Religion & Law

Webcasting of Sermons Increases IRS Scrutiny of Political Endorsements
Today's New York Times reports that the increasing presence of webcast sermons on church websites or on YouTube has made it easier for the IRS or watchdog groups to locate improper poltical endorsements by clergy...

Pastor Seeks Church Support For Church-State Separation
Americans United reported Friday on the initiative by an Ohio pastor to coordinate church support for separation of church and state. Rev. Eric Williams, senior pastor of Columbus (OH)North Congregational United Church of Christ, is calling for pastors around the country to preach sermons on the importance of church-state separation on Sept...

Pastoral Plagiarism
According to this story: Poland's 28,000 Roman Catholic priests have been told by church authorities that they may be fined if they are discovered to have plagiarised their sermons from the internet, and could even face up to three years in prison...

Paper Says Obama's Church Indirectly Endorsed Him In Sermons
A front-page article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal suggests that ministers at Barack Obama's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago have indirectly endorsed Obama's candidacy in violation of IRS rules for non-profit organizations...

British Vicar Will File Employment Rights Lawsuit
In the English village of Trumpington, Rev. Dr. Tom Ambrose, the vicar of St. Mary and St. Michael Church, says he will file a civil suit in the High Court and in an employment tribunal to challenge his firing by the Church of England...

What Did Obama Know, And When Did He Know It
Obama has said that he only learned of the ?controversial? nature of some of Rev. Jeremiah Wright?s sermons on the eve of his presidential campaign, an assertion that has led many to wonder how he could have been oblivious to Wright?s extreme views during the first 19 years of his membership in Wright?s Trinity United Church of Christ...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

The Bay Presbyterian Church
$700,000 settlement reached in church split case.

Online Ticket Vendor
Buying Tickets Online That Never Arrive

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

Tanning Salon Defamation
WDIO-TV pays undisclosed settlement after reporting false information about a business owner.

Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Antigonish faces class action over abuse by a priest

Kimkins
alleging false advertising of online dieting.