“Preparing for In-Person Religious Services: Legal Updates and Best Practices” Wagenmaker Law has an overview of several issues related to returning to in-person worship here.
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“Preparing for In-Person Religious Services: Legal Updates and Best Practices”
“Preparing for In-Person Religious Services: Legal Updates and Best Practices” Wagenmaker Law has an overview of several issues related to returning to in-person worship here.
“Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services”
“Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services” SCOTUSblog summarizes the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent orders in two cases here.
Josh on Theology Thursdays: Church, State, and COVID-19
Josh on Theology Thursdays: Church, State, and COVID-19 Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining Lutheran pastors James Smith (Trinity Episcopal and St. John’s Lutheran in Three Rivers, Michigan) and Chris Laughlin (Messiah Lutheran in Constantine, Michigan) for their “Theology Thursdays,” which they post to their congregations’ Facebook pages while we keep social distance due to COVID-19. We talked about Church and State issues during COVID-19. It was a fun conversation in a difficult time. Go here to watch the hour-long conversation.
Continue reading “Josh on Theology Thursdays: Church, State, and COVID-19”“Chicago suburb seeks to block church’s winter homeless shelter”
“Chicago suburb seeks to block church’s winter homeless shelter.” Religion News Service covers the lawsuit here.
“The Top 5 Reasons Churches Went to Court in 2018: Child sexual abuse is again the most common reason.”
“The Top 5 Reasons Churches Went to Court in 2018: Child sexual abuse is again the most common reason.” ChurchLaw&Tax has an infographic showing the top five reasons in 2014–18 here.
“Mosque sues Meriden over permit denial”
“Mosque sues Meriden over permit denial” The Meriden (Conn.) Record-Journal reports here.
“CUPON slaps Chestnut Ridge with another legal action vs. house of worship law”
“CUPON slaps Chestnut Ridge with another legal action vs. house of worship law” The Rockland/Westchester (N.Y.) Journal News reports here.
“How Zoning Laws Are Used to Discriminate Against Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues”
“The Quiet Religious-Freedom Fight That Is Remaking America: A federal law was supposed to put an end to the use of local zoning laws as tools of discrimination. It hasn’t.” Emma Green of The Atlantic reports on the realities of RLUIPA challenges to zoning laws here.