Some interesting law & religion stories from around the web this week:

• New York Magazine has published a new interview with Justice Antonin Scalia
• The Supreme Court began a new term on Monday, and will hear some cases about freedom of religion
• As the U.S. struggles with health reform, the Amish effectively opt out of Obamacare
• An Ohio court has ruled for a hospital that wants to force an Amish girl to continue chemotherapy over her parents’ religious objections
• Catholic and Protestant leaders gathered for a “faithful filibuster,” an organized reading of biblical scripture in an effort to remind members of Congress that the government shutdown is hurting poor and vulnerable people
• An all-women’s gym in a suburb of Paris has become the focus of the French debate over Muslim integration and secularism
• After a 25 year struggle, the Women of the Wall have agreed in principle to move their monthly prayer meetings to “an equally and fully integrated third section of the Kotel,” the Hebrew word for the Western Wall
• The ACLU of Tennessee sent letters to several local school superintendants this week, calling on them to stop school-sponsored prayer before football games
• Christians remain under threat in Syria where Islamic extremists gain influence
• Last Sunday, eight Orthodox Christian leaders, dignitaries from other faiths, politicians, and thousands of others celebrated the anniversary of the Edict of Milan, which established toleration for Christianity in the Roman Empire 1,700 years ago
• The NY Times featured a Southern Baptist Bible College inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary that spreads religion among the inmates and provides “moral rehabilitation”