582 ABA Journal Religious Law articles.
A man who reportedly took God’s name in vain during an argument with a neighbor in Saudi Arabia is in prison and sentenced to be beheaded.
“This nation is ruled…
May 29, 2008 11:17 PM CDT
Told by an appellate court yesterday that government officials illegally removed up to 468 children from the custody of parents living at a ranch run by a fundamentalist religious group,…
May 23, 2008 7:13 PM CDT
Updated: Texas officials exceeded their authority by taking some 400 children of a religious sect from their parents at the Yearning for Zion ranch last month and putting them in…
May 22, 2008 5:38 PM CDT
Plans discussed in court hearings today to reunite some 465 children removed from a communal ranch home in Texas last month with at least their mothers during the next year…
May 19, 2008 10:25 PM CDT
A lawyer for several of the approximately 465 children removed from a Texas ranch run by a religious sect that reportedly advocates polygamy says her clients and others throughout the…
May 16, 2008 11:31 PM CDT
As new hearings are about to begin Monday in the case of some 464 children of a fundamentalist religious sect removed from their communal ranch homes over allegations of sexual…
May 15, 2008 5:17 PM CDT
The state attorney general will serve as special prosecutor in all criminal cases arising from a raid early last month on a Texas ranch run by a religious sect that…
May 6, 2008 5:44 PM CDT
Sparks flew in Arizona, Nevada and Utah last week after the Senate majority leader criticized prosecutors in those states for not being as aggressive as Texas authorities in pursuing claimed…
May 5, 2008 11:04 PM CDT
Much has been written, in recent weeks, about the number of teen girls entering into “spiritual” underage marriages at a Texas ranch from which some 462 children were removed last…
May 2, 2008 3:48 PM CDT
After a state appellate court’s denial of emergency relief concerning 462 children in a religious sect that were removed from a Texas ranch in a several-day raid early this month,…
Apr 28, 2008 8:13 PM CDT
Some lawyers who support religious freedoms are questioning the removal of more than 400 children from a polygamous sect.
These lawyers argue that evidence of some underage girls being forced…
Apr 25, 2008 2:47 PM CDT
As Texas officials separated more than 100 mothers from their children in a controversial 462-child custody case concerning a religious sect that has advocates polygamy and teenage marriages, a state…
Apr 25, 2008 12:11 AM CDT
Updated: As the state of Texas proceeds with DNA tests this week to try to determine exactly who parents and siblings are in a controversial custody case that, at last…
Apr 22, 2008 6:28 PM CDT
Updated: In the second day of a massive 416-child custody hearing, at least one expert for the state of Texas testified today that there was no sign of abuse among…
Apr 18, 2008 10:08 PM CDT
Updated: A huge custody hearing began today concerning 416 children taken by Texas officials from a ranch operated by a renegade Mormon sect that reportedly promotes polygamy. It bogged down…
Apr 17, 2008 5:44 PM CDT
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