Questions tagged [religion]
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Legal Implications of the Jewish Ritual of Selling Chametz
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Judaism has a religious practice called the "sale of chametz". I have questions about the practice's legal implications within the law of the United States (or any other country).
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In places where religion is officially recognized, can they give any human or group of humans a copyright over religious scriptures?
EG in Jordan let's say, and you have the idea to translate the Quran into Ithkuil or Navajo or something like that, can a court actually give them copyright if by the law of Jordan, God is officially ...
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Is it legal to openly pray for divine judgment on a person, if threatening to do the actions oneself would be illegal?
It is usually illegal for Bob to say to Alice, "I'm going to kill you." That is a threat.
What if Bob instead openly prays to a deity which he believes can and does answer prayers, (I don't ...
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United States residents can't preach in Canada?
I have recently been told by someone with a background working in American border patrol that if an American tells a Canadian border patrol agent they're crossing to worship, things will be fine; but ...
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Where in law are churches exempt from Form 990?
Churches enjoy non-profit status without complying with most non-profit disclosure requirements. From the IRS website: "Generally, tax-exempt organizations must file an annual information return (...
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The persons who wear face coverings, such as a niqab, is it permissible for a court to require them to not wear it during testimony?
It would help if they were lying on the stand, but more commonly, the jury or the judge who is the trier of fact and decides what weight to give testimony might benefit from being able to see facial ...
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Can one rightfully sue stack exchange for religious discrimination?
In the disciplined arena of Stack Overflow, a case has come to light where a user faced a 180-day ban for incorporating the term "B”H" at the beginning of their posts.
This term, deeply ...
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If a law requiring people to worship pagan gods was passed in modern times, would it be valid (or enforceable)?
A such law would literally reinstate the pre-Christian religion of ancient times (from over 1,000 years ago or even earlier).
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Does implied consent protect an organization's ability to discipline former members?
Somewhat inspired by this question, I found this website. To summarize, they imply that they would be legally protected from civil suits from former members who are being disciplined. Would this ...
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Can a church legally initiate formal discipline against a member who has officially withdrawn/resigned from the church?
Suppose Jane is a member of a fundamentalist Evangelical church. She violates church doctrine and submits her resignation. At this point, church doctrine calls for her to be shunned by the church ...
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Is religious confession legally privileged?
I'm referring to Catholic confession to a priest. I'm sure, like attorney-client privilege, that if you disclose a future crime you are planning to commit then they can and will tell the police. I'm ...
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Is there anything in the US Constitution to prevent Georgia, USA to stop me from buying liquor before 12:30 based on religious grounds?
I, an agnostic person, was perturbed just now being told I couldn’t buy wine, the only thing I came in to buy, at 11:30AM on a Sunday in Augusta Georgia, because the law prevents them (Walmart) from ...
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Is handing out bibles near school property a 1st amendment violation?
Context: There was some random guy handing out pocket bibles on the road path leading out of the school a few weeks ago. I don't think they were on school property, but they were close if that is ...
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Are street preachers worthy of being sectioned?
Some of them are really ridiculous, like they stand on street corners where they are likely to harass the most people and often they don’t even speak the best (by which I mean the most intelligible) ...
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Religion is a "protected class" in California. Does that extend to things like homophobia/transphobia due to religion?
In California, I'm pretty sure employers aren't allowed to discriminate based on religion (e.g. you can't not hire someone just because they're Jewish). In other words, religion is a "protected ...
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