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In Satanic Temple Challenge To Abortion Law"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-1396304516746014790"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-23T14:11:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-23T14:11:09.891-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"RLUIPA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Standing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"US Supreme Court"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Supreme Court Denies Review In RLUIPA Standing Case"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in \u003Ci\u003ERabbinical College v. Pomona, NY,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Docket No. 20-14, \u003Ci\u003Ecertiorari\u003C\/i\u003E denied 11\/23\/2020). (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/112320zor_7l48.pdf\"\u003EOrder List\u003C\/a\u003E.) In the case, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in a 104-page opinion affirmed in part the judgment in favor of those supporting construction of a rabbinical school in a New York village, but held that the College lacks standing to pursue some of its claims. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2019\/12\/2nd-circuit-rabbinical-college-prevails.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp; The College \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/20\/20-14\/147048\/20200706195502636_19-%20Petition.pdf\"\u003Esought Supreme Court review\u003C\/a\u003E on the issue of when a property owner has standing to assert a RLUIPA challenge to a zoning law that prohibits a particular land use.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1396304516746014790"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1396304516746014790"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/supreme-court-denies-review-in-rluipa.html","title":"Supreme Court Denies Review In RLUIPA Standing Case"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-5558324653220127937"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-23T07:00:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-23T07:00:06.160-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Articles of interest"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Recent Articles of Interest"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom SSRN:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELarry O. Natt Gantt, II, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3729403\"\u003EReframing the Wellness Challenges in the Legal Profession as Opportunities for Christian Lawyers to Be Salt and Light\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(16 The Christian Lawyer 3 (Fall 2020)).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBarry Winston Bussey, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3698265\"\u003EBlazing the Path: Freedom of Conscience as the Prototypical Right\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Supreme Court Law Review 2nd Series, volume 98, 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIsaac Sommers, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3702548\"\u003ESuffering for Her Faith: The Importance of an Intersectional Perspective on Gendered Religious Persecution in International Law\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 61, No. 2, Pages 511–558, Summer 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELee-ford Tritt, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3705553\"\u003ELitigation Blues for Red-State Trusts: Judicial Construction Issues for Wills and Trusts\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Florida Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 841, 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJeroen Temperman, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3702987\"\u003EBlasphemy and the European Court of Human Rights: A Small Step Forward, A Giant Leap Back\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(European Yearbook on Human Rights (Intersentia, 2019)).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThomas Simmons, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3704911\"\u003ESaint Paul’s Trial Narrative in Acts: Imperium Rōmānum vs. Vasileía tou Theoú\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(South Dakota Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBrian Owsley,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3718000\"\u003EIs The Supreme Court Irrational: Trump v. Hawaii\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/i\u003E(Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Vol. 29, No. 591, 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGuha Krishnamurthi \u0026amp; Charanya Krishnaswami, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3725938\"\u003ETitle VII and Caste Discrimination\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E (November 6, 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMark Sidel \u0026amp; David Moore, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3728925\"\u003EThe Law Affecting Civil Society in Asia: Developments and Challenges for Nonprofit and Civil Society Organizations\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1671 (2020)).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom SSRN (LGBTQ Rights):\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlex Reed,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3708311\"\u003EReligious Nonadherence Claims as a Means of Contesting LGB-Related Employment Bias\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2019).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJames Duane,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3703144\"\u003E'Without Undue Disrespect': An Open Letter to Justice Anthony Kennedy About His Opinion for the Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 138 S.Ct. 1719 (2018).\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlex Reed,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3708494\"\u003EBeyond Bostock: Employment Protections for LGBTQ Workers Not Covered by Title VII\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, Forthcoming).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFrederick Mark Gedicks,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3729440\"\u003EDignity and Discrimination\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Brigham Young University Law Review, 2021 Forthcoming).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom SSRN (Islamic Law):\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEesha Shrotriya \u0026amp; Shantanu Pachauri,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3708184\"\u003ECriminalisation of Triple Talaq: Dissecting the Constitutional and Socio-Legal Aspects\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(NLS Socio-Legal Review Forum, 2019).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdam Baczko, Gilles Dorronsoro, Arthur Quesnay \u0026amp; Maai Youssef, Maai,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3732243\"\u003EThe Rationality of an Eschatological Movement: The Islamist State in Iraq and Syria\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper No. 7, 2016).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETariq Javed,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3702582\"\u003EModern Theories vs Islamic Concept of Jihad Impacting Pakistan Security Dilemma\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), Volume 5, Issue 9, (page 76 - 89), 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFrom \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lib.law.washington.edu\/CILP\/sCILP.html\"\u003ESmartCILP\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMark Strasser, \u003Ci\u003EEstablishment Clause Health on a Restricted, Artificial Lemon Diet\u003C\/i\u003E, [\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals\/bupi29\u0026amp;div=8\u0026amp;id=\u0026amp;page=\"\u003EAbstract\u003C\/a\u003E], (29 Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 169-222 (2019).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENadia B. Ahmad, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3576511\"\u003EFaith-Based Approaches to Ecological Harmony and Environmental Protection\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E21 Rutgers Race \u0026amp; the Law Review 1-22 (2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5558324653220127937"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5558324653220127937"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/recent-articles-of-interest_23.html","title":"Recent Articles of Interest"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-2678412051981358108"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-22T14:30:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-22T14:30:44.979-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Free speech"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ohio"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Transgender"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"6th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Case of Prof Who Refused To Use Student's Preferred Pronouns"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday heard oral arguments in \u003Ci\u003EMeriwether v. Hartop.\u003C\/i\u003E(\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov\/internet\/court_audio\/aud2.php?link=recent\/11-19-2020%20-%20Thursday\/20-3289%20Nicholas%20Meriwether%20v%20Francesca%20Hartop%20et%20al.mp3\u0026amp;name=20-3289%20Nicholas%20Meriwether%20v%20Francesca%20Hartop%20et%20al\"\u003EAudio of full oral arguments\u003C\/a\u003E.) In the case, an Ohio federal district court dismissed a lawsuit by a college philosophy professor who was disciplined by a university when he refused to abide by the school's non-discrimination policy.\u0026nbsp; The professor refused to address a transgender student using the student's preferred gender identity title and pronouns, and instead used only the student's name. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/02\/prof-loses-fight-against-school-rules.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E.) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com\/news\/55309\/ssu-professor-continues-legal-fight-against-university\"\u003EPortsmouth Daily Times\u003C\/a\u003E reports on the oral arguments.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/2678412051981358108"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/2678412051981358108"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/6th-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-in.html","title":"6th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Case of Prof Who Refused To Use Student's Preferred Pronouns"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-8481904289360167423"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-21T19:21:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-21T19:21:14.230-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Conversion therapy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Florida"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Free speech"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"11th Circuit Strikes Down Conversion Therapy Ban"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lc.org\/PDFs\/Attachments2PRsLAs\/112020Otto.pdf\"\u003EOtto v. City of Boca Raton, Florida\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(11th Cir., Nov. 20, 2020), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, struck down city and county ordinances in Florida that ban therapists from engaging in counseling or therapy aimed at changing a minor’s sexual orientation, reducing a minor’s sexual or romantic attractions, or changing a minor’s gender identity or expression. Support to minors undergoing gender transition, however is permitted. The majority said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe understand and appreciate that the therapy is highly controversial. But the First Amendment has no carveout for controversial speech. We hold that the challenged ordinances violate the First Amendment because they are content-based regulations of speech that cannot survive strict scrutiny...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis decision allows speech that many find concerning—even dangerous. But consider the alternative. If the speech restrictions in these ordinances can stand, then so can their inverse. Local communities could prevent therapists from validating a client’s same-sex attractions if the city council deemed that message harmful.... People have intense moral, religious, and spiritual views about these matters—on all sides. And that is exactly why the First Amendment does not allow communities to determine how their neighbors may be counseled about matters of sexual orientation or gender.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJudge Martin, dissenting, said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe majority is correct to say this case implicates sensitive considerations about when and how government bodies may regulate speech. Instances in which a speech restriction is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest are deservedly rare. But they do exist.... I believe the Localities’ narrow regulation of a harmful medical practice affecting vulnerable minors falls within the narrow band of permissibility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/story\/news\/2020\/11\/20\/panel-ruled-against-palm-beach-countys-ban-conversion-therapy\/6360197002\/\"\u003EPalm Beach Post\u003C\/a\u003E reports on the decision.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/8481904289360167423"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/8481904289360167423"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/11th-circuit-strikes-down-conversion.html","title":"11th Circuit Strikes Down Conversion Therapy Ban"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-8787410641238949624"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-20T16:46:00.007-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-20T16:47:14.294-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Church disputes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ecclesiastical abstention"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Maryland"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Court Says Church Trustees Had Authority To Remove Pastor"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EIn\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.state.md.us\/data\/opinions\/cosa\/2020\/1258s19.pdf\"\u003EVaughn v. Faith Bible Church of Sudlersville\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(MD App., Nov. 19, 2020), a Maryland state appellate court held that under the state's Religious Corporation Act, trustees of the church had the authority to remove its pastor. The court said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChurches in Maryland formally organize as religious corporations and thus, the trustees, not the congregation, constitute the corporation....\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAppellant ... argues that Shore Haven trustees lacked authority to terminate him because the firing of a church pastor is an ecclesiastical matter reserved to the church, not the trustees....\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, here, there was simply no evidence that the Board’s decision was based on disputes regarding religious doctrine, biblical interpretations or other ecclesiastical matters. As stated by appellee, “appellant’s personal behaviors, organizational shortcomings, inability to manage a breakdown in civility, and over-heated remarks about [a Shore Haven trustee] drove” the decision.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/8787410641238949624"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/8787410641238949624"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/court-says-church-trustees-had.html","title":"Court Says Church Trustees Had Authority To Remove Pastor"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-6344397779673700632"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-20T07:05:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-20T07:05:00.486-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Abortion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"District of Columbia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Equal Protection"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Free exercise"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Free speech"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Suit Challenges DC's Refusal To Allow \"Black Pre-Born Lives Matter\" Mural on Street"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003ESuit was filed this week in D.C. federal district court challenging the constitutionality of D.C.'s refusal to allow protesting groups to paint a mural reading \"Black Pre-Born Lives Matter\" on the street near a Planned Parenthood Clinic. It also barred the chalking of the same message. The complaint (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adfmedia.org\/files\/FrederickDouglassComplaint.pdf\"\u003Efull text\u003C\/a\u003E) in \u003Ci\u003EFrederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. v. District of Columbia,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(D DC, filed 11\/18\/2020) points out that murals reading \"Black Lives Matter\" and \"Defund the Police\" were permitted to be painted along other D.C. streets. Plaintiffs contend that this differential treatment violates their free speech, equal protection and free exercise rights.\u0026nbsp; ADF issued a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adfmedia.org\/News\/PRDetail\/11136\"\u003Epress release\u003C\/a\u003E announcing the filing of the lawsuit.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/6344397779673700632"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/6344397779673700632"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/suit-challenges-dcs-refusal-to-allow.html","title":"Suit Challenges DC's Refusal To Allow \"Black Pre-Born Lives Matter\" Mural on Street"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-1917959992591447869"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-20T07:00:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-20T07:00:02.796-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"COVID-19"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Oregon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religious schools"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Oregon COVD-19 Limits On Parochial Schools Upheld"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bendbulletin.com\/coronavirus\/judge-denies-preliminary-challenge-to-governors-coronavirus-orders\/article_0efde34f-855a-5135-92e7-dc200e569f91.html\"\u003EThe Oregonian\u003C\/a\u003E yesterday reported on federal district judge's ruling from the bench in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EHorizon Christian School v. State of Oregon,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(D OR, Nov. 17, 2020) denying a preliminary injunction to three Christian schools challenging Gov. Kate Brown’s COVID-19 executive order that limits the schools to remote instruction. According to the report:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAttorney John Kaempf, representing Horizon Christian School, McMinnville Christian Academy and Life Christian School, had urged the judge to halt the governor’s executive order and allow the three schools to reopen with in-person classes and proper safeguards in place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe argued that gathering communally is a tenet of Catholic education, and not allowing the schools to hold in-person religious classes violates their freedom of religion and expression....\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EU.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman said he found it “utterly implausible,” that the governor’s motive behind her executive order was to shut down religious schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPreviously the court had denied a temporary restraining order in the case. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/oregons-covid-19-limits-on-religious.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1917959992591447869"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1917959992591447869"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/oregon-covd-19-limits-on-parochial.html","title":"Oregon COVD-19 Limits On Parochial Schools Upheld"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-574560465198275907"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:15:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:15:01.475-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Colorado"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Establishment Clause"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Free exercise"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Police conduct"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"10th Circuit Dismisses Objections To Attempted Search of Church"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ca10.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/19\/19-1398.pdf\"\u003EAguilera v. City of Colorado Springs,\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(10th Cir., Nov. 18, 2020), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights claim brought by the High Priestess\/ Property Manager of Green Faith Ministry who objected to an attempt by a police officer and fire marshals to inspect the ministry's building. Officers apparently suspected marijuana usage or occupancy standard violations. The court rejected plaintiff's complaint that one officer told her to \"praise the Lord.\" The court said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAguilera’s amended complaint does not allege facts indicating that an objective observer would view Officer Vargason’s purpose in saying “Praise the Lord” as an official endorsement of religion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe court also rejected plaintiff's free exercise claim, concluding:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAguilera has failed to allege that any defendant burdened her exercise of religious beliefs or practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/574560465198275907"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/574560465198275907"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/10th-circuit-dismisses-objections-to.html","title":"10th Circuit Dismisses Objections To Attempted Search of Church"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-1621483979519956524"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:10:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:10:06.879-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"FBI"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hate crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"FBI Releases 2019 Hate Crime Statistics"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EThis week, the FBI released its \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/ucr.fbi.gov\/hate-crime\/2019\"\u003E2019 Hate Crime Statistics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E. According to the Report, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/ucr.fbi.gov\/hate-crime\/2019\/topic-pages\/incidents-and-offenses\"\u003Eof the 7,103 single-bias incidents\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;19.9% of the offenses, and 21.4% of the incidents, were motivated by religious bias. Of the offenses motivated by religious bias:\u0026nbsp; 60.3% were anti-Jewish; 13.3% percent were anti-Islamic (Muslim); 4.0% were anti-Catholic; 3.6% were anti-Other Christian; 3.0% were anti-Sikh; 2.8% were anti-Eastern Orthodox (Russian, Greek, Other); 2.5 percent were anti-multiple religions; 1.5% were anti-Protestant; 0.8% were anti-Mormon; 0.4% were anti-Hindu; 0.4% were anti-Jehovah’s Witness; 0.4% were anti-Atheism\/Agnosticism; 0.3% were anti-Buddhist. The prior year's report showed 20.2% of the offenses motivated by religious bias. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2019\/11\/fbi-releases-2018-hate-crime-statistics.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E.) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/press-releases\/adl-calls-for-improved-hate-crime-reporting-in-response-to-new-fbi-data\"\u003EADL\u003C\/a\u003E issued a press release commenting on the Report, as did \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/muslimadvocates.org\/2020\/11\/muslim-advocates-2019-fbi-data-undercounts-hate-crimes\/\"\u003EMuslim Advocates\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1621483979519956524"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1621483979519956524"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/fbi-releases-2019-hate-crime-statistics.html","title":"FBI Releases 2019 Hate Crime Statistics"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-6972645562599979251"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:05:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:05:00.389-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religious liberty"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"New Report On Attitudes Toward Religious Liberty"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EBecket Fund for Religious Liberty this week released its second annual \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/becketnewsite\/Religious-Freedom-Index-Report-2020.pdf\"\u003EReligious Freedom Index\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Ea 90-page report on American attitudes toward religion, culture and the law. The Executive Summary says in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[T]he Index asks questions that provide insights into opinion on past, present, and future religious liberty topics. These responses statistically group into six dimensions that contribute to the yearly Index score: 1)Religious Pluralism, 2) Religion and Policy, 3) Religious Sharing, 4) Religion in Society, 5) Church and State, and 6) Religion in Action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.becketlaw.org\/index\/\"\u003EBecket website\u003C\/a\u003E has additional information.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/6972645562599979251"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/6972645562599979251"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/new-report-on-attitudes-toward.html","title":"New Report On Attitudes Toward Religious Liberty"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-5402685079502123663"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:00:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-19T07:00:04.916-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creche"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Establishment Clause"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indiana"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"7th Circuit Stays, Pending Appeal, Injunction Against Creche On County Property"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;As the holiday season approaches, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 2-1 in \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lc.org\/PDFs\/Attachments2PRsLAs\/2020\/111720JacksonCountyOrderGrantingStay.pdf\"\u003EWoodring v. Jackson County, Indiana\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(7th Cir., Nov. 17, 2020), granted a stay pending appeal of a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/nativity-scene-on-indiana-county.html\"\u003Edistrict court order\u003C\/a\u003E barring the display of a creche on the historical county courthouse-- now county office building-- lawn. The appeal on the merits in the case was argued before the 7th Circuit last week. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/7th-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-in.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E.) Judge dissented, saying:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe relief granted by the stay violates the Establishment Clause. The dominant religious content of the display communicates to a reasonable observer a governmental endorsement of Christianity, a matter as to which governments must remain neutral. In addition, the county waited so long to seek this stay that it cannot plausibly claim it needs emergency relief.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELiberty Counsel issued a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lc.org\/newsroom\/details\/111720-in-county-will-celebrate-with-nativity-scene-1\"\u003Epress release\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(including a photo of the display) announcing the grant of the stay.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5402685079502123663"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5402685079502123663"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/7th-circuit-stays-pending-appeal.html","title":"7th Circuit Stays, Pending Appeal, Injunction Against Creche On County Property"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-4757705526681129891"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-18T07:05:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-18T07:05:04.170-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jewish"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"New York"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religious colleges"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"NY Court Approves Sale of Christian College Campus To Yeshiva"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EUnder \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/codes.findlaw.com\/ny\/notforprofit-corporation-law\/npc-sect-510.html\"\u003ENew York law\u003C\/a\u003E, court approval (or approval by the attorney General) is required for sale of assets of a non-profit educational corporation. In \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/documents\/7328892\/Nyack-College-Sale-Approved.pdf\"\u003EIn re Nyack College\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Sup Ct NY County, Nov. 13, 2020), the court approved the sale of Nyack College's South Nyack campus to\u0026nbsp;Yeshiva of Viznitz D'Khal Torath Chaim in Ramapo. Nyack, a Christian College.\u0026nbsp; According to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/documents\/7328892\/Nyack-College-Sale-Approved.pdf\"\u003ELower Hudson News\u003C\/a\u003E, the Yeshivah plans to operate Jewish religious schools for 250 college age students and 250 high school students.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/4757705526681129891"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/4757705526681129891"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/ny-court-approves-sale-of-christian.html","title":"NY Court Approves Sale of Christian College Campus To Yeshiva"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-7014922823400605050"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-18T07:00:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-18T07:00:05.573-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Colorado"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Same-sex marriage"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Colorado Ban On Discriminating Against Same-Sex Weddings"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;On Monday, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of appeals heard oral arguments (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ca10.uscourts.gov\/oralarguments\/19\/19-1413.mp3\"\u003Eaudio of full arguments\u003C\/a\u003E) in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E303 Creative v. Elenis\u003C\/i\u003E. In the case,\u0026nbsp;plaintiff Lorie Smith wanted to expand her business to design custom websites for couples planning weddings. However she would not provide her services for same-sex weddings.\u0026nbsp; Last year, a Colorado federal district court rejected a constitutional challenge to the application of the \"communications clause\" of Colorado's public accommodation law to Smith's business.\u0026nbsp; That law prohibits publication of any notice or advertisement indicating that services will be withheld on the basis of, among other things, sexual orientation. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/christian-wedding-services-owner-loses.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E.) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/knsiradio.com\/news\/local-news\/court-weighs-challenge-discrimination-law\"\u003EKNSI News\u003C\/a\u003E reports on the oral arguments.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/7014922823400605050"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/7014922823400605050"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/10th-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-in.html","title":"10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Colorado Ban On Discriminating Against Same-Sex Weddings"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-4537470628361784823"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-17T16:54:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-17T16:54:14.141-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fraud"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religious schools"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"West Virginia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"West Virginia Supreme Court Exempts Religious Schools and Camps From Deceptive Practices Ban"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.courtswv.gov\/supreme-court\/docs\/fall2020\/19-1056-walker-p.pdf\"\u003EState of West Virginia ex rel. Morrisey v. Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(WV Sup. Ct., Nov. 16, 2020), the West Virginia Supreme Court held that the deceptive practices provisions of the state's Consumer Credit and Protection Act cannot be applied to educational and recreational services offered by a religious institution. It concluded that state statutory provisions protecting religious schools and institutions lead to this result.\u0026nbsp; It also held that\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ethe entire relationship between Church and State arising from the Attorney General’s application of the Act constitute an excessive entanglement of\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Church and State...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the court:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[T]he Attorney General claimed that the Diocese had violated the deceptive practices provisions when it knowingly employed admitted and credibly-accused sexual abusers in its schools and camps but neither disclosed that material information to consumers nor warned them of the alleged dangers inherent to the educational and recreational services it provided. The Attorney General also claimed that the Diocese had made material misrepresentations regarding the safety of those services....\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJustice Workman filed a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.courtswv.gov\/supreme-court\/docs\/fall2020\/19-1056-sep-workman-p.pdf\"\u003Edissenting opinion\u003C\/a\u003E, saying in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe majority opinion is transparently result-oriented which explains its logical incoherence and sins of omission. The issue before the Court is one of fairness and honesty in commercial communications to the public---potential purchasers of goods and services. The fundamental question involves matters of unfair or deceptive acts or practices in advertising or selling and in advertising based on false promises. That is all. Nothing else is at issue. This case has absolutely nothing to do with the free exercise or expression of religious thought and nothing to do with regulating religious institutions in the sense of excessive State entanglement....\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn conclusion, the majority opinion slams the door shut on enforcement of even the most blatant unfair or deceptive commercial conduct on the grounds that false or misleading advertising was perpetrated by a religious institution.... Ironically, religious institutions have been given an unfair marketplace advantage with respect to their commercial enterprises.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/religion\/wva-high-court-deals-setback-in-states-catholic-church-suit\/2020\/11\/16\/e94e580c-286c-11eb-9c21-3cc501d0981f_story.html\"\u003EAP reports\u003C\/a\u003E on the decision.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/4537470628361784823"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/4537470628361784823"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/west-virginia-supreme-court-exempts.html","title":"West Virginia Supreme Court Exempts Religious Schools and Camps From Deceptive Practices Ban"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-5784449625542987809"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-17T14:24:00.006-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-17T14:24:33.627-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Establishment Clause"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Islam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"New Jersey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religion in schools"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"New Jersey School's Presentation of Islam Did Not Violate Establishment Clause"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/federal\/district-courts\/new-jersey\/njdce\/2:2018cv00966\/365028\/82\/0.pdf?ts=1605273657\"\u003EHilsenrath v. School District of the Chathams\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(D NJ, Nov. 12, 2020), a New Jersey federal district court held that the 7th grade World Cultures and Geography course presentation of material about Islam did not violate the Establishment Clause.\u0026nbsp; The court held that a nominal damages claim is sufficient to give plaintiff standing to challenge the course material. The court said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere, the World Cultures course includes similar units on, for example, Hinduism and Buddhism, in which students watch videos on those religions to understand their tenets and practices.... A reasonable observer would not perceive an endorsement of Islam when the course also presented other religions in a similar manner. Further, Islam is introduced as part of a unit on the Middle East and North Africa in a course covering geography and world cultures, so it is presented in conjunction with nonreligious material about a region of the world....\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis case falls into the category of those in which schools permissibly asked students to “read, discuss, and think” about a religion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tapinto.net\/sections\/education\/articles\/lawsuit-filed-by-chatham-parent-against-chatham-school-district-dismissed-with-prejudice-establishment-clause-not-violated\"\u003ETAPinto\u003C\/a\u003E reports on the decision.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5784449625542987809"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5784449625542987809"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/new-jersey-schools-presentation-of.html","title":"New Jersey School's Presentation of Islam Did Not Violate Establishment Clause"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-1856084086276009209"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-17T14:04:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-17T14:04:29.266-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Alabama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"RLUIPA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"11th Circuit Allows Buddhist Center To Move Ahead With RLUIPA and State Law Claims"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/media.ca11.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/pub\/files\/201912418.pdf\"\u003EThai Meditation Association of Alabama, Inc. v. City of Mobile Alabama\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(11th Cir., Nov. 16, 2020), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the district court some of the claims by a Buddhist group that its rights were violated when the city Planning Commission and City Commission refused to approve its proposed meditation center.\u0026nbsp; The court held that the district court had used the wrong test to determine whether\u0026nbsp; the refusal imposed a \"substantial burden\" in violation of RLUIPA and the 1st Amendment. The Court said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eit isn’t necessary for a plaintiff to prove—as the district court here seemed to assume—that the government required her to completely surrender her religious beliefs; modified behavior, if the result of government coercion or pressure, can be enough. ...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EHowever the court rejected plaintiffs' religious discrimination claim, saying in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt’s not enough .. for the plaintiffs to show that community members opposed their applications on prohibited grounds—they must prove that the city officials who rejected them acted with discriminatory intent. And we cannot attribute the residents’ purported bias to city officials absent at least some proof that the officials “ratified” it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe court also held that Alabama's Religious Freedom Amendment requires plaintiffs to merely show a \"burden\", rather than a \"substantial burden\" on their religious exercise. The Court said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGiven the post-RFRA context in which ARFA was adopted, and its pointed rejection of the phrase “substantially burden” in favor of “burden” \u003Ci\u003Esimpliciter\u003C\/i\u003E, we conclude that qualifier’s omission was intentional. No matter how tempting it may be—whether to harmonize state and federal law or, as the district court suggested, to “control[] the floodgates of litigation”—we aren’t at liberty to graft the adverb “substantially” onto a provision (or set of provisions) that won’t accommodate it....\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1856084086276009209"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1856084086276009209"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/11th-circuit-allows-buddhist-center-to.html","title":"11th Circuit Allows Buddhist Center To Move Ahead With RLUIPA and State Law Claims"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-2103320946117155770"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-16T07:00:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-16T07:00:05.611-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Articles of interest"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Recent Articles and Publications of Interest"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;From SSRN:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESuzanne A. Kim, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3695127\"\u003ECommentary on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(in Feminist Judgments: Reproductive Justice Rewritten (Kimberly Mutcherson ed., 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIhsan Yilmaz, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3696247\"\u003EErdoğanism’s Undesired Citizens\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, (August 21, 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMeghan J. Ryan, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3715257\"\u003EFraming Individualized Sentencing for Politics and the Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(American Criminal Law Review, Forthcoming).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENelson Tebbe, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3698795\"\u003EA Democratic Political Economy for the First Amendment\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(105 Cornell Law Review 959 (2020)).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EElijah Zachary Granet \u0026amp; Frank Cranmer, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3698248\"\u003ERe S (Parental Alienation: Cult\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/i\u003E, ([2020] LAW \u0026amp; JUSTICE 118).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMarina Lostal, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3696445\"\u003EIslamic State and the Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers, edited by Nina H B Jørgensen, 122–47 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020)).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMuhammad Farooq, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3668902\"\u003EThe Man’s Right to Dissolve the Muslim Marriage: Treatment of This Right in Shari’ah and in Case Law of Pakistan\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E (August 7, 2019).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFrom \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lib.law.washington.edu\/CILP\/sCILP.html\"\u003ESmartCILP\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and elsewhere:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJudith Bartnoff, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=2055\u0026amp;context=aulr\"\u003E2019 Shrensky Lecture on Law and Jewish Ethics. Doing Justice: Judging and Jewish Values\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, 69 American University Law Review 615-628 (2019).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECatherine A. Hardee, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu\/bclr\/vol61\/iss5\/4\/\"\u003ESchrodinger's Corporation: The Paradox of Religious Sincerity in Heterogeneous Corporation\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003Es, 61 Boston College Law Review 1763-1818 (2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJohn Inazu, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/wustllawreview.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1.-Inazu-Introduction.pdf\"\u003ETaking Stock of the Religion Clauses\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, 97 Washington University Law Review 1631-1640 (2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMichael W. McConnell, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www-cdn.law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.-McConnell-Final.pdf\"\u003EKeynote address. Freedom of Association: Campus Religious Groups\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, 97 Washington University Law Review 1641-1652 (2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStephanie H. Barclay, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wustllawreview.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5.-Barclay-Final.pdf?x68946\"\u003EUntangling Entanglement\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, 97 Washington University Law Review 1701-1728 (2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGarielle M. Girgis, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wustllawreview.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7.-Girgis.pdf?x68946\"\u003EWhat Is a \"Substantial Burden\" on Religion under RFRA and the First Amendment?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, 97 Washington University Law Review 1755-1786 (2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESteven H. Sholk, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/media.gibbonslaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19090046\/A-Guide-to-Election-Year-Activities-of-Section-5013c-Organizations.pdf\"\u003EA Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, (Updated 2020 version).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EScott Wiener,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Saudi%20Guardianship%20Report%20103020_0.pdf\"\u003EGuardianship, Women, and Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(USCIRF Update, Nov. 2020).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/2103320946117155770"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/2103320946117155770"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/recent-articles-and-publications-of.html","title":"Recent Articles and Publications of Interest"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-1712113844367188119"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-14T20:58:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-14T21:00:25.881-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jewish"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Russia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chabad Moves One Step Closer To Recovering Sanctions Against Russia In Attempt To Repatriate Library"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/484326103\/Chabad-v-Russian-Federation\"\u003EAgudas Chasidei Chabad of the United States v. Russian Federation\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003E(D DC, Nov. 6, 2020), is the latest decision in a long-running attempt by\u0026nbsp;Agudas Chasidei Chabad to recover from the Russian government two expropriated collections of valuable Jewish religious books and manuscripts. In 2013, the D.C. federal district court held the Russian government and three of its agencies in civil contempt, and imposed sanctions of $50,000 per day, for not complying with a 2010 default judgement ordering it to return the materials. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/contempt-sanctions-imposed-on-russian.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E). Plaintiffs attempted to find Russian assets to satisfy the sanctions by issuing subpoenas to Tenam, an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Russia's nuclear agency.\u0026nbsp; Tenam challenged the subpoenas by challenging the underlying judgment against Russia. The district court held that Tenam lacks standing to challenge that judgment, and Tenam appealed. Now Tenam seeks a stay of discovery pending that appeal. In this latest 54-page decision, the federal district court denies that stay. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/vosizneias.com\/2020\/11\/12\/us-judge-allows-chabad-to-seize-russian-financial-assets-in-the-us-after-russia-fails-to-return-library\/\"\u003EVINnews\u003C\/a\u003E reports on the decision.\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E [Thanks to Steven H. Sholk for the lead.]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1712113844367188119"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/1712113844367188119"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/chabad-moves-one-step-closer-to.html","title":"Chabad Moves One Step Closer To Recovering Sanctions Against Russia In Attempt To Repatriate Library"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-7353450191335427529"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-13T07:10:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-13T07:10:02.384-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creche"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Establishment Clause"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indiana"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"7th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Creche Case"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in \u003Ci\u003EWoodring v. Jackson County, Indiana.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/media.ca7.uscourts.gov\/sound\/external\/ds.20-1881.20-1881_11_12_2020.mp3\"\u003EAudio of full oral arguments\u003C\/a\u003E.) In the case, an Indiana federal district court refused to dismiss an Establishment Clause challenge to a nativity scene that is placed on the Jackson County courthouse lawn each December. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2019\/10\/court-refuses-to-dismiss-challenge-to.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/indiana-county-defends-courthouse-nativity-scene-at-seventh-circuit\/\"\u003ECourthouse News Service\u003C\/a\u003E reports on yesterday's oral arguments.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/7353450191335427529"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/7353450191335427529"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/7th-circuit-hears-oral-arguments-in.html","title":"7th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Creche Case"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-358393163987575389"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-13T07:05:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-17T19:42:26.790-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Catholic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Church services"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"COVID-19"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"New York"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Brooklyn Diocese Asks Supreme Court To Enjoin COVID-19 Church Capacity Limits"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EYesterday, an Emergency Application for Writ of Injunction (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20A87-App-Injunctive.pdf\"\u003Efull text\u003C\/a\u003E) was filed by the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn in its challenge to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's limitations on the number of persons who can attend a worship service during the COVID-19 pandemic. (See\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/2nd-circuit-denied-injunction-pending.html\"\u003E prior posting\u003C\/a\u003E.) The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision,\u0026nbsp;refused to grant an injunction pending appeal to the Diocese and to a group of Jewish synagogues in the challenge to special restrictions on spots in which clusters of COVD-19 cases have broken out. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2020\/11\/brooklyn-catholic-diocese-asks-justices-to-block-limits-on-attendance-at-church-services\/#more-297688\"\u003ESCOTUSblog\u003C\/a\u003E reports on yesterday's filing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUPDATE: On Nov. 16, the synagogues filed a similar Emergency Application. (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/becketnewsite\/Agudath-Israel-v.-Cuomo-Emergency-Application-for-Writ-of-Injunction.pdf\"\u003EFull text\u003C\/a\u003E). SCOTUSblog has more on the filing.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/358393163987575389"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/358393163987575389"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/brooklyn-diocese-asks-supreme-court-to.html","title":"Brooklyn Diocese Asks Supreme Court To Enjoin COVID-19 Church Capacity Limits"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-6198604318637013732"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-13T07:00:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-13T07:00:05.753-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cannabis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Colorado"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Free exercise"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Colorado Marijuana Ban May Be Applied To Cannabis Ministry"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.state.co.us\/Courts\/Court_of_Appeals\/Opinion\/2020\/18CA1156-PD.pdf\"\u003EPeople v. Torline\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CO App., Nov. 12, 2020), a Colorado state appellate court held that Colorado’s law barring possession and growing of marijuana does not violate the state or federal Free Exercise rights of defendant, an ordained minister who grows the plants as part of his Cannabis Ministry. The court said in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E[T]he incorporation of marijuana and marijuana concentrate into religious rituals is subject to regulation on equal terms with secular marijuana use. Colorado law does not penalize such conduct \u003Ci\u003Ebecause\u003C\/i\u003E of its religious character.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/6198604318637013732"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/6198604318637013732"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/colorado-marijuana-ban-may-be-applied.html","title":"Colorado Marijuana Ban May Be Applied To Cannabis Ministry"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-7038310849546457274"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:15:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:15:02.153-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Britain"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Catholic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sex abuse claims"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"British Report Issued On Child Sex Abuse Response By Catholic Church"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EIn Britain on Tuesday the government-authorized \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.iicsa.org.uk\/\"\u003EIndependent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published its 154-page Investigation Report on the Roman Catholic Church (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/483939898\/Catholic-Church-Investigation-Report-10-November-2020-2\"\u003Efull text\u003C\/a\u003E) (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.iicsa.org.uk\/news\/inquiry-finds-catholic-church-prioritised-reputation-over-welfare-children\"\u003Epress release\u003C\/a\u003E announcing the report). The Report says in part:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs we have said previously, faith organisations are marked out from most other institutions by their explicit moral purpose. The Roman Catholic Church is no different. In the context of the sexual abuse of children, that moral purpose was betrayed over decades by those in the Church who perpetrated this abuse and those who turned a blind eye to it. The Church’s neglect of the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of children and young people in favour of protecting its reputation was in conflict with its mission of love and care for the innocent and vulnerable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Bishops' Conference of England and Wales issued a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/statement-on-the-publication-of-the-iicsa-report\/\"\u003Estatement\u003C\/a\u003E welcoming the report. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lawandreligionuk.com\/2020\/11\/10\/iicsa-report-roman-catholic-church\/\"\u003ELaw \u0026amp; Religion UK\u003C\/a\u003E has more on the Report.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/7038310849546457274"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/7038310849546457274"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/british-report-issued-on-child-sex.html","title":"British Report Issued On Child Sex Abuse Response By Catholic Church"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-5126409687361553810"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:10:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:10:11.956-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"International religious freedom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jehovah's Witness"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"USCIRF Issues New Report On Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued a report (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2020%20Issue%20Update%20-%20Jehovahs%20Witnesses.pdf\"\u003Efull text\u003C\/a\u003E) on \u003Ci\u003EThe Global Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;The Report says in part:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe governments outlined in this report tend to target Jehovah’s Witnesses as “extremists” or because of their conscientious objection to military service. Those countries that persecute Jehovah’s Witnesses on the basis of vague extremism accusations, however, have failed to provide any evidence to demonstrate that members of the community have ever been involved in any act of violence against the state or its citizens, or called for the overthrow of any such government. On the contrary, the group is doctrinally apolitical and pacifist, and the prosecution of its members as dangerous “extremists” demonstrates the capacity for abuse inherent in vague and sweeping anti-extremism legislation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5126409687361553810"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/5126409687361553810"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/uscirf-issues-new-report-on-persecution.html","title":"USCIRF Issues New Report On Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12206391.post-8467159059994995796"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:05:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:00:45.054-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Church services"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"COVID-19"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nevada"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"US Supreme Court"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Early Supreme Court Review Sought In Church's Challenge To Nevada COVID-19 Limits"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EIn July, the U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote refused to grant an injunction pending appeal to a church that was challenging Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak's COVID-19 Order limiting worship services to no more than 50 people with social distancing. (See \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/supreme-court-5-4-refuses-to-enjoin.html\"\u003Eprior posting\u003C\/a\u003E). A Nevada federal district court had upheld the governor's Order.\u0026nbsp;Arguments are scheduled next month in the church's appeal to the 9th Circuit. However, last week the church filed a petition (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adfmedia.org\/files\/CalvaryChapelDaytonValleyCertPetition.pdf\"\u003Efull text\u003C\/a\u003E) asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in the case before it is heard by the 9th Circuit. \u003Ci\u003ECalvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(certiorari filed, 11\/5\/2020). ADF issued a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.adfmedia.org\/News\/PRDetail\/11018\"\u003Epress release\u003C\/a\u003E announcing the filing.\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/8467159059994995796"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/12206391\/posts\/default\/8467159059994995796"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2020\/11\/early-supreme-court-review-sought-in.html","title":"Early Supreme Court Review Sought In Church's Challenge To Nevada COVID-19 Limits"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Howard Friedman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14382656960754783109"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-v5bWCnmUtK8\/XKQZQzKGGPI\/AAAAAAAAAhQ\/3zJ80aLPerQqnh90B9GWdW9BdlsBGubHgCK4BGAYYCw\/s113\/130813-175600.jpg"}}]}]}});