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Analysis: Supreme Court likes separation of powers, but not of church and state

WASHINGTON — The Constitution is famously built on checks and balances, but nowhere does it specifically call for a "separation of powers" or insist on a "separation of church and state."

Los Angeles Times

"Everything I tweet is my personal opinion": Tharoor amid Kaali poster row

Shashi Tharoor said he was "taken aback by the attack on Moitra" and urged everyone to "lighten up and leave religion to individuals to practice privately"

The Hindu

The patriotic Virgin: How Mary's been marshaled for religious nationalism and military campaigns

Ever since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, analysts picking apart Vladimir Putin’s motives and messaging about the war have looked to religion for some of the answers. Putin’s nationalist vision paints Russia as a defender of traditional Christian values against a liberal, secular West.

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Seeking Wisdom That’s Deeper Than ‘Crayola’ Religion

A Fire to Light Our Tongues, a new anthology from Texas writers about spirituality, aims to inspire believers & non-believers alike.

Texas Observer

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, R.C.P. Singh quit as Ministers as Rajya Sabha term ends

While it is being said that Mr. Naqvi may yet return to the Rajya Sabha as Chairperson and Vice-President of India, government sources said such reports were mere speculation.

The Hindu

Editorial: The Supreme Court ruling on school prayer deserves a big fat F

Ruling last week in favor of a football coach who insisted on praying on the field, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out 60 years of legal precedent, leaving the nation’s schools in the untenable position of having little recourse to protect students from religious coercion on campus.

Los Angeles Times

Sadiq Khan ‘shocked’ to hear Muslims being bullied at work due to religion

Mr Khan pledged to work with the Met Police against Islamophobia

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Religion is ‘collateral damage’ in Ukraine war, says Truss

The Foreign Secretary condemned Moscow’s indiscriminate bombing of Ukrainian places of worship at a human rights conference.

The Independent UK

Won’t interfere in religion, but will oppose it when it’s used to divide Tamils: Stalin

‘Only language has the power to defeat religious pretensions’

The Hindu

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.

ABC News

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…

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The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

'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

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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.

The Guardian - US

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 Hindu

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".

Tribune News Service

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…

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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.

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