Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Justice Kennedy strikes a blow for the dignity of the faithful
(David French, National Review)
Supreme Court in narrow decision reverses order against wedding cake baker
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colorado wedding cake baker wins before US Supreme Court
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Absurd application of anti-evangelism law
(Roman Lunkin, Religiia i pravo)
Newspaper interviews Christensen defense attorney
(Alena Posadskaia, 7x7 Journal)
Fourth week of Christensen trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Moscow Jehovah's Witnesses transferred property to Austrian fellow believers
(Portal-Credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Prosecutor in Krasnodar territory prevents protection of Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(Website of the Prosecutor's Office of Krasnodar Territory, Russia Religion News)
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Masterpiece Cakeshop, leaves central question unanswered
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Where the justices found middle ground in gay wedding cake case
(The National Law Journal (paywall))
In 'Masterpiece' Case, why did SCOTUS snub weddinng cakes as art?
(Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal (paywall))
Masterpiece Cakeshop: Broad enough to matter
(The Editors, National Review)
Masterpiece Cakeshop: No victory for religious liberty
(Darel E. Paul, First Things)
UN releases first education guide on fighting anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)
Court sees 'hostility' to religious beliefs in case of baker and same-sex couple
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
Supreme Court bemoans 'hostility' to religion in wedding cake case, but what about Trump's 'Muslim ban?'
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
The 'Masterpiece Cakeshop' decision is not as harmless as you think
(Sarah Posner, The Nation)
Discrimination case caused turmoil for Colorado rights panel
(James Anderson, Associated Press)
Analysis: SCOTUS rules 7-2 against anti-religious bullying, but punts on key legal question
(Guy Benson, Townhall)
Masterpiece Cakeshop is a setback for liberty
(Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review)
Why an Orthodox group says the Supreme Court’s cake shop ruling is good for the Jews
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling is a win for religious freedom, but it may be bad news for Trump in the travel-ban case
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)
Colorado baker case hints at how Supreme Court will rule on Trump travel ban
(Richard Garnett, CNBC)
Christian baker wins Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop case
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Five takeaways from Supreme Court's decision in favor of Colorado baker who turned away gay couple
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
LDS Church responds to Supreme Court ruling about baker, same-sex wedding case
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
7-2 is the new 5-4*
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice blog)
Christian baker 1, officious bureaucrats 0
(Rich Lowry, National Review)
Religious freedom lawsuit looms over Deschutes County church decision
(Julia Shumway, The Bulletin)
Church suspends sacraments as deadly Ebola outbreak spreads
(Religion News Service)
Arrested for praying, released detainee now prays about next steps
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Penza pastor fined for violating anti-evangelism law
(Official website of Prosecutor's Office of Penza oblast, Russia Religion News)
Why New Jersey’s Orthodox stalled a bill banning child marriages
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jesuits denounce threats; protection sought for Nicaraguan bishop
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
Hindu nationalists trample papal image, call for Christian-free India
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Iraq’s challenges call for proactive Church, patriarch tells clergy
(Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service)
3 suicide bombers kill at least 6 in Niger mosque attack
(Dalatou Mamane, Associated Press)
Indiana teacher challenges district transgender name policy
(Associated Press)
Challenge may proceed against school policy of disciplining students who refuse to recite pledge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Veteran has standing to challenge therapist bill As Establishment Clause violation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Business says its reputation tanked after shunning LGBTQ group, sues for $2.3M
(Aimee Green, Oregon Live)
Church sued by manager of its event space over LGBTQ access
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The smell of death
(R. R. Reno, First Things)
1st Muslim in Congress wants to take on Trump in court
(Kyle Potter, Associated Press)
Defining and defending human rights: Europe and America part ways when it comes to “religious freedom”
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Planning for the next Accession and Coronation
(Robert Hazell and Bob Morris, guest post, Law & Religion UK)
Ill-treatment in the war against terror: the cases of Al Nashiri v. Romania and Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania
(Christina Kosin, Strasbourg Observers)
Second Christian leader in two weeks kidnapped in Burkina Faso
(World Watch Monitor)
More on the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS))
Kazakhstan passes religion law that "undermines principles of human rights"
(World Watch Monitor)
Kazakhstan: Restrictive legal amendments reach Senate
(Forum 18 News Service)
Monday, 4 June 2018
CAR’s clerics warn against attempts to divide Christians and Muslims
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan: Christians told they can’t have a church in Muslim-majority village
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
The religious right didn’t get the Supreme Court victory it hoped for. Yet
(Paul Waldman, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court rules in favor of baker who declined to serve gay wedding
(Catholic News Agency)
Supreme Court rules for Colorado baker in same-sex wedding cake case
(Ariane de Vogu, CNN Politics)
Race, religion is not relevant in appointment of civil servants — Pusat KOMAS
(Malay Mail)
Nepal’s anti-conversion law about to be implemented
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
U.S. report on religious freedom critical of Sudan
(Zeinab Mohammed Salih, U.S. News & World Report)
Christian-majority Indian state is wary of new hard-line Hindu governor
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Spain’s bishops look warily at new PM, urge ‘social cohesion’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A secular Muslim’s guide to drinking alcohol during Ramadan
(Khaled Diab, The Washington Post)
Trump to host Ramadan dinner
(Andrew Restuccia and Nahal Toosi, Politico)
Italy’s 5-Stars step back from minister’s anti-gay remarks
(Associated Press)
Catholic anti-liberalism and religious liberty
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Texas church’s ‘dangerous isms’ include Judaism, Islamism
(Associated Press)
6th and 7th Circuits reject challenge to "In God We Trust" on currency
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
FACEA's protection of churches does not violate Commerce Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
City violated Establishment Clause by sponsoring prayer vigil
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iowa Supreme Court dismisses negligence, but not negligent supervision, claims against church elders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenges Arkansas Capitol Ten Commandments monument
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anlässlich Putin Besuch – Appell an Politiker: “Österreich kann nicht einfach zur Tagesordnung übergehen”
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Signs of momentum in religious freedom policy
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Bombing targets Afghan clerics calling for peace, killing 7
(Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah, Associated Press)
Texas mosque welcomes members of church damaged by car crash
(Associated Press)
Dallas-area church targets ‘dangerous isms,’ such as Judaism
(Associated Press)
Judge: ‘In God We Trust’ on money isn’t religion endorsement
(Associated Press)
Aborting for Down syndrome – and eventually autism? Slate doesn't spot the religion ghost
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
BREAKING: Jack Phillips wins his case
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Read the opinion: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commissioner
(Slip Opinion, Supreme Court of the United States)
Opinion analysis: Court rules (narrowly) for baker in same-sex-wedding-cake case
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Breaking news: SCOTUS rules in favour of Masterpiece Cakeshop
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
In narrow ruling, Supreme Court gives victory to baker who refused to make cake for gay wedding
(Pete Williams, ABC News)
Supreme Court rules 7-2 for Christian baker in Masterpiece Cakeshop case
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Supreme Court sides with baker who turned away gay couple
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Supreme Court rules in favor of baker who would not make wedding cake for gay couple
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
What's at stake when the Supreme Court rules on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Freedom does not stop at the bakery door
(Deroy Murdock, National Review)
The key principle in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case was litigated in 1968 (Newman v. Piggie Park)
(Cristian Farias)
Documents page: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
(Oopinion, SCOTUSblog)
Law and religion round-up – 3rd June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Supreme Court throws out lower-court decision that allowed immigrant teenager to obtain abortion
(Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
New PM’s swearing-in ceremony prompts question: just how secular is Spain?
(Lucía González, El País)
Gay Americans have little to fear from the Supreme Court’s compromise in Masterpiece Cakeshop
(Mark Jospeh Stern, Slate)
Jun 3: Irreligious Americans are more religious than religious Europeans, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Sunday, 3 June 2018
Turkey returns confiscated Syriac church property deeds
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Is “In God We Trust” a secular motto? Does using money have religious significance?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Saturday, 2 June 2018
India: 2017 saw 20% increase in atrocities against Christians, says lawyer
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Closure of India’s Emmanuel Mission office halts education of 74 children
(Tejaswi Ravinder, World Watch Monitor)
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