Religion & Law

Hawaii Governor Talks With Rabbis In Deciding On Civil Union Bill

Posted on June 14, 2010
"Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, who is Jewish and is a Republican, has recently met with two rabbis as she is considering whether to sign or veto HB 444 . . . "

Gangs Using Rosaries As Identifiers

Posted on June 14, 2010
Religion Clause reports on the problem.

UW-Madison assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology leaves for Harvard

Posted on June 14, 2010
NBC 15: "A University of Wisconsin doctor who was central to plans to provide late-term abortions is leaving for a job at Harvard University . . . Dutton performed abortions at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and was heavily involved in controversial plans to offer second-trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center...

Travis Barham: Crying wolf over faculty speech

Posted on June 14, 2010
ADF Attorney Travis C. Barham writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "Both Inside Higher Ed and Minding the Campus highlight the latest example of academia serving as a network of leftist think tanks. The 'Cry Wolf Project'?organized by 'prominent liberal academics'?is trying to rally faculty and graduate students to do 'battle with conservative ideas...

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Joe Infranco on the Zeb Bell Show: The NASA Intelligent Design Case

Posted on June 14, 2010
ADF attorney Joe Infranco appeared on the Zeb Bell Show to discuss the NASA Intelligent Design Case. | MP3 - 23:10 mins | ADF Media: Specialist for NASA mission demoted, threatened with termination for sharing views on intelligent design

Pornography Harms Brief: What Congress Can Do to Enforce Existing Laws

Posted on June 14, 2010
Click here to learn more about tomorrow's event at the Capitol Visitor's Center.

Tim Tracey on NC Family Policy Council Podcast: The D.C. Marriage Battle

Posted on June 14, 2010
ADF attorney Tim Tracey appeared on this NC Family Policy Council Podcast to discuss the D.C. Marriage Battle. | MP3 - 14:16 mins | Related ADF Media Information page

The David Coppedge Intelligent Design Case on Federal News Radio

Posted on June 14, 2010
The David Coppedge Intelligent Design Case was a recent topic of discussion on Federal News Radio. | MP3 6:21 mins | ADF Media: Specialist for NASA mission demoted, threatened with termination for sharing views on intelligent design

?Boy Scout battle over gays, rent goes to Pa. court?

Posted on June 14, 2010
AP:  "At issue is whether the local scouting council can stay in its city-owned headquarters essentially rent-free."

IN: Christian law group to defend in abortion lawsuit

Posted on June 14, 2010
WAVE (AP): "Allen County commissioners unanimously decided Friday to allow Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based group of Christian lawyers, to represent the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health."

Casey Mattox: The story behind Widmar v Vincent ? Part III

Posted on June 14, 2010
ADF Attorney Casey Mattox writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "On December 8, 1981 ? 28 years to the day before the Supreme Court granted certiorari in CLS v. Martinez ? the Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision, authored by Justice Powell, affirming the decision of the Eighth Circuit...

FL: Volusia Council voting on library room use

Posted on June 14, 2010
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "The Volusia County Council will vote at Thursday's meeting on [a change spurred on] by a recent federal lawsuit filed by a politically active Christian group that was turned away from holding a seminar at New Smyrna Beach Regional Library...

IN: Legal team touts 83% success rate

Posted on June 14, 2010
The Journal-Gazette: "The Christian legal group defending Allen County against a lawsuit challenging its patient-safety ordinance is one of the best-funded and most successful of its type in the country. . . . Katie Blechacz, a spokeswoman for the Alliance Defense Fund, would not say whether the group approached Allen County to offer help or whether the county asked for it...

On the right side in Rapid City, Sioux Falls

Posted on June 14, 2010
Dakota Voice: "It was recently reported that Pastor H. Wayne Williams of Liberty Baptist Tabernacle in Rapid City endorsed Gordon Howie from the pulpit . . . Barry Lynn?s anti-Christian 'Americans United for the Separation of Church and State' organization ...

Bush v. Gore lawyers unite to try to take down Prop. 8

Posted on June 14, 2010
The Desert Sun: "Olson and Boies are the lawyers who once opposed each other in Bush v. Gore following the 2000 election, but now represent two unmarried same-sex couples who want to marry but can't under the ban . . . [Jim Campbell], an attorney representing the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports the gay marriage ban, said 'we've laid out a strong case for the Constitutionality of Proposition 8...

IN: Activists to defend doc law

Posted on June 14, 2010
The Journal Gazette: "The Allen County commissioners Friday unanimously approved a resolution that appoints attorney Steven Aden and the Alliance Defense Fund as the county?s primary legal counsel at no cost to the county. The commissioners also announced that enforcement of the ordinance has been halted temporarily...

Vets ask Obama to restore memorial cross

Posted on June 14, 2010
WorldNetDaily: "Military heroes from across the nation sent a letter today to President Obama asking for help to restore a veterans' memorial cross that stood in the Mojave Desert for generations but was knocked down by vandals after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the symbol ...

Can Republicans Win the Hispanic Vote?

Posted on June 14, 2010
Star Parker writes at Townhall: "[I]f Republicans cannot start pulling in a bigger chunk of this Hispanic vote, it will be tough to be optimistic that we?ll be able to reverse the direction that Democrats have initiated ? transformation of our country into a European style social welfare state...

IN: Activists to help county defend doctor law

Posted on June 14, 2010
News-Sentinel: "The Allen County Commissioners on Friday agreed to allow a pro-life legal group to help defend the county against a lawsuit challenging a new ordinance designed to protect the safety of patients receiving treatment from out-of-town doctors...

Barcelona to ban burqa in municipal buildings

Posted on June 14, 2010
AP: "Barcelona is to become the first major Spanish city to bar the use of face-covering Islamic veils in municipal buildings."

Chaplain endorser opposes repeal of ?don?t ask, don?t tell

Posted on June 14, 2010
Washington Times: "A former U.S. Army chaplain who now recruits and endorses chaplains says repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy would redefine what the military considers immoral . . . "

Fiscal focus splits GOP factions on social issues

Posted on June 14, 2010
Washington Times: "The dispute erupted Thursday when prominent social conservative Tony Perkins challenged Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to retreat from his stance that abortion should be put on the political back burner until the nation overcomes its fiscal woes ...

FL: Christian school teacher fired for premarital sex

Posted on June 14, 2010
MSNBC: "The couple?s sin, according to her former employer, SouthlandChristian School in St. Cloud, Fla., is fornication ? having sex before they got married . . . "

Spain: Muslims continue demand for joint-use of Catholic churches

Posted on June 14, 2010
Spero Forum (video at the link): "Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Cordoba, Spain, affirmed on June 12 that any 'joint use' by Muslims wishing to worship at the Catholic cathedral in that city is but 'a euphemism that means: Catholics, get out! We will not leave, except if we are kicked out, since for 16 centuries there has been Christian worship here...

OK: Tulsa City Councilor Bynum fights ?gay, lesbian discrimination?

Posted on June 14, 2010
Tulsa World: "The proposal has been approved by the city's Civil Service Commission and is expected to come up for initial City Council consideration this week. If approved by the council, the proposal would mean that decisions about hiring, firing, promoting and raising the salaries of a city employee won't be made on the basis of whether the person is gay, lesbian or straight...

Salon: ?Polygamy vs. gay marriage?

Posted on June 14, 2010
Salon: "One of the special experiences at this year's Sundance Film Festival was seeing the premiere of Reed Cowan and Steven Greenstreet's wrenching documentary '8: The Mormon Proposition' in the Utah mountains, less than an hour's drive from the world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

The fragmenting of American society

Posted on June 14, 2010
Lawrence P. Grayson writes at the Washington Times: ". . . the shared civic principles that have held America together are eroding. If this trend is not reversed and a public moral consensus formed once again, there may not be a sufficient foundation to preserve the nation...

FL: Prayer an issue at Miami City Commission meetings

Posted on June 14, 2010
Miami Herald: "The practice of praying to Jesus at the start of Miami City Commission meetings triggered a protest from the American Civil Liberties Union and clergy who consider the postulating a breach in separating church from state -- and an immediate change at City Hall...

Italian Government to Launch Homosexualist Campaign in Schools

Posted on June 14, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The Italian Department of Equal Opportunities has issued a report calling for 'maximum efforts of law enforcement' against 'homophobic' violence. The ministry has called for 'the first corporate campaign to raise awareness against homophobia and gender discrimination' and is urging Parliament to support a new law on the issue...

French Study: Assisted Reproductive Technology Doubles Risk of Deformity

Posted on June 14, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "According to the largest study to date on the subject, children conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART) are almost twice as likely to suffer birth defects compared to children conceived naturally. Dr. Géraldine Viot, a clinical geneticist at the Maternité Port Royal hospital in Paris, France, found that over 4% of children born through ART had some form of congenital deformity, compared to the rate for children conceived naturally of between 2% and 3% ...

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