Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Vatican-backed family rally to have speech on welcoming gays
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Why I will miss Charles Krauthammer
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Omid Safi’s ‘Radical Love’ recenters Sufi poetry within Islam
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Georgia church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention over racial discrimination charges
(Holly Meyer, Religion News Service)
I visited the Rohingya camps in Myanmar, and here is what I saw
(Cresa Pugh, Religion News Service)
Religion is uniquely human, but computer simulations may help us understand religious behavior
(Wesley Wildman, Religion News Service)
Why religions of the world condemn suicide
(Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation)
EVENT, 12 June 2018: Beth Crisp - Spirituality and religion: Sustaining individuals and communities or replicating colonisation?
((scroll down), Goldsmiths University of London - Faith and Civil Society Unit)
Evangelicals in Geneva appeal against new laicism law
(Evangelical Focus)
Vatican stalls German bishops’ plan to give Protestants Communion
(Christopher Lamb, Religion News Service)
Was a Colorado Christian activist the unsung hero of the Jack Phillips Supreme Court victory?
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Jim Obergefell, marriage equality plaintiff: Religion is being weaponized against us
(Jim Obergefell, Advocate)
Monday, 11 June 2018
Vatican document hints at new debate over married clergy
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Why the Masterpiece ruling is truly a major win for religious liberty
(John C. Eastman, The Federalist)
Masterpiece Cakeshop: A precursor of battles to come
(Zachary T. Reynolds, Real Clear Religion)
Here's what the court didn't decide in Masterpiece
(Patrick Hornbeck, Religion Dispatches)
SCOTUS's incoherent Masterpiece Cakeshop decision
(Daniel Schultz, Religion Dispatches)
Indiana Republicans are debating gay marriage... amongst themselves
(Daniel Sillman, Religion Dispatches)
Priest finds €36,000 stashed in confessional box at Rome church
(Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian)
Victorian pews sold off in battle for the heart of Bath Abbey
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Chile sexual abuse scandal: pope accepts resignations of bishops
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Pope Francis tells oil bosses world must reduce fossil fuel use
(Reuters in Vatican City, The Guardian)
Earth to planet Catholic: Francis Papacy is no picnic
(Mary E. Hunt, Religion Dispatches)
NSW to change laws to allow child abuse survivors to sue churches
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
Grenfell one year on: the mosque manager who took in survivors
(Kate Kellaway, The Guardian)
Denmark swings right on immigration – and Muslims feel besieged
(Richard Orange, The Guardian)
Hospice staff ‘trained to report dying patients as part of terror strategy’
(Diane Taylor, The Guardian)
Highly skilled migrants still face deportation despite Javid promise
(Amelia Hill, The Guardian)
Anthony Bourdain offered a refreshing look at religion and faith
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Trans-woman suing beauty spa for refusing to wax her legs
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Crossfit fired their spokesman, a Christian pastor, for anti-LGBTQ pride tweets
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
First turban wearing Sikh in British army is proud of tradition
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Forgotten religion Kosmon finds resurgence in modern era
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
This Jewish synagogue became a safe haven to people of any faith
(Georgia Gleoudi, World Religion News)
US missionary, captive for 20 months, is alive, reports Niger’s president
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Convert in Sweden tells of ‘nightmares every night’ amid fears of deportation and Iranian jail
(World Watch Monitor)
Burkina Faso: Kidnappers release pastor and his family after four days
(World Watch Monitor)
‘Christianity in Syria is under threat from forces the West is supporting’
(World Watch Monitor)
How much freedom do Egypt's female preachers really have?
(Amr Eltohamy, Al-Monitor)
Mike Pence to address National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast & Conference
(Greta Anderson, Al Día)
Religion and politics in Kyrgyzstan: A study of Chubak Aji’s sympathizers – analysis
(Cholpon Kainazarova, Eurasia Review)
Democracy the antidote against IS: M.J. Akbar
(The Hindu)
Ethnicity vs religious identity: What does being a Muslim actually mean?
(Khaled Diab, The New Arab)
Pioneering interreligious relations
(Maayan Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)
The world needs more ethics says Nigerian academic-priest at international higher education conference
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
What religion gives us (that science can’t)
(Stephen T. Asma, The New York Times)
Quicken Loans makes it kosher for Orthodox Jews to take out a mortgage
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US Supreme Court won’t hear S Carolina Episcopal church case
(Associated Press)
Priest fatally shot at altar of Philippine Catholic church
(Associated Press)
Could the Church take a risk? Thinking about abortion after Ireland
(Cathleen Kaveny, Commonweal)
Extremist attacks rise in energy-rich province in Mozambique
(Christopher Torchia, Associated Press)
Arkansas judge seeks to dismiss complaint over demonstration
(Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press)
Remains of archbishop known for TV preaching can be moved
(Associated Press)
Turkey condemns Austria's 'racist' move to close seven mosques
(Kate Connolly, The Guardian)
Austria: Government shuts seven mosques, prepares to expel 40 Turkey-funded imams
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Austria closes 7 mosques, targets up to 60 foreign-funded imams
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Austria to close seven mosques, expel imams
(Nadine Schmidt and Judith Vonberg, CNN)
Austria closes 7 mosques and seeks to expel imams paid by Turkey
(Melissa Eddy, The New York Times)
Court rules Archbishop Sheen’s remains can be moved to Peoria
(Howard Packowitz, WJBC)
Court allows Archbishop Sheen's remains to be moved to Illinois
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Schwartz & Tatalovich, “The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Some like it not: Marilyn Monroe statue has church venting
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Religions in the New Silk Road (China’s Belt & Road Initiative)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Business peacemakers in Asia
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Business and Peace Declaration on North Korea
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Pope begins purge in Chilean church over sex abuse scandal
(Niciole Winfield, Associated Press Top News)
Law and religion round-up – 10th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Jun 10: Baker wins at Supreme Court, Trump holds iftar, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Fifty years after Humanae vitae, is opposition to birth control a lost cause?
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Vice President concerned about aid to Iraqi Christians and Yazidis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why do so many Mormons back Trump? Some say it's about the land
(Jeremy Miller, The Guardian)
Statement from the Office of the Vice President
(The White House)
Surpreme Court denies review in two church property cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sikh soldier becomes first to wear turban for trooping the colour
(Nadia Khomami, The Guardian)
Sunday, 10 June 2018
"Hijab is a head covering, it's not a religion" - comedienne, Helen Paul insists she's not wrong using hijab in comedy skits
(Information Nigeria)
Saturday, 9 June 2018
Why weren’t Christians the ones to ‘ruin’ Miss America?
(Mandy McMichael, Religion News Service)
We need a Supreme Court decision defending religious liberty. The Cakeshop case wasn’t it.
(Nathan Lewin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Bake me a cake / As fast as you can… Masterpiece Cakeshop
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Public accommodation law upheld against religious claims in first post-Masterpiece Cakeshop decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brush & Nib Studio LC v. City of Phoenix
(Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One)
The Fred Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor feels radically subversive
(Alissa Wilkinson, Vox)
Lawsuit: Government negligent in Texas church massacre
(Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press Religion)
Friday, 8 June 2018
U.N. human-rights dissonance: from religious freedom to criminalizing blasphemy
(Aaron Rhodes & Roger Pilon, National Review)
How Europeans are fighting back against Sunday trading
(Matthew Schmitz, Catholic Herald)
In red-state Oklahoma, marijuana ballot question splits people of faith
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Philippine church leaders oppose pistol-packing priests
(Catholic News Service)
Court dismisses suit over Northern Ireland abortion law, on technicality
(news age)
After Ireland loss, pro-lifers hope for historic comeback in Argentina
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New Hampshire’s transgender anti-discrimination bill signed
(Kathy McCormack, Associated Press)
Death Penalty: UN experts urge Mauritania to repeal anti-blasphemy law
(United Nations)
Marriage ban for minors passes legislature
(Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal)
New Jersey legislature again votes to ban all marriages for those under 18
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
‘Ramadan Mubarak’: Trump hosts first iftar dinner
(Jill Colvin and Anne Flaherty, Associated Press)
President hosts Iftar dinner at White House
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim woman sues former employer, a Hanover care facility, she said told her to remove her hijab
(Michael O'Connor, Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Muslim woman sues under Title VII over failure to accommodate hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court upholds NY congregation as owners of Newport’s Touro Synagogue
(Katie Mulvaney, Providence Journal)
En banc hehearing denied in Touro synagogue dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan secular wedding celebrants challenge religious privilege in solemnizing marriages
(Press Release, Center for Inquiry)
Suit seeks recognition of non-religious wedding officiants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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