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America vs. the "Heathen" world

If the concept of "heathenism" seems outmoded, author Kathryn Gin Lum says it defines race and religion in America

Salon

Freedoms of speech, religion depend on truth and respect

We cannot live together as a community unless we accord others the same respect we ask for ourselves.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fewer Toowoomba residents identify as religious according to 2021 Census results

The ultra-conservative city in southern Queensland has long been considered one of Australia's most religious communities, but the latest census shows attitudes are changing.

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Ex-chaplain questions ongoing role of Christianity in armed forces

Division in Australian Defence Force over how Christian help for soldiers should be

The Canberra Times

In Udaipur, communal cracks caused by Hindu tailor’s killing shadow Rath Yatra

The Rath Yatra rolled out of the Jagannath temple in Udaipur on July 1, passing through the city’s cramped old lanes filled with nearly on lakh devotees and stalls offering sharbat, tea, lassi, and pakoda. The festival couldn’t be held the last two years because of Covid, so this year…

Newslaundry

The week the supreme court reshaped America: ‘We’re being hurled back decades’

Momentous decisions on abortion, guns, the environment and religion have left many wondering: what next?

The Guardian - US

Alarm as US supreme court takes a hatchet to church-state separation

A series of court decisions has raised fears that the conservative majority are forcing religion back into the US political system

The Guardian - US

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'Revolutionary' high court term on abortion, guns and more

Abortion, guns and religion _ a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term

The Independent UK

Zoroastrians confront depletion of their ancient faith

About 1,200 Zoroastrians from 16 countries will be assessing their faith’s prospects during the four-day World Zoroastrian Congress that is opening in New York City

The Independent UK

The Christian Right is winning in court while losing in public opinion

The Christian Right's wins in the Supreme Court on abortion and prayer in school come at a time when a growing majority of Americans are strongly opposed to its views.

WEKU

Kinzinger slams fellow Republican Boebert and warns of ‘Christian Taliban’

Adam Kinzinger says ‘no difference between this and the Taliban’ after Lauren Boebert’s call to end separation of church and state

The Guardian - US

Hegemony of one religion never been part of our culture, will never be: NHRC chief Arun Kumar Mishra

In his address at the opening of a conference in New Delhi on 'Human Rights in Indian Culture and Philosophy', he also said forcible religious conversion was never accepted by India's civilisation and it is "against humanity".

The Hindu

Florida teachers alarmed by state’s infusing religion, downplaying race in civics training

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several South Florida high school educators are alarmed that a new state civics initiative designed to prepare students to be “virtuous citizens” is infused with a Christian and conservative ideology after a three-day training session in Broward County last week.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Pray for sanity: The Supreme Court lets religion back into schools

The six conservatives on the Supreme Court, who purport to revere the Constitution, have a funny way of ignoring the parts of the document that go against their conclusions. We know of no other way to rationalize their blithe ruling letting a high school football coach lead post-game prayers on…

Tribune News Service

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #19

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Rabbi’s suit over Florida abortion law tests bounds of religious objections after Roe

WASHINGTON — Weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, revoking a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, a rabbi and lawyer in Boynton Beach was preparing to take action against Florida. The state’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, he said, directly targets Jews.

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court is eroding the wall between church and state

In another bombshell opinion, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has upended the way it understands and applies the clause of the Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion. Completing the revolution begun in last week’s decisions expanding gun rights and overturning abortion law, the court said in Kennedy v. Bremerton…

The Hindu

Leaders condemn killing of tailor in Rajasthan, demand strict action

Leaders across the political spectrum have come out strongly against the gruesome murder of 40-year-old Kanhaiya Lal by one, identified as Riyaz

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Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court school prayer ruling stirs debate over how far religion will seep into campus

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to permit a high school football coach to pray on the field after games is expected to reopen a vigorous and probably tense debate among parents, educators and others over how far religion can enter public school grounds, California education and legal experts said Monday.

ABC News

Australia's only Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster brings visitors to new Pastafarian 'religion'

Pirate Priestess Angela Carter and her husband Captain Colin "Cupcakes" Carter selected "no religion" on the 2021 Census — and their reason lies in Christianity.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on football field raised questions about church-state separation

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a former high school football coach who prayed at the 50-yard line after games, ruling that his public prayers were protected as free speech and free exercise of religion.

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court sides with school coach who prayed at a game, offering more protection to public displays of religion

The court ruled a Washington state coach was praying as a private citizen when he knelt after a game on the field, not as an employee of the district.

The Conversation

Why the Supreme Court's football decision is a game-changer on school prayer

The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools. At the same time, lower courts have generally forbidden public school employees from openly praying in the workplace, even if no students are involved.

The Conversation

'No religion' is Australia's second-largest religious group – and it's having a profound effect on our laws

The latest census results are out and the number of Australians who selected “no religion” has risen again to 38.9%, up from 30.1% in 2016.

Reason

Supreme Court Says High School Coach's Postgame Prayers Are Protected Free Speech

A 6–3 majority sees it as noncoercive and not a violation of the Establishment Clause.

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