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19 Aug 2015, 7:30 am
In all cases, whether one is studying the United States, France, South Africa, canon law within the Roman Catholic Church, sharia within Islam or halacha within Judaism, most of us today would acknowledge connections between the “internal” materials of the legal system—texts, legal decisions, etc. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 6:34 am
Despite this compromise, the Mormon Church said it might leave the organization anyway.... [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 2:55 am
Tags: churches, colleges and universities, same-sex marriage, sex discrimination, taxes“The Church Will Not Lose Its Tax-Exempt Status” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm
George Reynolds was a devout Mormon; he had been a private secretary to the president of the church. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 8:22 am
As an amicus brief submitted in Obergefell by religious groups, including the National Association of Evangelicals, the Mormon Church, and the Southern Baptist Convention, argued: “Recognizing a new right to same-sex marriage would harm religious liberty. [read post]
27 Jun 2015, 8:13 pm
As my British barrister colleague Neil Addison, writing in his Religious Law Blog (linked at the right, under "Juricannon"), reminds us, the unfettered power of the U.S. government can even extend to seizing and forfeiting the property of churches that advocate religious principles that violate federal law:In the 19th Century when the Mormon Church practiced polygamy the US Congress passed a series of increasingly draconian anti-Mormon acts culminating… [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 6:43 am
Pill bottles on shelf The murder came as a shock to the Mormon community of Pleasant Grove in Utah, where MacNeill was a father of eight, former bishop in his local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a doctor and lawyer. [read post]
3 May 2015, 12:30 am
” The result is “Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town,” which has more in common with “Under the Banner of Heaven,” Krakauer’s depiction of the evils of Mormon fundamentalism, than with his morally complex tales of misadventure, “Into the Wild” and “Into Thin Air. [read post]
1 May 2015, 11:30 am
” Some of these volunteers were encouraged by the Mormon Church—well-known for its interest in genealogy—to provide their genetic material to the database. [read post]
17 Apr 2015, 6:11 am
National: Europe at Risk of Corruption from Lobbying – ReportBBC – Damian Grammaticas | Published: 4/14/2015 Lack of control over lobbyists threatens to undermine European democracies, said Transparency International, which is calling for new regulations. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 9:47 pm
" The Salt Lake Tribune reports that "Mormon church joins other faiths in asking U.S. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 9:01 pm
Even in the case of private litigation between the church and the neighbor, there appears to be government action: the local ordinance that grants the neighbor the veto power over the church expansion. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 6:59 am
National: The Political Kingmaker Nobody KnowsCenter for Public Integrity – Ben Wieder | Published: 3/26/2015 Manoj Bhargava and several of his Michigan-based companies have given at least $5.3 million to candidates for state office and political groups around the country since 2009. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 6:46 am
Lobbying “Lobbyists-Turned-Staffers Disclose Salaries, Clients” by Kate Ackley for Roll Call Massachusetts: “State Data: Top 7 Massachusetts lobbying firms earned over $3 million each during 2013-2014 session” by Andy Metzger (State House News Service) for MassLive.com Utah: “Mormon Church Lobbying in Utah’s Capitol – Hardball or Light Touch? [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 4:10 am
The bill reflected a compromise backed by the Mormon Church, as well as by supporters of LGBT rights, to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity while giving broad religious exemptions from the anti-discrimination requirements. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm
It prosecuted the Mormon Church and conducted an 18 month investigation into all the Church did to pass Prop 8. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 2:09 pm
Utah lawmakers introduced a landmark anti-discrimination bill Wednesday that protects LGBT individuals while also carving out protections for the Boy Scouts of America and religious groups. [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 4:10 am
Church members flooded the moderator with queries about how to navigate... [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 8:59 am
Early signs of trouble came in the summer of 2013, when the new Pope, speaking with reporters about gays in the Church, asked, 'Who am I to judge? [read post]
30 Jan 2015, 5:40 am
That's the "main rationale" cited by Halperin.Halperin says the third factor is Romney's "sense that he can perform better in 2016 than he did in 2008 and 2012" — mainly by showing "that he 'cares about people' like them" by not being so "modest about his decades of work as a lay minister in the Mormon Church. [read post]
