Religion & Law

Ohio Senate Committee Passes Ban on Human-Animal Hybrid Cloning

Posted on May 27, 2010
LifeNews: "On Tuesday, the Ohio Senate Health, Human Services & Aging Committee heard final testimony on SB 243, the ban on human cloning and human-animal hybrids . . ."

Northern Ireland Court Allows Pro-Life Group to Sue Over Abortion Guidelines

Posted on May 27, 2010
LifeNews: "A Northern Ireland court has granted leave to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) for a full legal challenge of the decision by the NI health department to re-issue controversial guidance on abortion. The court decision came despite the health department's attempt to have the case dismissed...

Thousands of British women are having repeat abortions

Posted on May 27, 2010
The Christian Institute: "Tens of thousands of British women are having multiple abortions, according to shocking new abortion statistics released by the NHS. The figures, which also reveal that alarming numbers of teenagers are having terminations, are likely to reignite concern that abortion is being treated as a form of contraception...

Scotland: Tiny £53 fine for porn mags at kids eye level

Posted on May 27, 2010
The Christian Institute: "A Scottish newsagent has been fined just £53 for selling pornographic magazines on the bottom shelf, but critics are concerned the small fine will not restrain other shops from doing the same."

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Okla. Gov. vetoes 4th pro-life bill ? would opt state out of Obamacare abortion coverage

Posted on May 27, 2010
"Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry issued his fourth of a pro-life bill in recent weeks . . . "

The mosque at Ground Zero, a Muslim view: Planting a flag on an Islamic conquest

Posted on May 27, 2010
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury writing at Hudson New York: "As a believing Muslim, it is hard to see a mosque at Ground Zero in New York City as anything other than another horror--a kick on the face to everyone who is still heavy with shock at the tragic death of 3,000 people killed by Islamist militants during the attack on 9/11...

Mexican, Arizonan senators plan to bring AZ illegal immigration law before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Posted on May 27, 2010
Nogales International: "A delegation of eight Mexican senators was in Nogales on Monday as part of a fact-finding mission on Arizona?s impending immigration law . . . Arizona and Sonora to formulate a seven-point plan of cooperative action in response to the law...

NC: ?Choose Life? license plate supporters call for action by legislative leaders

Posted on May 27, 2010
Christian Action League: "The Choose Life license plate: It?s about encouraging people to do the right thing; it?s about giving hope and help to hundreds facing unplanned pregnancies; it?s about free speech, a right guaranteed by our Constitution but denied by a handful of state legislators; and it?s about time the specialty plate became a reality in North Carolina ...

Memos From Kagan?s Clerkship For Thurgood Marshall Include Abortion Cases

Posted on May 27, 2010
Medical News Today: "Memos pertaining to abortion cases that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan authored during her yearlong clerkship for former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall could become an issue during her confirmation hearings, the AP/Boston Globe reports...

Vietnam: Murdered Christian?s widow could lose her children

Posted on May 27, 2010
ASSIST News Service: "The widow of a Vietnamese Christian who was brutally tortured and murdered may be in danger of losing her children to the state . . . In an updated media release from ICC, new information states that on May 3, 2010, his widow, H?Nguen, was forced to take her two children, H?Danh and Y-Ly, to the Nhan Hoa Police Station and told she must sign documents giving custody to the government...

Arizona tax-tuition program goes to Supreme Court

Posted on May 27, 2010
Crosswalk: "Religion News Service reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of an Arizona program that provides state tax breaks for donations to private school scholarship programs . . . The Christian legal group Alliance Defense Fund will defend Arizona's tax-tuition program...

Castro negotiates with Catholic Church over political prisoners

Posted on May 27, 2010
Miami Herald: "Raúl Castro's talks with the Catholic Church on political prisoners have sparked hopes, skepticism and assertions he's taking a risk by recognizing the church as a mediator in Cuban affairs."

All Four Service Chiefs Oppose Immediate Normalization of Homosexual Behavior in the Military

Posted on May 27, 2010
"As the Senate Armed Services Committee prepared to complete action on the legislation today, the four service chiefs said in letters to Republican Senator John McCain that congressional passage would disregard the views of military personnel and their families...

Proposed Amendment Would Allow Military Chaplains To Close Prayers With Sectarian Language

Posted on May 27, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "Rep. Michele Bachman (R-MN) has introduced in the House Rules Committee an amendment to H.R. 5136, the proposed 2011 Defense Authorization Act, that would give all military chaplains the prerogative, if called on to lead a prayer outside of a religious service, 'to close that prayer according to the dictates of the Chaplain's conscience...

New Controversy Over Muhammad Cartoon? This Time In South African Paper

Posted on May 27, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "As described by the paper's editor Nic Dawes, the cartoon shows 'the Prophet Muhammad reclining on a therapist's couch and saying sadly 'Other prophets' followers have a sense of humour'.' (Link to cartoon.)"

Court Refuses To Add State As Party In Challenge To Released Time Program

Posted on May 27, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "In Moss v. Spartanburg County School District, No. 7, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51359 (D SC, May 25, 2010), a South Carolina federal district court has denied a motion by the Spartanburg (SC) School District to join the state of South Carolina as a defendant in the lawsuit against the school district over its released time program ...

German court: School doesn?t have to provide Muslim prayer room

Posted on May 27, 2010
AP: "A German court says that a Berlin high school doesn't have to provide a 16-year-old Muslim student with a private room to pray in during school hours . . . "

SCOTUS: Latest Stat Pack available

Posted on May 27, 2010
SCOTUS Blog has posted its most recent package of Supreme Court statistics covering all decision in the October 2009 term.

FL: ?Holy water? accusation affects teachers

Posted on May 27, 2010
One News Now: "Some local ministers in Florida are coming to the defense of two teachers who have been removed from their classrooms and are under investigation for allegations they offended an atheist colleague . . . "

Susan B. Anthony List to campaign for CA candidate

Posted on May 27, 2010
AP: "A national organization that opposes abortion says it will spend about $215,000 in the final days of the California Republican Senate primary to promote candidate Carly Fiorina . . . "

Casey Mattox on Libertarian Politics Talk Live: Maryland county attacks Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Posted on May 27, 2010
ADF attorney Casey Mattox and attorney Tom Shetelich of the Center for Pregnancy Concerns appeared on Libertarian Politics Talk Live with Andre Traversa to discuss a Maryland county's attack on Crisis Pregnancy Centers. | MP3 31:35 mins | ADF Media Information: County sued after passing bill penalizing Md...

McConnell is Unqualified to Sit on the Federal Bench in Rhode Island

Posted on May 27, 2010
Lisa A. Rickard writes at Townhall: "Since it was founded 12 years ago, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has never opposed anyone nominated for a federal district court judgeship. That changed this month, when the chamber joined with other business organizations in recommending to the Senate Judiciary Committee that it reject the nomination of John J...

Letting Rand Paul Twist in the Wind

Posted on May 27, 2010
Larry Elders writes at Townhall: "Libertarian Rand Paul, Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky, shocked many conservatives when he refused to give full-throated support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act criminalized public sector racial discrimination, and struck down laws that required discrimination and segregation...

Moorhead City Council turns down domestic partnership registry

Posted on May 27, 2010
Grand Forks Herald: "In a 5-3 vote Monday night, the Moorhead City Council said 'no' to a domestic partnership registry."

Senate Armed Services Committee votes to lift ?DADT?

Posted on May 27, 2010
Maine Republican Susan Collins joined 15 Democrats in adopting the repeal plan as an amendment to the 2011 Defense Authorization Act, which should receive a floor vote next month.

IL: Atheist questions state funding for cross landmark

Posted on May 27, 2010
Chicago Tribune: "A Chicago-area atheist activist isn't happy that $20,000 in state money is going to an 11-story cross on southern Illinois' highest point, and he wants the landmark's overseers to give the money back or be sued."

How Obama got into Harvard

Posted on May 27, 2010
Jack Cashill writes at WorldNetDaily: ". . . When asked about Obama by the show's host, Dominic Carter, the octogenarian [Percy] Sutton calmly and lucidly explained that he had been 'introduced to [Obama] by a friend.' The friend's name was Dr. Khalid al-Mansour, and the introduction had taken place about 20 years prior...

Kansas: Sex education grant sparks debate during JoCo Commission session

Posted on May 27, 2010
Kansas City Star: "Commissioners objected to Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, an abortion provider, being the lead organization in the federal grant . . . "

ACLU: Why Getting Rid of ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell? Is So Important

Posted on May 27, 2010
Matt Coles, Director of the ACLU's Center for Equality, lists his reasons at the Huffington Post.

Remembering the pill

Posted on May 27, 2010
R. J. Snell writing at Public Discourse: "Contraception is already so normalized in our society that its use is presumed for both married and unmarried alike; in fact, so normalized is contraception that its use is thought not only responsible but even obligatory...

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