Here are some important law-and-religion news stories from around the web:

• The Second Circuit recently heard oral arguments in Miller v. McDonald. The lower court upheld New York’s removal of religious exemptions for vaccine requirements, rejecting free exercise claims by Amish communities.
• An individual filed suit in a Michigan federal district court alleging discrimination by a theater that was hosting a Harris campaign rally. Plaintiff is a Muslim American who was running for the House of Representatives; his complaint alleges he was escorted out of the theater by the Secret Service based on his religion and ethnicity. 
• The Ninth Circuit held that a law in California, which disqualified religious backed institutions form being state certified special needs schools, is unconstitutional.
• In Texas, the Board of Education adopted a curriculum in elementary schools which implements optional Bible based education.
• Legal experts vow to appeal a decision coming from India’s Supreme Court, which recently overturned a long standing policy that prohibited taxing the income of nuns and priests within government funded Catholic institutions.