Religion & Law

Jordan Lorence: Supreme Court grants review in major school choice case from Arizona

Posted on May 24, 2010
ADF Attorney Jordan Lorence writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "The Supreme Court today granted review in a case the Alliance Defense Fund has been litigating on whether Arizona?s school tuition tax credit program violates the Establishment Clause...

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Ariz. school choice suit

Posted on May 24, 2010
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys will defend Arizona?s tuition tax credit program in the U.S. Supreme Court, the second time the matter has reached the high court in a lawsuit backed by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to strike down the program.

Is pornography bad for its consumers?

Posted on May 24, 2010
"Wendy Maltz persuasively argues in the Psychotherapy Networker (a respected professional journal) that porn is bad for its consumers as well. Maltz decades ago used to recommend pornography to her clients. She now, together with many other analysts, has concluded that pornography distorts human relationships in very serious ways...

White House bribed candidate to stay out of Penn. Senate race?

Posted on May 24, 2010
Fox News: "A top-ranking Republican over the weekend accused the White House of handing a "bribe" to Rep. Joe Sestak, as the Pennsylvania congressman held firm to his claim that the Obama administration offered him a job to sit out the Senate primary race against Sen...

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ACLU Attacks Texas Sheriff for Refusing to Drive Inmate for Abortion

Posted on May 24, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has threatened legal action against a Texas sheriff, claiming he violated an inmate's constitutional 'right' to an abortion by refusing to transport her to an abortion clinic. Sheriff Larry Fowler, however, said he would not use taxpayer funds to facilitate the deed ...

White House and Congressional Dems scheming to normalize homosexual behavior in the military

Posted on May 24, 2010
"The compromise under discussion, according to sources, is to approve language repealing the law, but delay its implementation until after the Pentagon has studied the issue and analyzed its implications on the military."

TX: Planned Parenthood debuts new building in Houston

Posted on May 21, 2010
Houston Chronicle: "The building, off the Gulf Freeway, opened to patients quietly last week, but had an official unveiling to the public and supporters on Thursday morning. The $26 million project, dubbed Prevention Park, is the largest Planned Parenthood administrative and medical facility in the nation...

MA: Anti-Planned Parenthood petition falls short in Fitchburg

Posted on May 21, 2010
Telegram & Gazette: "The City Council did vote on the zoning change and rejected it, with Councilor Boisvert and eight others voting against it. The council also rejected a substitute motion which would have defined a medical office as a place to conduct certain medical business, but not abortions...

CA: No Harvey Milk Day at Kern high schools

Posted on May 21, 2010
Bakersfield News: "The Kern High School District Board of Trustees voted 3-1 Wednesday to not observe Harvey Milk Day on May 22."

France makes way for Grand Mosque

Posted on May 21, 2010
AFP: "French Muslims celebrated Thursday when work began to build the country's biggest mosque in the southern port city of Marseille, a potent symbol of Islam's place in modern France."

WI: Town of Wilson approves conditional use permit for new mosque

Posted on May 21, 2010
Fox 6: "Town of Wilson board approved a conditional use permit for a mosque looking to settle in the Sheboygan County town."

Australian airport crackdown on pornography angers lobbyists

Posted on May 21, 2010
ABC News | Radio Australia: "A new requirement that travellers to Australia declare any pornography they're carrying is being condemned by lobbyists for internet freedom and the sex industry."

ACLU: Texas jail violated inmate?s abortion rights

Posted on May 21, 2010
Star-Telegram: "The American Civil Liberties Union is raising the issue of abortion rights after one Texas sheriff refused to take an inmate to an abortion clinic." | ACLU of Texas press release

Delaware pro-life advocates making push for Choose Life license plate

Posted on May 21, 2010
LifeNews: "With two state legislators pushing a new bill that would eliminate the possibility of new speciality license plates for the next three years, pro-life advocates are scurrying to get Choose Life license plates approved. These are the plates that have raised millions nationwide for adoption and pregnancy centers...

Planned Parenthood President says telemed abortion scheme going nationwide

Posted on May 21, 2010
LifeNews: "Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards delivered the keynote speech at the 30 year anniversary celebration of Planned Parenthood in Cedar Rapids. There, she shared with her fellow abortion activists more details about the telemed abortion scheme it has set up in Iowa...

?Anti-abortion pregnancy center sues MoCo?

Posted on May 21, 2010
Washington Post | Breaking News Blog: "An anti-abortion pregnancy center has sued Montgomery County over a law requiring it to post information about the care it provides, The Gazette reports. Centro Tepeyac Women's Center in Silver Spring believes the law is unconstitutional, said the center's lead attorney [Casey Mattox]...

Contractor to survey troops on ?gay policy?

Posted on May 21, 2010
UPI: "A contractor has been hired to interview members of the U.S. military and their families about changing the policy on homosexuality, Pentagon sources say."

CA bill would ?protect? textbooks from Texas revisions

Posted on May 21, 2010
"The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday voted 6-3 in favor of the legislation. The measure would require the state Board of Education to examine new textbooks for curriculum revisions approved in March by the Texas school board. The legislation, [SB1451], now moves to the full Senate...

VA: Prayer at state police service mentions Jesus, other faiths

Posted on May 21, 2010
The Virginian-Pilot: "Weeks after the lifting of a policy restricting prayers by Virginia State Police chaplains, a trooper at a memorial service Friday offered a benediction that mentioned Jesus as well as other faiths." | Related: VA: McDonnell rescinds State Police prayer policy | Va...

Louisiana Senate advances ultrasound mandate for abortion

Posted on May 21, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The Senate voted 33-4 for the bill (SB 528), which was sponsored by Sen. Sharon Broome (D-Baton Rouge), and developed with the aid of the Louisiana Right to Life Federation and the Bioethics Defense Fund. The law requires abortionists to perform an ultrasound on a woman at least two hours before she undergoes the induced abortion of her child, and before she is put under any kind of anesthesia...

Religious exemption adopted in Council of Europe ?anti-discrimination? resolution

Posted on May 21, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Pro-family advocates at the Council of Europe have scored a victory with substantial changes of language to protect religious freedom of expression in a resolution on 'discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity...

TN: Muslims withdraw mosque plans

Posted on May 21, 2010
The Tennessean: "A plan to build a 12,000-square-foot mosque on Wilson Pike was shelved when the applicant ? the Islamic Center of Williamson County ? withdrew the rezoning request Thursday morning."

Federal gov?t sues pest control company over age, religious discrimination

Posted on May 21, 2010
Associated Press: "The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday it has filed a federal age and religious discrimination lawsuit in Arizona against the Orkin Pest Control company. The lawsuit accuses Orkin of discriminatory hiring practices in denying jobs to older workers and favoring Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints applicants...

VA: Chesapeake principal won?t let mom pick up daughter for doctor?s appt.

Posted on May 21, 2010
The Virginian-Pilot: "The mother scheduled a Wednesday morning doctor's appointment for her daughter. Come Wednesday morning, the fourth-grader was taking a Standards of Learning exam. The mother came to pick up her daughter. The principal said no."

New wave of Christian expulsions from Morocco

Posted on May 21, 2010
Christian Today: "Twenty-three foreigners have been notified of expulsion from Morocco since May 10, marking a second wave of Christian deportations from the country, according to International Christian Concern (ICC)."

Ruling by court will not silence Church, says Costa Rican bishop

Posted on May 21, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "Bishop Francisco Ulloa of Cartago in Costa Rica expressed regret this week over the recent ruling by the Electoral Supreme Court, which censured him for reminding Catholics they could not support political policies that go against Christian principles, and said it would not silence the bishops in their mission to preach the faith...

FEMA official apologizes over faith-based shirts request

Posted on May 21, 2010
Christian Post: "A top official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has apologized to members of a Southern Baptist church and The Salvation Army for a recent incident involving their volunteers and a FEMA cameraman who interviewed them . . . According to reports, a cameraman who was videotaping the post-tornado cleanup in the small town of Ebeneezer, Miss...

NH Technical Institute grads don?t get prayer

Posted on May 21, 2010
New Hampshire Union Leader: "Prayer was dropped from New Hampshire Technical Institute's graduation ceremony in an effort to shorten the program."

Florida prayer bill praised by free speech advocates

Posted on May 21, 2010
Sunshine State News: "A bill aimed at encouraging school prayer is drawing praise from an unlikely pairing of free speech advocates and social conservatives . . . The legislation [HB 31] grew out of a longstanding dispute in the Panhandle?s Santa Rosa County, where the ACLU got the school district to sign a consent decree restricting prayer and religious activities by students at school events...

Trove or trouble? 168,000 pages of Kagan

Posted on May 21, 2010
Wall Street Journal | Washington Wire: "After four years of White House service, how many pages of documents and emails could Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan have left behind that congressional aides, reporters and interested others will be combing through? Brace yourself: About 168,000 pages...

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