Archive for the ‘Death + the Law’ Category
Update on Westboro Baptist Church Funeral Protests
23, Aug 2010Antigay Church can Protest Military Funerals, Judge Rules Missouri violated free speech protections when it passed a law to prevent Westboro Baptist Church, known for its provocative antigay protests, from picketing military funerals, a federal judge ruled Monday. Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor (August 17, 2010) Death Ref has been following the Westboro Baptists Church’s [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: free speech, protests, soldiers
Tenth Circuit: Utah Highway Crosses Violate Establishment Clause Clifford M. Marks, Wall Street Journal Law Blog (August 19, 2010) Roadside memorials involving religious symbols — invariably Christian crosses — have long caused controversy regarding their legality with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, also known as the separation of church and state. Because roads [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + the Law|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: religion, roadside memorials
St. Joseph Abbey’s Monks Battle State Funeral Industry Regulators for Right to Sell Caskets Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune (August 13, 2010) Monks Fight for Right to Sell Caskets Locally Debbie Glover, St. Tammany News (August 15, 2010) One of the lesser-known classic blunders is trying to prevent jovial Benedictine monks, living peacefully in their [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Economy|Death + the Law|Funeral Industry
- Tags: coffins, funeral homes, video
Dead Netizen
12, Aug 2010There’s been much talk of late about what happens to your online social connections, not to mention your email and all the other ways you exist virtually, after you die. With Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and others there’s you and then there’s virtual you. As more and more people join the virtual you ranks, the implementation [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + the Law|Death + the Web|Death Ethics|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Facebook, twitter
When Medical Treatment is Worse than Death
10, Aug 2010Letting Go What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? Atul Gawande, The New Yorker (August 2, 2010) Dr. Atul Gawande: Make End Of Life More Humane Terry Gross, Fresh Air on WHHY (July 29, 2010) A few weeks ago, Dr. Atul Gawande wrote a good piece on End of Life decision making [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity