Director of U of I Institute of Government & Public Affairs (IGPA) & Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law, University of Illinois
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#RT@Illinois_Alma: RT @UIllinoisLaw: Introducing COV-Course, a free, multidisciplinary course taught by our very own experts across campus - including #ILLINOIS Law profs @BobLawless1 and @ProfRobinWilson Learn more & register➡️ https://t.co/h3c1nKHPug
Introducing COV-Course, a free, multidisciplinary course taught by our very own experts across campus - including #ILLINOIS Law profs @BobLawless1 and @ProfRobinWilson Learn more & register➡️ https://t.co/JfAidDyM9f
@ProfRobinWilson's #CanopyForum piece argues: "The ability to gather as people of faith is our first freedom. But as with other freedoms now cabined in the name of public safety, religious freedom must take a backseat, at least for now." Read more here: https://t.co/IaAJd83LUk
@kateconger@lucytompkins2 & Jack Healy: "Weeks after President Trump demanded that America’s shuttered houses of worship be allowed to reopen, new outbreaks of the coronavirus are surging through churches across the country where services have resumed" https://t.co/OfOFWmPCWZ
BREAKING: Supreme Court issues its decision in case about state funding for religious schools, says that excluding religious schools from a publicly funded scholarship program violates the free exercise clause of the Constitution.
Religious conservatives lost big time with Monday's Supreme Court ruling. But some are hopeful the next set of rulings will go their way.
https://t.co/y2rq6SF8nP
Every child deserves a permanent, loving home. It is time to rethink how we have structured foster care and adoption services so that we avoid clashes that hurt everyone involved, not least of which are the children the system is designed to protect: https://t.co/DW1XjNGOix
Every child deserves a permanent, loving home. It is time to rethink how we have structured foster care and adoption services so that we avoid clashes that hurt everyone involved, not least of which are the children the system is designed to protect: https://t.co/DW1XjNGOix
Read more from @jon_rauch and @Peter_Wehner op-ed in the NYT here: https://t.co/bxidIL7ALJ
Also, make sure to check out our webpage for more on Utah's legislation protecting LGBT persons and people of faith: https://t.co/VFBHF1B5nW
Finding common ground changes minds and hearts. Utah, the “conservative, heavily Mormon” state, which enacted landmark LGBT nondiscrimination laws in 2015, is “second only to New Hampshire” in its support for legal protections for the full LGBT community.
@jon_rauch & @Peter_Wehner write in the NYT:“But when the politics of compromise is in good working order, it builds new alliances, develops new solutions, & turns conflict into cooperation.” More on how we can build tolerance & breakdown polarization here:https://t.co/otcENM1iIB
In COVID-19 and the Assembly of Believers: From Rights to Responsibility, we assess the risk of liability for churches if they gather without appropriate precautions. Read more from the #BerkleyForum here: https://t.co/o20yO8V5gb
#ChurchesUnderCOVID19#WorshipRights
“[A]n Arkansas church . . . became an epicenter of an outbreak involving at least 35 parishioners, three of whom died . . . [p]eople in the church spread COVID-19 to 26 other people in the surrounding community, one of whom died.” https://t.co/D5NSIuV1fO