America’s Fraught Relationship With Religious Liberty, Two Steps for Tackling Religious Persecution, Blinken Says All Rights Are Equal, White House Muslim Commemoration Attracts Boycott, Supreme Court Takes Up First Roe v Wade related Case, Biden Skips Notre Dame Commencement Amid Abortion Furor
Polygamy, Peyote and Foster Care – America’s Fraught Relationship With Religious Liberty To grant Catholic Social Services an exemption, the Court would have to overturn or weaken Smith. While this would be a huge win for conservative religious groups, it would also effectively throw the entire regulatory state into pandemonium. The courts simply do not want to deal with that kind of a litigious mess.
Two Steps for Tackling Religious Persecution Falun Gong Adherent meditating in Tieneman Square By ClearWisdom.net“In China, there’s a virtual police state and the government is able to track if you go into a mosque or talk to a member of Falun Gong. With artificial intelligence … You become a suspect and the government can freeze you out of school or jobs. China is saying it has a legitimate system for the rest of the world to emulate. We’re seeing pieces of the technology pop up in different places.” – Sam Brownback, former U.S. Religious Freedom Ambassador
White House Muslim Commemoration Attracts Boycott By AgnosticPreachersKid [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsA White House virtual event May 16 meant to mark the Muslim end of Ramadan attracted condemnation and boycotts from some Democrats and American Muslim groups as Israel and Palestine saw multiple days of violent clashes in recent weeks following an Israeli Supreme Court ruling allowing for the eviction of several Arab families from Eastern Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a holy site for Muslims, Jews and Christians. A cease fire, brokered by Egypt went into effect May 21st.
Supreme Court Takes Up First Roe v Wade related Case The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, giving the court’s new conservative majority the chance to consider a direct test of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The case is an appeal from Mississippi to keep its ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Supreme Court justices said they would only review one of the three questions presented to them: “Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.”
Biden Skips Notre Dame Commencement Amid Abortion Furor Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0President Joe Biden will not attend the University of Notre Dame’s 2021 commencement this Sunday, breaking a 20-year tradition. The decision comes after students at the school and its alumni petitioned Notre Dame’s president, Rev. John Jenkins, not to invite Biden, the second Roman Catholic president, over his pro-abortion policies.
To grant Catholic Social Services an exemption, the Court would have to overturn or weaken Smith. While this would be a huge win for conservative religious groups, it would also effectively throw the entire regulatory state into pandemonium. The courts simply do not want to deal with that kind of a litigious mess.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, giving the court’s new conservative majority the chance to consider a direct test of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The case is an appeal from Mississippi to keep its ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Supreme Court justices said they would only review one of the three questions presented to them: “Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.”
