Click here to view full article at www.capecodtimes.com The Supreme Court made an important ruling this week, and like the cases involving Hobby Lobby and the Little Sisters of the Poor, it involved the rights of religious conscience and the ability to uphold personal values in the workplace and marketplace.…
SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision Rests on Antireligious Rhetoric
Click here to view full article at www.bu.edu LAW’s Linda McClain says that while the Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado baker needn’t service a gay wedding, the opinion also included important statements about the legitimacy of state antidiscrimination law protecting civil rights. Photo credit: isitsharp/iStock Supreme Court Justice Anthony…
Supreme Court scolds Commission for hostility toward religion
Click here to view full article at www.koaa.com FILE – In this March 10, 2014, file photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. COLORADO SPRINGS – In a 7-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court Monday ruled in favor of a Colorado…
Some Reflections on Animus and “Adjudicatory Bodies”
Click here to view full article at lawandreligionforum.org Another slightly longer thought on the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision. Many were interested to see how the role of “animus” might affect the outcome in the case, and specifically the free exercise leg of the case. Animus played a starring role. Animus mattered…
Gay Americans Have Little to Fear From the Supreme Court’s Compromise in Masterpiece Cakeshop
Click here to view full article at slate.com Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins embrace outside the US Supreme Court as Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is heard on December 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. Like a good wedding cake, the Supreme Court’s 7–2 decision on Monday in Masterpiece…
Gay Americans Have Little to Fear From the Supreme Court’s Compromise in Masterpiece Cakeshop
Click here to view full article at slate.com Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins embrace outside the US Supreme Court as Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is heard on December 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. Like a good wedding cake, the Supreme Court’s 7–2 decision on Monday in Masterpiece…
Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake
Click here to view full article at finance.yahoo.com FILE – In this March 10, 2014, file photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. The Supreme Court is setting aside a Colorado court ruling against a baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake…
U.S. Supreme Court backs Christian baker who spurned gay couple
Click here to view full article at in.reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory on narrow grounds to a Colorado Christian baker who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, stopping short of setting a major precedent allowing…
Supreme Court rules on narrow grounds for baker who refused to create same-sex couple’s wedding cake
Click here to view full article at www.kiiitv.com Colorado "cake artist" Jack Phillips asked the Supreme Court for the right to refuse creating a wedding cake for a gay couple’s celebration. WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court on Monday absolved a Colorado baker of discrimination for refusing to create a…
Breaking news: SCOTUS rules in favour of Masterpiece Cakeshop
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. is a Colorado bakery owned and operated by Jack Phillips, an expert baker and devout Christian. On 4 June, in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd et al v Colorado Civil Rights Commission et al 584 U. S. ____ (2018) 3 ,…
Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
Click here to view full article at www.nytimes.com Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, exits the Supreme Court in December. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker on Monday in a closely watched case pitting gay rights against claims of religious freedom. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing…
Readers’ recent queries and comments – early June
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Readers’ recent queries and comments – early June
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
May a Roman Catholic hospital dismiss a Roman Catholic employee for divorce and remarriage?: IR v JQ
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com Advocate General Wathelet has issued his Opinion in IR (Social policy – Occupational activities of churches – Opinion) [2018] EUECJ C-68/17 O . The facts The Roman Catholic Church in Germany requires that Church managerial employees such as doctors who are Heads…
Appeals Court Upholds ‘In God We Trust’ On US Currency
Click here to view full article at dailycaller.com An American 20 dollar bill note. (YouTube screenshot/NowThis World) A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the federal government can lawfully print “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency. Though the result is a victory…
EU court defends Catholic doctor’s right to divorce
Click here to view full article at www.irishtimes.com German hospital not entitled to fire surgeon who divorced and remarried in a civil ceremony The complainant, named as JQ, was head of the Internal Medicine Department of a Catholic hospital in Düsseldorf. A Catholic hospital in Germany was not entitled to…
The Supreme Court May Soon Set Boundaries on Religious Exercise and Use of Property
Click here to view full article at www.thenewamerican.com Very soon, the Supreme Court of the United States will issue a “ruling” that at once will draw legal boundaries around the acceptable exercise of religion in this country and will set rules for the acceptable use one may make of his…
NFL’s Anti-Kneeing Policy Does Not Violate Players’ Constitutional or Employment Rights
Click here to view full article at www.natlawreview.com Last week, the NFL sought to end the political controversy surrounding some players kneeling during the national anthem by enacting a policy fining teams if players kneeled during the Star-Spangled Banner. Under the new policy, players could stay in the locker room…
Why I don’t support the decision to tax Church Ministers
Click here to view full article at sobserver.ws Re: Church opposes tax law I do not support this law by the Samoa government. It is NOT RIGHT and it has many bad consequences if enforced. First of all the money donated by the parishioners or members of a congregation to…
Australian bishops call for religious freedom laws to be updated after government receives report
Click here to view full article at catholicleader.com.au Religious freedom: Jesuit Father Frank Brennan, former attorney general Philip Ruddock and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. THE Federal Government has received a report into religious freedom in Australia, but it could be weeks before the findings are made public. Prime Minister Malcolm…
Readers’ recent queries and comments – late May
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Readers’ recent queries and comments – late May
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Hironimus-Wendt on religion and free speech in schools, May 23, 2018
Click here to view full article at www.teutopolispress.com Dear Editor, This past week in my little community, graduation took on deep significance. One of our favorite sons, our “Valedictorian,” was told that he could not give a speech he had lovingly prepared. Mr. Blackledge wanted to acknowledge his Christian faith…
Judge rules Christian baker does not have to make gay ‘wedding’ cake
Click here to view full article at www.lifesitenews.com Cathy Miller of Tastries Bakery BAKERSFIELD, California, May 23, 2018 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A California judge has issued his final judgment in favor of a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex “wedding,” ruling that cakes celebrating…
US education secretary attacks separation of church and state
Click here to view full article at www.wsws.org US Education Secretary billionaire Betsy DeVos. Credit: Gage Skidmore On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her first official visit to New York City. She declined to visit the nation’s largest public school district and instead…