalism: FNKSDA and the Islamic Eco-socialist Movement in Indonesia
(Sawyer Martin French, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Singapore's archbishop hails Zoroastrians for faith, tolerance
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Guyana committed to Muslim-friendly tourism -Ambassador tells Organization of Islamic Co-operation meeting
(Stabroek News)
Plug-In: Roe falls, plus the Supreme Court's four other biggest religion cases of 2022
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Statement of the General Secretary of COMECE on the Morocco-Spain border cross tragic incident
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Australia: ‘No religion’ is Australia’s second-largest religious group – and it’s having a profound effect on our laws
(Renae Barker, The Conversation)
Kenya: Bishops hit out at outgoing government over rising inflation, high cost of living
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
An end to culture wars?
(Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Conservatives embrace anti-discrimination principles
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Religious accommodation claim over objections to having to wear multi-colored heart symbol can go to trial
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at separation of church and state
(Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Finland’s ‘Bible Trial’ to continue despite district court win for evangelical lawmaker
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Larisa Galadza visited UCU
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Izyum Diocese in Ukraine's Kharkov Region refuses to be independent of Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Borrel regrets Kirill does not fall under the EU sanctions
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russia: Founder of Jehovah's Witnesses cell in Krasnoyarsk jailed for 6 years
(Interfax-Religion)
LGBTQ clubs were havens for students. Now they’re under attack.
(Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post)
Civil discourse and personal connection in the wake of US Supreme Court decisions
(Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)
Rabbi’s suit over Florida abortion law tests bounds of religious objections after Roe Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article262964903.html#storylink=cpy
(Michael Wilner, Miami Herald)
IRF Secretariat welcomes Nadine Maenza as president
(Religion News Service)
Opinion: A momentous year for religious liberty at the Supreme Court
(Kelly Shackelford, Newsweek)
Kate Bennion: Abortion ban violates religious freedom: Utah’s trigger law violates the rights of Jews, Muslims and even Latter-day Saints.
(Kate Bennion, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Eleventh Circuit backs Florida man in religious sign dispute
(Jim Saunders, Law.com)
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