Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 11 July 2020
Arrest made in Florida Catholic church burning
(Catholic News Agency)
Friday, 10 July 2020
On religion, the Supreme Court protects the right to be different: Recent decisions are about safeguarding pluralism, not taking sides in the culture wars
(Michael W. McConnell, The New York Times Opinion)
Erdogan declares Hagia Sophia a mosque after Turkish court ruling
(Daren Butler, Ece Toksabay, Reuters)
Reaction to Turkish ruling and Erdogan statement on Hagia Sophia
(Compiled by Timothy Heritage and Gareth Jones; Editing by Janet Lawrence, Reuters)
USCIRF decries decision to change status of the Hagia Sophia
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Hagia Sophia will become a mosque again, it is both Turkey’s and an Islamic right
(Middle East Monitor)
Hagia Sophia in contest during COVID-19 emergency
(Coby Vail, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious schools and the freedom of the church
(Richard W. Garnett, Law & Liberty)
European Commission revives Special Envoy on freedom of religion or belief
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
EU court to hear case against Belgian shechita ban
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Will the European Court of Justice rule against the ban of shechita by two Belgian regions ?
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
Northern Ireland to get religious same-sex marriage
(Rachel Savage, Reuters)
Russia: "Russia has deceived Interpol"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Women filmmakers from Afghanistan and Iran take top honors in Religious Freedom & Business film competition
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
RLUIPA protects religious transition home
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US Supreme Court takes case of college students denied justice by lower courts
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Certiorari granted in college student religious speech case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Evangelical, Catholic leaders say Trump has left persecuted Christians in danger
(Jace Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Uighurs reflect on 2009 violence that set off Chinese crackdown
(Aysha Khan, The Washington Post)
Federal loans for small businesses went to thousands of churches and other religious organizations
(Yonat Shimron, The Washington Post)
Suicide of Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi exposes the ‘freedom and violence’ of LGBTQ Muslims in exile
(Ahmad Qais Munhazim, The Conversation)
Thursday, 9 July 2020
Opinion analysis: Court rejects challenge to exemptions from birth-control mandate
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court rules in favor of Little Sisters in contraception-mandate case
(Brittany Bernstein, National Review)
Court OK’s limiting free birth control on religious grounds
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania (2020 SCOTUS opinion)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Supreme Court upholds expanded exemptions from ACA contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Opinion analysis: Court rules that Catholic elementary school teachers are “ministers,” cannot sue for employment discrimination
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (consolidated with St. James School v. Biel)
(Case Page, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court separtates church and state to protect religious freedom
(Thomas Jipping, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (SCOTUS 2020 Opinion)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
U.S. Supreme Court: First Amendment protects religious schools from discrimination claims brought by teachers who teach the faith
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court protects the rights of religious schools
(Joshua J. Prince and Gene Schaerr, The Federalist Society)
Supreme Court interprets "ministerial exception" to employment discrimination claims broadly
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court’s ‘faithless electors’ decision safeguards electoral college
(Brittany Bernstein, The Daily Signal)
Argument analysis: In a close case, concerns about chaos from “faithless electors”
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Chiafalo v. Washington (SCOTUS 2020 "faithless electors" opinion)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Why the Supreme Court cited the Doctrine and Covenants in this week’s key religious liberty decision
(Hal Boyd, Deseret News Faith)
Article 9 challenges to the COVID-19 lockdown in England: R (Hussain) and Dolan
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020: revised post
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
May a fostering agency recruit only heterosexual Evangelicals?: Cornerstone
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Christianity and Criminal Law edited by Mark Hill QC, Norman Doe, R.H. Helmholz, and John Witte, Jr.
(An Introduction by Mark Hill QC, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The Right of Self-Defense and the Organic Unity of Human Rights
(David Little, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
A Non-Theoretical Justification of Human Rights: A Response to David Little’s The Right of Self-Defense – Part II
(T. Jeremy Gunn, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The Right to Self-Defense as the Grundnorm for Human Rights: A Response to David Little
(John Witte Jr., Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The Moral Logic of Self-Defense and Identifying Rights of Urgent Moral Concern
(Christian Rice, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Human Rights, Human Dignity and Personal Autonomy: A Reflection on David Little’s Theory of Self-Defense and Organic Unity
(Mark Hill QC, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Response to David Little on Self-Defense
(David Yoon-Jung Kim, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Little Sisters have big win in Supreme Court decision
(Catholic News Agency)
A Non-Theoretical Justification of Human Rights: A Response to David Little’s The Right of Self-Defense – Part I
(T. Jeremy Gunn, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Expulsion of Catholic elementary school students covered by Ecclesiastical Abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court GVR's 3 challenges to contraceptive mandate exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
'We are overjoyed': Little Sisters of the Poor react to Supreme Court decision
(Catholic News Agency)
Thailand moves to legalise same-sex unions
(Patpicha Tanakasempipat, The Sydney Morning Herald)
USCIRF applauds global Magnitsky sanctions against senior Chinese officials
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Burial traditions clash with coronavirus safety in Indonesia
(Niniek Karmini and Victoria Milko, Associated Press)
U.S. Supreme Court upholds administration rules expanding religious accommodations from the contraceptive mandate
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Argentina’s president tells Christian business leaders to recover ‘best capitalism’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The next battle against government funding in religious schools?
(Benjamin Marcus, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
The Court again protects religious liberty
(Carrie Campbell Severino, National Review)
Russia: Three prisoners of conscience stripped of citizenship
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
#BlackLivesMatter: Are church leaders fighting about a slogan, a movement or an organization?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Defending religious liberty without the Constitution?
(Hadley Arkes, Law & Liberty)
Why has Islamophobia risen in America?
(Kourosh Ziabari & Arun Kundnani, Fair Observer)
The ‘class of special rights’ called the First Amendment
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
Prosecutor asks for longest term yet for Jehovah's Witness
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Political opposition explains persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Mikhail Shubin, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Religion, values and ethics under the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Uzbekistan must stay on the path of religious freedom reform
(Nadine Maenza and Nury Turkel, The Diplomat)
Turkey’s president is playing religious politics
(The Economist)
What is a humanist wedding ceremony – and what are humanist beliefs?
(Anna Bailey, Woman & Home)
Trump's America is slipping away
(Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic)
“No respect for human dignity”: Remembering China’s 709 Crackdown
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Sisi rallies tribes to support Egypt's intervention in Libya war
(Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Federal executions to resume, posing a new test for lethal injection
(Austin Sarat, The Conversation)
Hate and its elusion
(Matthew Creighton, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
#HijabisFightBack: In Brussels, thousands protest Belgium’s college headscarf ban
(Sarah El Gharib, Global Citizen)
Jewish leaders hopeful after European Court of Justice hearing on Belgian religious slaughter ban
(Benjamin Kers, The Algemeiner)
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Supporting a more socially inclusive society in Bangladesh: Seeking lessons from different experiences
(Sarah Thompson, Aisha Binte Abdur Rob, Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #113: The Religious Responses to COVID-19 Project: Changing Pace
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
United Nations Human Rights Mandate Holders and COVID-19
(Just Security)
A conversation with U.N. Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed: COVID-19 and freedom of belief
(Just Security)
A conversation with U.N. Special Rapporteur David Kaye: COVID-19 and Freedom of Expression
(Just Security)
A conversation with U.N. Special Rapporteur E. Tendayi Achiume: COVID-19, Racism, and Xenophobia
(Just Security)
USCIRF releases new report about human rights advocacy and the North Korea Nuclear impasse
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
EU politicians and religious leaders demand reinstatement of religious envoy
(Jonathan Luxmoore, The Tablet)
Evangelical Christian foster agency must change its policy to accept gay couples, judge rules
(Gabriella Swerling, The Telegraph)
6th Circuit reverses dismissal of Rastafarian inmate's diet and fasting claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Police respond to clash between Black Lives Matter protesters, churchgoers in New York
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Supreme Court hands major victory to Christian schools in employment case
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
CDC director, President Trump push for schools to reopen in the fall
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Supreme Court strikes blow to Obamacare's abortion/contraceptive mandate
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
President Trump issues official notice of withdrawal from the World Health Organization
(Milton Quintanilla, Christian Headlines)
Supreme Court upholds Trump rule exempting Little Sisters from HHS birth control mandate
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Supreme Court says Catholic schools can dismiss teachers for religious reasons
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
What our Founding Fathers advocated: faith and liberty
(Michael Youssef, The Christian Post)
Arkansas Baptist leader says report blaming churches for COVID-19 spread 'unfair'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Catholic school teachers are 'ministers', Supreme Court rules
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis calls on Christians to recognize the face of Christ in migrants
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
What the Supreme Court ministerial exception ruling could mean for LGBT employment lawsuits
(Michelle La Rosa, Catholic News Agency)
Trump administration starts withdrawal from WHO
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
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