Here are the posts from this week to the Law Meets Gospel feeds on Twitter, Facebook, and blog.
Posts to the blog
Stories from around the Internet posted to the feeds
- Indianapolis Episcopal Christ Church Cathedral sues JP Morgan for $13 million in lost investments from alleged mishandling trust investments. Story: http://t.co/o1ubS6KZAc Complaint here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/237002121/Christ-Church-v-JP-Morgan=
- United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana rules a Southern Baptist college is not required to self-certify its objections under the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for employers to cover contraceptives. Story: http://t.co/LW5Ef3szlP Opinion here: http://www.adfmedia.org/files/LaCollegeDecision.pdf
- Trial court in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, rules Amish families must comply with new ruling on building and sanitary permits or be forced out of their homes. Story: http://t.co/aP29tErBds
- Ninth Circuit: California may require healthcare workers of Catholic residential facility to accompany residents to non-Catholic worship services without infringing on the workers’ or the facilities’ free exercise. Story: http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2014/08/9th-circuit-state-can-require-care.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Opinion here: http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/08/19/caretakers.pdf
- Oklahoma City Archbishop sues, then settles, for the return of consecrated host set for use in black mass taken from Turkish priest without knowledge of its purpose Story: http://t.co/6iIvUnN8va Complaint here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/237388798/Coakley-v-Daniels Settlement covered here: https://news.vice.com/article/catholic-archbishop-drops-lawsuit-over-oklahoma-city-satanic-black-mass
- Fifth Circuit held that a challenge to protections of the bald eagle based on the First Amendment and the Restoration of Religious Freedom Act filed by a church and others should be able to proceed, stating the government hadn’t met its burden. Story: https://t.co/x2HtnpN6Fl Opinion here: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/13/13-40326-CV0.pdf
- South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed a dispute between a suspended bishop of the Methodist Union Episcopal Church and the church’s General Officers. Story: http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2014/08/dispute-over-suspension-of-methodist.html?spref=tw Opinion here: http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/opinions//unpublishedopinions/HTMLFiles/SC/2014-MO-034.pdf
- 21 former Mars Hill pastors file complaint against prominent evangelical leader Mark Driscoll Story here: http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/22/mark-driscoll-charged-allegations-21-former-mars-hill-pastors/
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