legal cases
Israeli court fines ultra-Orthodox radio station for banning women from the air
By Michele Chabin — September 21, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) — After a lawsuit was filed, the station began permitting women to speak during limited hours, "and only on stereotypically female topics like recipes or education,” said an activist.
Australian archbishop convicted of child sex abuse cover-up
By Paul O'Donnell — May 22, 2018
An Australian archbishop on Tuesday became the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world convicted of covering up child sex abuse and faces a potential two years in prison.
Gay couples seek court case that might reach the Supreme Court
By Richard Wolf — December 13, 2013
(RNS) Despite two landmark Supreme Court decisions in June that vastly expanded same-sex marriage rights in states from Maine to California, gay and lesbian couples in 35 states remain outside the bonds of holy matrimony. For them, the battle is ongoing.
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