Some interesting law & religion stories from around the web this week:
- On the Christian roots of St. Valentine’s Day
- House passes bill allowing FEMA disaster aid to churches
- An Ohio school will go to court over a 65 year old painting of Jesus
- Egyptian court bans YouTube for carrying the anti-Islamist documentary “Innocence of Muslims”
- La corporation, c’est moi? Bill Keller on corporate conscience and the Obamacare contraceptive mandate
- An Amish bishop is sentenced to 15 years for religiously motivated hate crimes
- Judith Butler on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, anti-semitism, and speech
- The Quebec lottery commission will not take bets on the next pope
- Who will be the next pope? Canon law says any baptized man in good standing could be elected. Also, Pope John Paul II’s decree with 92 guidelines on selecting a new pope