Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 14 October 2024

A Sri Lankan paradox: The COVID-19 pandemic and political change
(Katherine Marshall and Vinya Ariyaratne, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Friday, 4 October 2024

Pasquinelli and others v San Marino – The momentous competing interests of the community as a whole against healthcare workers refusing the COVID-19 vaccine
(Petra Järvinen and Ville Vikman, Strasbourg Observers)

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Orthodox churches boomed during pandemic, study finds, but calls growth ‘mixed bag’
(Meagan Saliashvili, Religion News Service)

Friday, 6 September 2024

Sri Lanka approves burial and cremation rights bill
(Devdiscourse)

Friday, 23 August 2024

Claim that deprioritizing religious vaccine exemption requests violates Title VII moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Appeals court rules against Dave Ramsey’s company in COVID-era religious discrimination case
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Friday, 2 August 2024

Delaware Supreme Court dismisses suits challenging prior covid restrictions on houses of worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 31 July 2024

7th Circuit gives broad interpretation of "religious" claims under Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

3rd Circuit: Jury issues remain in suit over religious exemption from covid vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Sri Lanka’s cremation apology fails to enthuse minorities
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Navy SEALs, personnel denied religious accommodation from COVID vaccine mandate reach settlement with Navy
(First Liberty)

Monday, 8 July 2024

Religious San Francisco BART workers settle Covid vaccine case
(Isaiah Poritz, Bloomberg Law)

Friday, 21 June 2024

9th Circuit reverses dismissal of suit challenging refusal to grant religious exemptions to vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 27 May 2024

8th Circuit reverses dismissal of suit for failure to accommodate religious objections to vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious exemption claim brought by employees who objected to covid vaccination and testing can go forward
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Judge: Religious day cares in California must follow state laws, even while indignant
(Sam Ribakoff, Courthouse News Service)

Friday, 10 May 2024

Federal court rules University of Colorado vaccine policies “motivated by religious animus”
(Thomas More Society)

Friday, 26 April 2024

Qualified immunity granted in denial of religious exemption from vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Denial of religious exemption from vaccine mandate upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

Denial of religious exemption from vaccine mandate did not violate Title VII or Constitution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Catholic group calls on UK’s COVID-19 inquiry to look at impact on faith groups
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Australia: Should an employer's religious views influence a dismissal decision?
(Paulinet Tamaray, HCAMag)

Law firm beats COVID vax refuser's religious bias, ADA suit
(Emmy Freedman, Law360)

Unvaccinated employee awarded unemployment benefits after denial of religious exemption
(New England Biz Law)

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Title VII challenge to denial of vaccine exemption survives motion to dismiss
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 9 February 2024

Expressed hostility to religious belief of vaccine exemption applicant did not violate 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Court rules on class action certification of claims by religious objectors to covid vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 19 January 2024

Denial of vaccine mandate exemption for nurse is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

School did not violate Title VII in denying religious exemption to covid rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 12 January 2024

Canada: Charges against Canadians who defended religious freedom stayed
(Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms)

Friday, 5 January 2024

Shriners Hopsital beats worker Covid vaccine religious bias case
(Jennifer Bennett, Bloomberg Law)

City could not require pastor's certificate as condition of vaccine exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 1 December 2023

British Appeals Court upholds preacher's fraud conviction for selling COVID preventative
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Employee fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccination sues Colorado company
(Logan Smith, CBS Colorado)

Friday, 24 November 2023

Appeals court upholds denial of unemployment benefits to health care worker who was denied religious exemption from vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Justices skip religious Maine health workers' Covid vaccine suit
(Patrick Dorrian, Bloomberg Law)

Friday, 20 October 2023

Employees' objections to covid vaccine were not religious
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 9 October 2023

China: A family shattered for 24 years – the story of Falun Gong activist Fang Bin
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

1st Circuit remands covid vaccine religious exemption case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Employees failed to show sincere religious beliefs for vaccine exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 22 September 2023

New decisions on covid vaccine religious objection claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Canada: Manitoba churches appealing unjustified church closures to the Supreme Court of Canada
(Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms)

Religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccine mandate would cause undue hardship
(Robert S. Teachout, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM))

Friday, 8 September 2023

Religion and private law
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Canada: 'I am guilty': Plea by controversial pastor resolves all COVID-related charges
(Heather Rivers, The London Free Press)

Friday, 1 September 2023

Court ok's denial of unemployment benefits for religious objector to covid vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Title VII claim for denying religious exemption from vaccine mandate moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Canada: Charges withdrawn against Fairview Baptist Church
(Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms)

Friday, 18 August 2023

European Court of Human Rights to settle Covid worship question
(Lois McLatchie Miller, Scottish Legal News)

Friday, 11 August 2023

Canada's top court refuses appeal from B.C. churches protesting COVID-19 restrictions
(CBC News)

Monday, 7 August 2023

Houses of worship would be exempt from emergency orders under proposed constitutional amendment [Wisconsin]
(Anya van Wagtendonk, Wisconsin Public Radio)

Wednesday, 2 August 2023

ECtHR challenge to COVID restrictions on public worship
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Monday, 31 July 2023

Arguments submitted at Europe’s top human rights court on COVID worship ban
(ADF International)

Friday, 28 July 2023

EEOC Report: COVID-19 vaccine-related employment disputes fuel surge of religious discrimination claims
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Some claimed exemptions from vaccine mandate were not religious in nature
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 26 July 2023

In vaccine debate, lawmakers target religious exemption
(Alison Kuznitz, NBC 10 Boston)

Friday, 21 July 2023

New book: An Epidemic among My People: Religion, Politics, and COVID-19 in the United States
(Edited by Paul A. Djupe and Amanda Friesen, Temple University Press)

Wednesday, 19 July 2023

Denial of teacher's religious exemption from covid vaccine mandate is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 14 July 2023

Korea: Seoul city loses suit against church over COVID-19 spread
(Hwang Jang-jin, Yonhap News Agency)

Mississippi, under judge’s order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

New Virginia law offers churches additional protections against being shut down
(Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency)

Monday, 26 June 2023

3 courts rule on claims for religious exemptions from covid vaccine mandates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ethical veganism, COVID vaccine and employment: Owen v Willow Tower
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Friday, 23 June 2023

Through personal ups and downs, they've waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories
(Fares Akram, Niniek Karmini, Abby Sewell, Mariam Fam, and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Tennessee Human Rights Act does not require religious accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 2 June 2023

Football coach can proceed on some claims against university after termination for refusing covid vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 29 May 2023

1st Circuit: Free Exercise claim by Maine healthcare workers over COVID mandate may move forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 22 May 2023

COVID-19 and the decline of religion in America
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Ninth Circuit renews San Francisco employees’ lawsuit over vaccine mandates
(Candace Cheung, Courthouse News Service)

Friday, 12 May 2023

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2023): The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religious minorities
(International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF))

Friday, 5 May 2023

Brazil: Restriction of religious freedom in the pandemic and its legislative competence (Portuguese)
(Fernando Capez, Conjur)

Monday, 1 May 2023

Court calls for fuller explanation for denying religious exemption from covid vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 14 April 2023

Dismissal recommended in healthcare worker's claim for religious exemption from vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 12 April 2023

Slovakia: Former EU religious freedom champion challenges 2021 Covid-19 worship restrictions
(Evangelical Focus)

Wednesday, 5 April 2023

Former EU Envoy for Freedom of Religion tackles Covid restrictions on public worship at Europe’s Top Human Rights Court
(ADF International)

Friday, 31 March 2023

11th Circuit: Jewish student's masking objections do not get 1st Amendment protection
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 27 March 2023

NYPD administrative review of religious exemption claim was arbitrary
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

COVID-19 sent houses of worship online. Will congregations come back in person?
(Ryan Burge, Religion News Service)

Friday, 17 March 2023

J.M. Smucker is not a state actor
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

6th Circuit: Employees have no free exercise claim against company that denied them a religious exemption from vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

COVID order violated priest's free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Webinar in Geneva: Conflict, children, climate, and COVID
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Friday, 10 March 2023

Federal judge pauses church’s fight over Santa Clara Covid rules
(Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service)

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Minnesota appeals court decides when religious reasons for vaccine refusal were proven
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion and the lawbreaking Supreme Court
(Andrew Koppelman, The Hill)

Friday, 3 March 2023

Reasonable limits: how far does religious freedom go in Canada?
(Dwight Newman, Cardus)

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on freedom of religion or belief in Turkey report is published
(İnanç Özgürlüğü Girişimi)

Court rejects free exercise claim of judge who was not reappointed because of vaccination status
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

5th Circuit rejects pastor's jurisdictional theory of religion clauses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Denial of NYPD officer's religious objection to vaccination was arbitrary and capricious
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 10 February 2023

2nd Circuit hears arguments on religious objections to NYC employee vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge England condemns lawless executive power in Moscow, ID
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Court tells city to negotiate damages after its wrongful arrest of "psalm sing" protesters against covid restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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