Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 2 July 2020
The implications of Espinoza
(John McCormack, National Review)
Church leaders targeted by conservative president’s supporters in Brazil
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
‘Another disappointment’: 4 pro-life reactions to Supreme Court blocking La. abortion clinic law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Vatican’s top diplomat meets about Mideast with U.S., Israeli ambassadors
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Authorities interfere with release of Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Website of Za prava cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Baptists split on religious school funding decision
(Brian Kaylor, Word & Way)
Did the Supreme Court open the door to regulation of religious schools?
(ReligiousLiberty.TV)
U.S. Supreme Court issues troubling decision in religious school funding case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Duma's Tolstoy sees demonstration of LGBT flags on embassy buildings in Moscow as attempt to influence voting on constitutional amendments
(Interfax-Religion)
Espinoza is a boon for school choice nationwide
(Libby Sobic, National Review)
Court considers status of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia
(Associated Press)
Humanist marriages go to court
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Some question replacing Mississippi’s Confederate symbol with ‘In God We Trust’
(Jace Jenkins, Religion News Service)
‘More than individual sin’ — Black pastors urge evangelicals to admit systemic racism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Religious animus did not drive the laws the Supreme Court just overturned
(Adam Laats, The Washington Post)
German pastor charged with incitement for anti-gay comment
(Associated Press)
Erdogan should not erase Turkey's Christian past
(Richard V. Reeves and Mustafa Akyol, Foreign Policy Argument)
Death row inmate seeks execution delay, says coronavirus endangers Buddhist priest
(Kevin Johnson, USA Today)
Interfaith group: No Buddhist or Hindu statues in nightclubs
(William J. Kole, Associated Press)
Supreme Court’s Espinoza decision disregards distinctiveness of religion
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court’s abortion ruling raises stakes for election
(David Crary, Associated Press)
What does Justice Roberts's ruling mean for the pro-life cause/
(Erika Bachiochi, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Proposed new law could make JK Rowling a criminal
(Agenda, The Herald (Scotland))
Vote on key changes to Belgium’s abortion rights law blocked for the third time
(Gabriela Galindo, The Brussels Times)
UK Pro-life leaders warn against ‘hijack’ of Domestic Abuse Bill to liberalize abortion law
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Montenegro becomes first country in Balkans to legalise same-sex civil partnerships
(Euronews)
South Africa: New Bill prohibits marriage officers from turning down same-sex couples
(Jason Felix, News24)
Massachusetts city recognizes polyamorous 'civil partnerships'
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
SCOTUS rejects cases on abortion, Catholic schools, citing recent decisions
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican tells Israel, US that annexation could jeopardize peace process
(Catholic News Agency)
Mississippi bans abortion on sex, race, genetic disability
(Catholic News Agency)
Boston to remove replica of Abraham Lincoln statue funded by freed slaves
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Dr. Voddie Baucham speaks out against the Black Lives Matter organization
(Milton Quintanilla, Christian Headlines)
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #105: Collaboration Between Government Officials and Muslim Leaders on Mosque Reopening
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Seeing a religious left: Exploring the vibrancy of the religious left and how secularism has hindered our ability to “sight” it
(Timothy Gutmann, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Italy towards its first law on hate crimes against LGBT people
(Irene Dominioni, Forbes)
Museum or mosque? Turkey debates iconic Hagia Sofia’s status
(Suzan Fraser and Ayse Wieting, Associated Press)
Pompeo warns Turkey against reverting Hagia Sophia to mosque
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
2020 has hammered home the message: FoRB is not a dispensable right
(European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)
God and man in Moscow
(Cameron Hilditch, National Review)
Tajikistan: Impunity for torturers continues
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Editors should pay attention when King David bursts into news 3,000 years later
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
NATO, Britain must stand with Montenegro's Christians
(Tim Farron MP and Steve Baker MP, Newsweek Opinion)
Calls for UN probe of China forced birth control on Uighurs
(Associated Press)
China's own documents show potentially genocidal sterilization plans in Xinjiang
(Adrian Zenz, Foreign Policy)
Mozambique's insurgency is a regional problem
(Tonderayi Mukeredzi, Foreign Policy)
ZOOM WEBINAR, 1 July 2020 ( 3 pm EDT): Listening to Black Clergy
(Sean Casey, Leah Daughtry, Cheryl Sanders, Adam R. Taylor, Travis B. Winckler, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Clarence Thomas: Roe v. Wade was 'grievously wrong' and 'should be overruled'
(Michael Foust, Christian Headines)
New Florida law requiring parental consent for abortion limits harm, Catholic bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)
'A win for Florida families': Florida gov. signs parental consent abortion bill
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Nigeria could be next Rwanda or Darfur if world doesn't act, advocates warn
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Black Jesus painting to be displayed at St. Albans Cathedral in the UK
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Judge temporarily blocks Iowa law requiring 24-hour waiting period for abortion
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Judge blocks Trump admin. rule requiring Central Americans to first seek asylum in countries they enter
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
CHOP gets chopped: Seattle police, FBI dismantle ‘protest zone’ after 2 teens killed
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
'Soft despotism' of anti-Catholicism on the rise, USCCB religious liberty chair warns
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
‘An affront to human dignity’: Ethicists react to death of Michael Hickson
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Erdogan vows to tighten social media controls after insults on family
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
USCIRF welcomes Xinjiang supply chain business advisory
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF welcomes the release of Pastor Ramón Rigal, calls for release of Roberto Jesus Quinones Haces
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Syrian refugees hopeful as Egypt eases coronavirus restrictions
(Amr Emam, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Iran warns US of ‘firm response’ after Security Council meeting
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Churches reopen with In-person services
(Rachel Rogish, Cape May County Herald)
Is Gov. Cuomo about to be overruled on Jewish summer camps?
(Michael A. Helfand, Tablet Magazine)
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to fund religious education: How today’s Supreme Court decision further erodes the separation of church and state
(Heather L. Weaver, ACLU)
Montana tax credit program discriminated against private schools, Supreme Court rules
(Matt Hoffman and Holly Michels, Montana Standard)
Supreme Court rules Montana scholarship program must include religious schools
(Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
Supreme Court boosts religious schools seeking public aid
(Devin Dwyer, ABC 7 Chicago)
Supreme Court expands state funding for religious schools
(Language Magazine)
Update: Court says tax credit program can't exclude religious schools
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
Knesset says no to surrogacy for gay men, but minister vows it will happen
(Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel)
Supreme Court says states cannot discriminate against religious schools
(Roberto Rivera and John Stonestreet, Christian Headlines)
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Articles of interest - 29 June 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Opinion: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
(Roberts, C.J., with Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh J.J., Supreme Court of the United States)
Iowa governor signs 24-hour abortion waiting period into law
(Joshua Cossin, Jurist: Legal News & Research)
Supreme Court invalidates Louisiana abortion law requiring clinic doctors to have hospital admitting privileges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
School choice defeats anti-Catholic bigotry 5–4 at the Supreme Court
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue ("Blaine Amendment case")
(Case Page, SCOTUSblog)
Opinion analysis: Court rules that religious schools cannot be excluded from state funding for private schools
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court rules in favor of state funding for religious education
(Masood Farivar, Voice of America)
FRC praises Supreme Court decision to protect school choice and religious liberty in Espinoza v. Montana
(PR Newswire)
Supreme Court strikes down state ban on public aid to religious schools
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Espinoza: High court sparks new battle over church-state separation
(David Crary and Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Wonderful news from the Court — for religious freedom and school choice — in Espinoza
(RIck Garnett, Mirror of Justice: A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory)
June Medical Services LLC v. Gee (abortion case)
(Case Page, SCOTUSblog)
Opinion: June Medical Services v. Russo
(Justice Breyer, joined by Justice Ginsberg, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan, Supreme Court of the United States)
Opinion analysis: With Roberts providing the fifth vote, court strikes down Louisiana abortion law (Updated)
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
With abortion ruling, Roberts reasserts his role and Supreme Court’s independence
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Symposium: June Medical and the many faces of judicial discretion
(Jane Schacter, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: June Medical Services v. Russo: When a “win” is not a win
(Gretchen Borchelt, SCOTUSblog)
Some instapunditry on today's June Medical decision
(RIck Garnett, Mirror of Justice: A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory)
Analysis: Bostock battles may cause religious ripples in states
(Dori Goldstein, Bloomberg Law)
One year of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: 400 have registered, despite obstacles
(Paul Komesaroff, Cameron Stewart, Camille La Brooy, and Jennifer Philip, The Conversation)
Navy bans troops from indoor religious services but permits protests and house parties, law firm says
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
In choice between gamblers and churchgoers, government officials are loading the dice
(Ryan Tucker and Angela Sailor, Inside Sources)
Will international religious freedom survive the Trump administration?
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
LGBTQ workplace protections have been affirmed by SCOTUS, but aren't assured in Pa. They should be. [editorial]
(Lancaster Online)
U.S. Supreme Court ruling boosts legal argument for LGBT+ rights, experts say
(Oscar Lopez and Matthew Lavietes, The Dispatch)
Roberts and Gorsuch ‘play devil’s advocate’ say North Central Ohio clergy
(Front Lines Ohio)
A good day for educational equality
(Neal McCluskey, CATO Institute)
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