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1 Dec 2006, 3:50 am
The court held that members' claim that the vote was not held in accordance with church bylaws was an ecclesiastical matter that civil courts are precluded from adjudicating under the First Amendment. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 1:49 am
In a surprise move, Israel's delegation has cancelled its March 29 meeting with the Vatican that was to have been held in Rome to work out a "comprehensive agreement" on all tax and property matters affecting the Catholic Church in Israel. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
The mother objected claiming that the father's church is not Christian. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 11:19 pm
The Tennessean reports that Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman agreed with defendants that how a church decides to spend its money is a religious matter that civil courts may not review. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 8:33 am
Here, it does not matter that the churches are not “dwellings” in the traditional sense (i.e. places where a person sleeps regularly)because Massachusetts has made statutory modifications to the definition of burglary and it includes breaking and entering into any building at any time with intent to commit a felony. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 8:55 am by Rick Garnett
If it can be retrieved and translated, then it should, not out of nostalgia or reaction, but so that the law will better identify and protect the things that matter. [read post]
28 Jul 2007, 3:39 pm
He ultimately concluded that deciding the case would involve the court too extensively in religious matters, in violation of the First Amendment. [read post]
1 Aug 2021, 10:45 am by Howard Friedman
Rather, it is a "fundamental right of churches to decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters of church government as well as those of faith and doctrine. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 7:44 am by Bridget Crawford
Wolf explicitly rejects blanket deference to religious institutions in matters of internal governance. [read post]
18 Mar 2021, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Defendant Yakob may enjoy the Church’s services from the pew, but he may not enter areas of the Church’s sanctuary for which access to parishioners is prohibited and may not participate in those services in any role other than as a parishioner.The court concluded: [T]he complaint addresses itself to matters outside of First Amendment jurisprudence, such as issues of Church property and board governance issues. [read post]
23 May 2021, 7:47 pm by Howard Friedman
  In so far as the Government argued that the overlap between the beliefs and practices of the applicant church and of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was also a bar to the applicant church’s registration...- it should be noted that the assessment of whether or not religious beliefs are identical is not a matter for the State authorities, but for the religious communities themselves.... [read post]
He stated that “it was often a matter of moving the abuser from place to place, such that the location was seen as the key factor at the time, not the actual person. [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 8:43 am by Ronald Mann
As a textual matter, each party’s position has an obvious weakness, and the justices explored those weaknesses when questioning the advocates. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
That decision was based on religious doctrine and, as a matter of constitutional law, is not subject to review by civil courts. [read post]