Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
U.S. Cardinal McCarrick has been defrocked
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Hate crimes bill will get hearing this session
(Lisa Riley Roche, KSL)
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Why is this cross-shaped memorial Constitutional?
(Garrett Epps, The Atlantic)
Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy
(Eliora Katz, Brookings)
Bibles stamped with South Dakota seal asked to be rescinded by FFRF
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeals rule on freedom of religion rights
(National Law Review)
Take the religion out of regulation
(James Broughel, The Hill)
Measuring the Footprint, Delivering the ambition?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“Comprehensive and historical” safeguarding review – Salisbury Diocese
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Increased fee for issue of Marriage Certificate
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Political and religious fallout from Rep. Omar's AIPAC remark won't fade, nor will social media let it
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion)
UOC bishop draws int'l organizations' attention to violation of believers' rights in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Making America hospitable for religious outsiders
(Matthew Kaemingk, Christianity Today)
Nearly 100 French Jewish gravestones vandalized with swastikas on day of marches against anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Prisons 'highly problematic institutions' for fighting radicalization
(Esther Felden, Matthias von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Murders of religious minorities in India go unpunished, report finds
(Kai Schultz, The New York Times)
Cuba's proposed constitution cuts religious freedom
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
“Theoterrorism v. Freedom of Speech”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Reintroduced RFRA proposal to receive subcommittee vote in Iowa legislature
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Legal Spirits Episode 005: Praying on the 50-yard line
(Mark Movsesian and Marc DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum Podcast)
Poland awaiting Israel’s apology for minister’s comments
(Associated Press)
Supreme Court review denied in nuns' pipeline challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court rejects abortion groups’ attack on Texas Catholic bishops
(Becket)
Cert. denied in attempt to subpoena bishops' documents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rastafarian minister's trespass arrest did not violate his Free Exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
White women skewing conservative is a decades-long trend, but their power may be waning
(Tina Cassidy, The Boston Globe)
Why a centuries-old religious dispute over Ukraine’s Orthodox Church matters today
(Victoria Smolkin, The Conversation)
Explainer: who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them?
(Anna Hayes, The Conversation)
Jordanians see Israel as only winner at Warsaw summit
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
How US plan for Mideast could shape next Israeli government
(Yossi Beilin, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Palestinians live in caves to preserve their land
(Rasha Abou Jalal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Challenges in Jerusalem, Gaza threaten Palestinian legislative elections
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Yazidis divided over selection of new leader
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Dozens of missionaries forced to flee Haiti amid growing violence
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Mike Pence warns world leaders of Iranian plot for 'Another Holocaust' in Israel
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
China hearing gospel via Africa; church growing amid brutal persecution
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Irish hospital posts ad requiring new employees to perform abortions
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Catholic Charities unveils plan to fight chronic homelessness in Southern Nevada
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
Australian bishop urges faithful to fight ‘radical’ abortion bill
(Catholic News Agency)
Emergency declaration raises new questions about Texas border chapel
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
How to pregame Lent: Septuagesima, Carnival, and Shrovetide
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
New legal initiatives threaten the existence of Chinese underground church
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Nigerian election postponement leads to renewed mistrust and frustration
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
Iranian Pastor’s wife faces appeal hearing
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Rev. Samson: Return of Kachin IDPs must not be rushed or managed by army
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Hindu nationalists demand removal of bust of German missionary in India
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
TN Republicans push for the 'Natural Marriage Defense Act'
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Kenyan United Methodists oppose allowing LGBT clergy, pray for church unity worldwide
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)
Fifty years later, Catholic Church reckons again with unbelief
(Rosie Dawson, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 19 February 2019: Distinguished Lecture on Ethics
(Jim Parkes, Attorney, CEO at Blue Ocean Enterprises Inc. and Otter Products, LLC., Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah)
EVENT, 19 February 2019: Roundtable on Family
(Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah)
Monday, 18 February 2019
Humanists warns Government against a 'narrow' Christian persecution review
(Alex Williams, Premier)
Panama: Catholic sister considers dam a violation of indigenous people's right to religion
(Tracy L. Barnett, Global Sisters Report)
Ecumenical Jury awards prize to 'modern day parable' in Berlin, but skirts church sexual abuse film
(Ecumenical News)
Verbal attack on French philosopher new anti-Semitism jolt
(Elaine Ganley, Associated Press)
Polish chief rabbi warns of risk of increased antisemitism
(Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)
V4 Summit canceled in Jerusalem after Poland quits over holocaust crisis
(The Jerusalem Post)
ChurchCare’s new web presence
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
SBU head Gritsak accuses Russia of playing 'religious card' in Ukraine for interference in electoral process
(Interfax-Religion)
Court can stop religious organization's activity if it refuses renaming - Ukraine's Culture Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
Must the president be a moral leader?
(The Conversation)
Satanic Temple accuses Boston City Council of discrimination
(Associated Press)
Israeli police arrest 5 Palestinians at flashpoint holy site
(Associated Press)
Suit challenges religious requirements permitted in South Carolina faith-based foster-care agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 18 February 2019: European Sunday Alliance Networking Event
(EKD & European Parliament, Brussels)
A reckoning of sorts: Theodore McCarrick is defrocked by Pope Francis because of abuse allegations
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Former Cardinal McCarrick defrocked by Vatican over sex abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Law and religion round-up – 17th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Chapman, "Money for Missionaries"
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)
Legislation in Australia 'a threat to religious liberty'
(Tracey Bridcutt, Adventist Record and Adventist Review, Adventist Review)
Religious liberty seminar in FInland highlights the role of religious freedom as an inalienable human right
(Pekka Kärkkäinen, and Adventist Review, Adventist Review)
Should the state leave religion alone?
(Rajeev Bhargava, The Hindu)
“Cleaning up gang crime” means crackdown on faith
(Gu Qi, Bitter Winter)
Arizona's ‘In God We Trust’ license plates spark funding furor
(Emily Garcia, Phoenix Business Journal)
Faith and employment: A ruling about a Jewish teacher in London will help devout bosses
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religious rights group deplores ‘anti-Christian hostility’ in France
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Lawsuit challenges new policy allowing religious discrimination by tax-funded agencies
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Atheists may receive civil rights protections in Portland, Oregon
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
As Uighur Muslims demand video evidence of loved ones, USCIRF Chair Tenzin Dorjee calls on China to release prisoner of conscience Gulmira Imin
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Western governments want to have more influence on Muslim practice with their own borders
(The Economist)
Atheists and non-believers could soon receive civil rights protections under Portland law
(Blair Stenvick, Portland Mercury)
Where ‘religious freedom’ means avoiding a bloodbath
(Doug Bandow, The American Conservative)
Former US Archbishop dismissed from clerical state
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
McCarrick becomes most senior cleric to be defrocked over abuse scandals
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 15 February 2019
Friday Five: SBC abuse, Mabel Grammer's faith, power of nuance, 'fourth-trimester' abortions
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Israeli city breaks with status quo on the Sabbath
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: israel Pulse)
Archaeologists may have found the Old Testament City of Ai
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Louisiana College leaves CCCU over support for 'Fairness for All' LGBT compromise
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Mississippi passes 'heartbeat' abortion ban, gov. says he'll sign into law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
California must pay pro-life pregnancy centers $399K , judge rules
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Catholic woman sues S.C., HHS over waiver to Christians-only foster agency; claims discrimination
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Trump meets with abortion survivor, rallies pro-lifers to push for laws protecting babies
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Trump tells 4,500 pro-life leaders on call: Late-term abortion is ‘execution’
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Texas chapel fenced off from border wall funding
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
In Haiti, bishops say country must ‘wake up’ to solve national problems
(Catholic News Agency)
South Korean bishops call for an end to the death penalty
(Catholic News Agency)
UK doctors perform prenatal surgery on child with a birth defect
(Catholic News Agency)
Aid agencies highlight Christian persecution on anniversary of 'Coptic Martyrs'
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Charges filed against detained Iranian Christian
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
District Council in Pakistan votes to employ only Christians as sweepers
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
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