Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 November 2020
Senate confirms 225th Trump judge, a modern record for GOP presidents in One Term
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
WEBINAR, 23 November 2020 (12:30PM): Values as a Key Component of Good Governance: The Islamic Case
(A Conversation with Muqtedar Khan, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Photos of the Week - 20 November 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
11th Circuit strikes down conversion therapy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
11th Circuit panel rules against county's ban on conversion therapy
(Wayne Washington, The Palm Beach Post)
US appeals court rules bans on therapy for unwanted same-sex attraction unconstitutional
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
6th Circuit hears oral arguments in case of prof who refused to use student's preferred pronouns
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SSU professor continues legal fight against university
(Patrick Keck, Portsmouth Daily Times)
Articles of interest - 23 November 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court denies review in RLUIPA standing case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court denies cert. in Satanic Temple challenge to abortion law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
USCIRF Commissioner Jim Carr adopts Pastor Raymond Koh through the Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
New York state sues Buffalo diocese over priest misconduct
(Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press)
Virus deaths of senior Serb religious leaders triggers alarm
(Dusan Stojanovic and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press)
Burkina Faso counts ballots; extremist threats affected vote
(Sam Mednick, Associated Press)
Mexican church decries Senate’s marijuana legalization vote
(Associated Press)
Catholic Church in Mexico cancels Guadalupe pilgrimage over pandemic
(Associated Press)
Palestinians may limit Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem
(Associated Press)
Season 2, Ep. 04: Grading the Trump administration on religious freedom (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Freedom & equality aren’t enough: A primer on ‘Fratelli tutti’
(Charles Taylor, Commonweal)
A reset with Rome, but not at home: The Vatican welcomes a Biden presidency. Do the bishops?
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Two secular lawsuits raise deeply ecclesiastical conundra (Italy & USA)
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Amid rising protests, Guatemala’s bishops call on president to veto budget
(Catholic News Service)
Religion is not a hobby. Governments should treat it accordingly
(Deseret News)
Pakistan: 82 year old Ahmady Muslim shot for his faith
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Belarus: Reform movement facing crushing regime violence
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Belorussian church opposition against president
(Alexander Soldatov, Novaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
At long last, trials of four Jehovah's Witnesses begin in Russian south
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Human rights organization publicizes repression of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
New York tells justices not to intervene in conflict over attendance limits at worship services
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Petitions of the week: CARES Act payments for Alaska Natives, courts in church-property disputes, Miranda warnings and more
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)
There's some progress in Alexander Metochion issue - Israeli ambassador to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin urges preservation of historic sites, sacred religious places in Karabakh conflict zone
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin offers condolences to president of Serbia on death of Patriarch Irinej
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: "Extremist organisation" trial outcomes: jail sentences
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Justice Alito warns: To spot religious-liberty trends in USA, listen to voices on campuses
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Even in 2020, Bobby Ross, Jr., has a reason to give thanks (plus week's top religion reads)
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
What is French laïcité?
(The Economist)
With a kiss, Netflix gets tangled in India’s religious tensions
(Emily Schmall, The New York Times)
When campaign attacks become theological
(Deirdre Jonese Austin, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
CEC condolences on the passing of Serbian Patriarch Irinej
(Conference of European Churches)
Christianity and the future of American conservatism
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Rules on foreigners' religious acts aim to prohibit extremism in China
(Global Times)
Welsh Government: updated guidance on COVID-19
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New legislation and guidance to 28 November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK Government’s COVID-19 winter plan for England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 22nd November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK shuls will be allowed to reopen under new Covid restrictions
(Jewish News)
Black faith and national healing after the 2020 election
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Queering our leadership: Intersectional justice after the 2020 election (Responding to: Black faith and national healing after the 2020 election)
(Monique Moultrie, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious progressives must hold Biden's feet to the fire on race in America (Responding to: Black faith and national healing after the 2020 election)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hope for a unity that leads to healing: Black faith and the nation after 2020 (Responding to: Black faith and national healing after the 2020 election)
(Rosetta E. Ross, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Never bow down: Good trouble in post-Trump America (Responding to: Black faith and national healing after the 2020 election)
(Leslie D. Callahan, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Latest NSW amendments to gathering rules for churches, weddings and funerals
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
These churches and buildings will be lit red for religious freedom
(Sebastian Moll and Maria Lozano, Aleteia)
China aims to ‘fix’ minds as well as feed stomachs in battle to bring Tibet into line
(Philip Sherwell, The Times)
More than a quarter of students 'self-censor' their opinions because they fear their university's woke cancel culture - and 40% are afraid their careers will be ruined if they speak out
(Max Aitchison, Daily Mail)
France: De Ligonnès’ prayer group allegedly abusing the weakness of a 60-year-old is fake news, a court rules
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Clerics have a role in Kenya's Covid-19 war
(Eliud Wabukala, The Star)
On virus-stricken Native reservations, church shares food and light
(Erik Tryggestad, Religion Unplugged)
Two weeks in review, 9 – 22 November 2020
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Banning circumcision is an unnecessary bar to Jewish belonging in Europe: Opinion
(Andrew Baker, Religion News Service: Opinion)
What pro-lifers can expect from a divided House and Senate
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Sunday, 22 November 2020
WEBINAR, 22 November 2020 (2PM London): Service of Prayer for Climate Justice
(The Lutheran World Federation)
Friday, 20 November 2020
YouTube video: President Russell M. Nelson on the healing power of gratitude
(Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
YouTube video: President Russell M. Nelson on the healing power of gratitude
(Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
YouTube video: President Russell M. Nelson on the healing power of gratitude
(Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The story behind my global prayer of gratitude (with link to text of prayer)
(Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The story behind my global prayer of gratitude (with link to text of prayer)
(Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The story behind my global prayer of gratitude (with link to text of prayer)
(Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Amplifying President Russell M. Nelson’s Message of Gratitude and Hope
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
The 2020 Religious Freedom Index
(Becket)
An interfaith call to save the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
(The Wesleyan Argus)
Faith leaders bring recommendations to G-20
(Teresa Welsh, Devex)
Is reconciliation possible in our religiously polarized moment?
(Victoria J. Barnett, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Universal Peace Federation: 70 tears after the Korean War, UPF holds online summit for peace and reconciliation
(Business Wire)
Students engage with their faith in the context of a Christian majority
(Ashley Mowreader and Samantha Torre, Pepperdine University Graphic)
The history behind the latest LGBTQ rights case at the Supreme Court: the irony of faith-based objections to foster placement
(Marie-Amelie George, The Washington Post)
Registration and deregistration of religious or belief communities and security
(Elizabeth Clark, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
7th Circuit stays, pending appeal, injunction against creche on county property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indiana county will celebrate with Nativity scene
(Liberty Counsel)
FBI releases 2019 hate crime statistics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
2019 FBI data undercounts hate crimes
(Muslim Advocates)
ADL calls for improved hate crime reporting in response to new FBI data
(ADL)
10th Circuit dismisses objections to attempted search of church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Alito sees danger ahead for First Amendment religion and speech rights
(Tony Mauro, Freedom Forum)
Vilification complaint against Israel Folau dismissed
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
European Parliament head calls for unity ‘against religious discrimination’
(Jewish News Syndicate)
How one student was punished for sharing his religious beliefs in a private chat
(Caroline Roberts, Alliance Defending Freedom)
China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter (10-17.11.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Tennessee lawmakers take aim at COVID-19 vaccination with bill to allow religious and conscience exemption
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Catholic Hong Kong media mogul: ‘Freedom has a price’
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Caritas leaders in UK call for government to keep ‘lifeline’ for poor families
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Massachusetts bishops urge state Senate to reject measure to expand abortion
(Catholic News Service)
What the election tells us about religion in America
(Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post)
Russian Buddhists renew request for Dalai Lama's visit
(GovoritMoskva, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
US bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop federal executions
(Ecumenical News)
COVID-19: Northern Ireland Executive agrees two-week “circuit breaker” lockdown
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Call for investigation into murder of Catholic catechist by Indonesian military
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
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