Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
March 06, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Minn. school district settles bullying lawsuits
Minnesota's largest school district on Monday voted to settle a pair of lawsuits over a policy that was criticized for failing to protect gay students from bullying.
March 05, 2012
- The Tennessean
Tennessean: Suit to test protections of religious employers
A former Metro Council member’s lawsuit against the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has been transferred to federal court, where it is poised to test both the limits on religious institutions’ immunity from employee lawsuits and the breadth of the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
March 04, 2012
- Religion News Service
RNS: Effort made to change conceptions of Shariah
Against a backdrop of heartland fears that U.S. Muslims seek to impose Islamic law on American courts, a leading Muslim group will launch a campaign on Monday to dispel what it called misconceptions about Shariah.
March 04, 2012
- South China Morning Post
Morning Post: Bigger CPPCC role on stability
The Communist Party's fourth most powerful figure, the chief of the government's advisory body, has called on other advisers to play a bigger role in religious and ethnic affairs in order to help resolve conflicts during a politically sensitive year....
March 03, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: NJ Muslims, officials discuss NYPD surveillance
New Jersey's attorney general told Muslim leaders Saturday that he was still looking into the extent of New York Police Department surveillance operations in the state, yet stopped short of promising a formal investigation during a meeting that both sides characterized as productive.
March 03, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: From ‘nominal Catholic’ to clarion of faith
Rick Santorum was, in his own words, a “nominal Catholic” when he met Karen Garver, a neonatal nurse and law student, in 1988. As they made plans to marry and he decided to enter politics, she sent him to her father for advice.
March 03, 2012
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Archdiocese defends firing of gay St. Louis County teacher
After a teacher at St. Ann Catholic School in Normandy had been fired in February for planning to marry his male partner in New York later this month, officials with the Archdiocese of St. Louis pointed to a document the teacher had signed when he applied for the job.
March 03, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Sarkozy nixes halal meat in schools for Muslims
The issue of France's Muslims moved front and center into the presidential campaign with the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, excluding on Saturday any special indulgences for halal meat or separate swimming hours for Muslim women in public pools.
March 02, 2012
- The Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee Democrat: Fla. House debates prayer
By the time Florida House members approved a bill that will allow students to give inspirational messages to their peers in school, supporters had given up saying "message" and were talking about the benefits of prayer.
March 02, 2012
- Religion News Service
RNS: Mitt Romney trouncing Rick Santorum among Catholics
Mitt Romney has trounced Rick Santorum, an ardent Catholic, among Catholic voters, but Romney's support among evangelicals has wavered thus far in the GOP presidential primary, according to a new analysis of exit poll data.