Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Atheists can be barred from giving invocation at Pennsylvania statehouse, federal court rules
(Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News)
Sofia municipality takes new measures against graffiti
(novinite.com)
Iran publicly executes man convicted of killing Muslim cleric
(Alex Winston, The Jerusalem Post)
Bishops’ open letter on Brexit
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pisky Primus probes prorogation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Minnesota media mull over whether Christian video company can refuse to film gay weddings
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Holocaust victims monument vandalized in southern Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
National attention to Jehovah's Witnesses' complaints of torture
(Znak, Russia Religion News)
Islam doesn’t have to be a religion of men
(Mohammad Tawhidi, Times of Israel)
Ep. 05: Understanding Project Blitz (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
English bishop finds concrete ways to encourage eco-friendly practices
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
Keep schools open, Cameroonian bishops tell Anglophone separatists
(Catholic News Service)
New Jersey appeals court lets state’s assisted suicide law continue
(Catholic News Service)
Church and security forces agree to ‘dialogue’ on volatile island in central Philippines
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Federal judge blocks parts of Missouri law that bans abortions after 8 weeks
(Bobby Allyn, National Public Radio)
Part of Missouri's new abortion law is preliminarily enjoined
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenges Illinois waiver form to allow drivers license photo with head covering
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nuclear protesters' RFRA defense rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Survey's findings highlight need for educational opportunities that bring people of different faiths together, Oklahoma experts say
(Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman)
Why most Jews in Hong Kong are not involved with the protests
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Egyptian woman chosen as Religions for Peace president
(Fady Francis, Egypt Independent)
World Alliance of Religions for Peace elects KAICIID chief as honorary president
(The Rahnuma Daily)
Church hosts events for United Nations conference in Salt Lake City
(News, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The secret lives of Vietnam's Catholic mothers
(La Croix International)
CAIR-Chicago files complaint against Illinois Secretary of State
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
The men who feel left out of US abortion debate
(BBC News US & Canada)
How the rise in Unreligious Americans affects sex and marriage:comparative evidence from new survey data
(Mark Regenerus, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
How Hillsong and other Pentecostal megachurches are redefining religion in Australia
(Stephen Stockwell and Ruby Jones, abc.net.au)
Some Australians fear religious freedom laws won’t give enough protection
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
Expert: New Chinese bishop no litmus test for success of Vatican-China deal
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Some Pittsburgh Jews upset by decision to seek death penalty in synagogue attack
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
President Nelson meets with President Lenín Moreno in Ecuador, where church-supported program helps hospitalized children
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
History, revisited: Everywhere in chains
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
New Abu Dhabi committee aims to counter ‘clash of civilizations’
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In the News: no-deal rumblings and abortion buffer zones
(Alethea Redfern, UK Human Rights Blog)
Attack on religious building in NI almost every second day
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)
Islam cannot be reduced to political goals, says Muslim World League chief
(Arab News)
CA Christians say resolution condemns religious leaders who oppose LGBTQ lifestyles
(Charlene Aaron, CBN News)
Mitsotakis to meet Archbishop at Maximos Mansion
(ekathimerini.com)
How Germany’s Far-Right is gaslighting architectural history: The case of Potsdam’s Garrison Church
(Philipp Oswalt, Frieze)
The Church and the State
(Mercedes B. Suleik, Business Mirror)
More news about old churches being sold and flipped: Does it matter why this is happening?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Syriac Catholic Church reestablishes diocese in northern Iraq
(Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service)
Federal appeals court allows Indiana abortion facility to remain open
(Ann Carey, Catholic News Service)
Judge denies order letting unvaccinated kids go to school
(Mary Esch, Associated Press)
Muslim officers sue over beard suspensions, are reinstated
(Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press)
Lawsuit challenges Illinois license rule on head coverings
(Associated Press)
Ruling against anti-vax parents, judge upholds ban on religions exemptions to vaccines
(Gothamist)
NY court rejects challenge to vaccination exemption repeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit settled for $60,000 over Mennonite Church’s homeless lockers program
(Samantha Ye, The Rocky Mountain Collegian)
Suit by Mennonite group over lockers for homeless is settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge shuts down men-only concert in Haifa
(Times of Israel)
Attorney General: Gender-segregated events okay under certain circumstances
(Stuart Winer, Times of Israel)
Israel's courts wrestle with sex-segregated cultural events
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The problem with Buddhist law in Sri Lanka
(Benjamin Sconthal, OUPblog Religion)
UN warns of exodus of Muslims from Sri Lanka if situation not addressed
(Colombo Gazette)
Sri Lanka must address root causes of religious extremism: UN envoy
(Meera Srinivasan, The Hindu)
Sri Lankan Islamic clerics seek clarity on face veil ban
(Krishan Francis, Associated Press)
After two years of horrors in Burma, the U.S. is still doing too little, too late
(Nadine Maenza and Anurima Bhargava, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Colombian leaders thank President Nelson for church’s support of religious liberty in their nation
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
'Nones' and a mainline collapse - Source of a void in middle of American religious life?
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
The monk fighting a tide of hatred in Myanmar
(John Zaw, UCA News)
USAID Administrator meets leaders to understand peacebuilding efforts in Nigeria
(Devdiscourse)
Society couple said ‘I do’ – but Lebanon won’t accept that they are married
(Martin Chulov, The Guardian)
Law and religion round-up – 25th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
PM underlines UK commitment to freedom of religion or belief
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
PM outlines UK support for freedom of religion or belief as Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon announces new support for work to help victims of hostility.
(Press Release, Gov.UK)
Archbishop may chair Citizens’ Forum on Brexit
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Belarus: "Unaffordable" police fees stop Greek Catholic pilgrimage
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Woman chosen to lead Religions for Peace as others urge greater female visibility
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service, National Catholic Reporter)
WCC congratulates Dr Azza Karam, new head of Religions for Peace
(World Council of Churches)
Declaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace
Outgoing Religions for Peace leader reflects on decades of interfaith cooperation
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
International interfaith gathering: ‘We must work together or we will all fail’
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
German town welcomes hundreds from different faiths for food, worship and unity
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Interfaith group pledges to use religion’s influence to address climate change, poverty
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
Religion and free speech: Blasphemy laws are quietly vanishing in liberal democracies
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Dutch doctor faces trial in landmark euthanasia case
(BBC News)
Migrant children will suffer most under new detention rule, says bishop
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Is Cardinal Pell guilty? Some believe that how a Catholic answers signals virtue or vice
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Ruling cements Pell’s profile as the Dreyfus or Hiss of the Catholic abuse crisis
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The Cardinal George Pell conundrum
(Michael Kelly SJ, La Croix International)
From Alabama to New York: Where the states stand on abortion and contraception
(Molly Igoe, PRRI)
What debate over modern education tells us about a divided Turkey
(Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor)
Pope won’t throw in the towel on Italy’s plucky Protestant outpost
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
First Chinese bishop consecrated with pope’s OK after deal
(Associated Press)
China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture
(Dake Kang, Associated Press)
Monday, 26 August 2019
How a rural community hopes to retain spiritual life undermined by western ways
(Chioma Ohajunwa, The Conversation)
Amicus briefs in SCOTUS gay and transgender Title VII discrimination cases now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Case Page)
(SCOTUSblog)
RLUIPA allows inmate to grow fist-length beard
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian couple can sue over Minnesota same-sex marriage video law
(Jonathan Stempel, Reuters)
8th Circuit vindicates wedding videograhers' 1st Amendment claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kentucky Supreme Court hears gay pride t-shirt discrimination case
(Ryland Barton, WFPL News)
Kentucky Supreme Court hears oral arguments on refusal to print pride festival t-shirts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bevin administration's attempt to shirk fees in Kim Davis lawsuit rejected by appeals court
(Billy Kobin, Louisville Courier Journal)
6th Circuit decides 2 cases growing out of Kim Davis' marriage license refusals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Call for respect of freedom of religion and belief in Sri Lanka
(Jay Jackson, Big News Network)
India ends Kashmir’s separation, giving hope to Hindus looking homeward
(Rajiv Pandit, Religion News Service)
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