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

• The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, where a majority seemed to agree with the Catholic preschools that requiring them to adhere to Colorado’s nondiscrimination agreement to participate in the state’s universal preschool program constitutes a free exercise violation.
• In a 2-1 decision, the First Circuit declined to enjoin Maine’s school vaccination requirement on grounds that it violates parents’ free exercise rights.
• The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals dismissed local churches’ claims that United Methodist officials gave them false information about disaffiliating, holding that the fraud exception to ecclesiastical abstention does not reach mere misinterpretations of church law.
• The 11th Circuit rejected a Hebrew Israelite prisoner’s claim that Florida burdened his religious exercise by denying him holiday meals and re-enrollment in its religious diet program.
• A federal district court in New Mexico temporarily blocked the National Park Service from issuing a permit to kill eagles in Valles Caldera after plaintiffs argued it would burden their religious exercise under RFRA.
• A federal district court in Iowa ordered state officials to approve The Satanic Temple’s December holiday event in the Capitol rotunda, finding the denial likely violated its free speech rights.
• An Ohio trial court let the state’s suit proceed against Hebrew Union College over closing its Cincinnati rabbinical school, rejecting the argument that the First Amendment bars the case.
• Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring public schools to adopt daily Pledge of Allegiance policies and allowing student-led prayer, with about 63% of the vote.