Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Christian requirement at Northern Michigan resort illegal, federal government says
(John Agar, M Live Media)
Australia: Debate rages between coalition members over religious bill
(The Epoch Times)
Reporters will need help from canon lawyers to correctly explain California’s confession bill
(Clemente Lisi, Get Religion)
Conservative legal groups are suing public school yoga and mindfulness programs. This explains why.
(Candy Gunther Brown, The Washington Post)
U.S. faith leaders issue call for diplomacy, not war, with Iran
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Sikh motorcyclists in Germany obliged to wear helmets
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
German court: Sikhs have to wear helmets on motorbikes
(Deutsche Welle)
Liberté, egalité, laïcité Western governments are telling Muslim women not to cover up
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Priest's statement that women are less smart than men is nonsense - Russian human rights council head
(Interfax-Religion)
Rights of sexual minorities should not be violated in Russia – Moskalkova
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian church posts anti-Russian election message
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Democratic candidates are hiring faith outreach directors — but to reach out to whom?
(Tara Isabella Burton, The Washington Post)
Tel Aviv suburb votes to operate public transportation on Shabbat
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholic schools in Memphis to reopen as charter schools this fall
(Karen Pulfer Focht, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indiana teacher fired for same-sex marriage sues archdiocese
(Associated Press)
Pastor claims retaliation for ministering to migrants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Veterans Administration cites cross ruling to support new religious display policies
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Rugby chief suggests quoting Bible is hate speech
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
Pastor surveilled after ministering to migrants sues US government
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Poll reveals lukewarm public support for religion freedom legislation
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Christians in Australia need to ‘suck it up and calm down’ over religious freedom battle
(Shannon Molloy, News.com.au)
Panel blasts Florida county over invocation choices
(Erika Williams, Courthouse News Service)
More answers to readers’ queries and comments – June/early-July
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Same-sex marriage and abortion in Northern Ireland: latest developments
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Independent review of FCO support for persecuted Christians
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Russian lawmakers politicize events affecting Russian Orthodoxy
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
America isn’t the Church and shouldn’t act like it
(Casey Chalk, The American Conservative)
Orthodox rabbi and the daughter of Tom Lantos to serve on new US human rights commission
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New Twitter policy targets 'dehumanizing' posts about religious groups
(Deutsche Welle)
Clinic closures point to anti-religious sentiment of Eritrean government
(Shannon Levitt, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When is it appropriate for courts to decide religious doctrine?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Brevard policy on invocations at commission meetings is unconstitutional
(Dave Berman, Florida Today)
11th Circuit: County's invocation policy violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bible shortage? Publishers say tariffs could cause it
(Travis Loller, Associated Press)
Guatemalan woman living in Virginia church faces $214K fine
(Associated Press)
Israeli minister likens Jewish intermarriage to ‘Holocaust’
(Associated Press)
Catholic school to help fired teacher find new job
(Associated Press)
On migration, Europe can’t claim the moral high ground
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)
Botswana court ruling is a ray of hope for LGBT people across Africa
(Frans Viljoen, The Conversation)
EVENT, 9 July 2019: Religious literacy in public schools: What to teach and how
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
EVENT, 9 July 2019: NCSS 2019 Summer Religious Studies Institute
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Quebec forced to defend religious symbols law in court for first time
(Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News)
Quebec’s moral quagmire: What Bill 21 means for religious pluralism in Canada
(Michael W. Higgins, Commonweal)
Turkey seeks 176 officers over links to US-based cleric
(Associated Press)
Trump's proposed tariffs on China will impact the cost of Bibles
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monday, 8 July 2019
Raising a progressive Hindu voice to counter Indian Modi’s increasing power
(Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service)
Religious liberals want to change what it means to be a Christian voter
(Daniel Bush, PBS News Hour)
In Kashmir’s war-torn landscape, imams take up the environmental cause
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)
Religious liberties legal group asks school district to restore Ten Commandments plaque to middle school wall
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
Hospital settles claim of religious discrimination based on applicant’s refusal of flu vaccine
(Y. Jed Charner, National Law Review)
Keeping church and state separate does not stifle religious freedom
(Ryan D. Jayne, Freedom From Religion Foundation (via Patheos))
Jerusalem has a shared past and future for three religions. world churches body tells UN forum
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
IICSA: Some more legal views
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 7th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Registration of a birth: Re T (A child)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical exemption in the UK: a note
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Georgian LGBT community calls off Tbilisi action due to threats
(Interfax-Religion)
Almost half of Jewish Europeans considering emigrating over antisemitism - report
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian high court fails to resolve problems with anti-evangelism law
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Disagreement is not discrimination: ‘Do No Harm Act’ is a dishonest act to eject religion
(Matt Sharp, USA Today)
Jewish and Latter-day Saint scholars just had an interfaith dialogue in Jerusalem. Now they're going to publish a book
(Trent Toone, Deseret News Faith)
If Pope Francis visits Ukraine, the war would stop, archbishop says
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Archbishop denounces human rights violations in Brazilian prisons
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
French government moves forward on Notre Dame restoration plans
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
World-renowned José Casanova offers “last word” on secularization
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Former US ambassador to Holy See to chair new human rights commission
(Catholic News Agency)
Pompeo announces new Commission on Inalienable Rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mike Pompeo unveils panel to examine 'unalienable rights'
(Caitlin Oprysko, Politico)
5th Circuit upholds direct supervision requirement for Muslim inmate worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
German court says Sikhs not exempt from motorcycle helmet law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tunisia bans niqab in government buildings
(France 24)
Tunisia bans niqab in government buildings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
UK report urges global action against Christian persecution
(Associated Press)
USCIRF statement on State Department’s creation of “Commission on Unalienable Rights”
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
A scriptural account of religious freedom
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
A matter of faith: Democrats embrace religion in campaign
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo Remarks to the Press
(United States Department of State)
Supreme Court to consider whether public schools can keep their monopoly on teaching kids religion
(Ross Izard, The Federalist)
Christian family details crackdown on church in China
(Michelle Yun, Associated Press)
Saturday, 6 July 2019
Should religion dictate values to sovereign secular nations?
(Rick Snedeker, Patheos Blog: Godzooks: The Faith in Facts Blog)
Attorney General Morrisey has harsh words for diocese
(The Review)
Irish primate urges protection of pro-life laws in Northern Ireland
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious freedom is basis of all other freedoms in U.S., cardinal says
(Marie Mischel, Catholic News Service)
HHS delays implementation of conscious protection rule for health workers
(Catholic News Service)
Vaccination refusal disputes in Michigan and Kentucky
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
SCOTUS will review religious tuition tax credit case out of Montana
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pennsylvania sets aside security dollars for private schools
(Associated Press)
Islamic State claims bombing in Shiite mosque that killed 2
(Associated Press)
Friday, 5 July 2019
The U.S. is championing the right to freedom of religion or belief internationally
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Religion in school can be complicated. So teachers went to class.
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
IICSA Public Hearing in Anglican Church investigation – Week 2
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The UK Government’s view on sharia and wedding law
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Westminster Hall debate on ritual slaughter
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Social housing and religion: R (Z & Anor)
(Frank Cranmer, Get Religion)
Friday Five: 2020 politics, doctrine-defying Catholic teachers, Mormons in the news, Mongolia fundraiser
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Kyrgyzstan: "Registration only gives you permission to exist"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Pope hails Russia's efforts to protect Christian holy places in Syria – Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)
Abusive treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses detainees
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Russia not hospitable for Pope Francis
(Alexander Soldatov, Novaia Gazeta)
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