Religion & Law

Obama Expected to Pick Pro-Abort Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

Posted on May 07, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Kagan is known for strongly favoring taxpayer funded abortion, and is a critic of the 1991 Supreme Court decision Rust v. Sullivan, which upheld federal regulations prohibiting Title X family planning fund recipients from counseling on or referring for abortion...

A Great Law School Dean Doesn?t Have to be a Great Scholar

Posted on May 07, 2010
Ilya Somin writes at the Volokh Conspiracy: "Conservative blogger Paul Mirengoff and liberal law professor Paul Campos argue that Elena Kagan is poorly qualified for the Supreme Court because of what they argue is a weak record of scholarship. Mirengoff expresses incredulity that 'you could publish so little and still become the dean of a major law school...

UK: Lord Carey intervenes in council prayers battle

Posted on May 07, 2010
The Guardian: "The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue . . . The National Secular Society has intervened in a long-running controversy over the saying of prayers at Bideford and is to seek a judicial review, arguing the practice breaches the European convention on human rights...

Dr. Janet Smith blasts AFP for ?inaccurate? contraception article

Posted on May 07, 2010
CNA: ?Couples who use natural family planning almost never divorce,? she pointed out. ?The divorce rate at tops, we think is around 4%.?

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One-Third of Moms Today Are Sole Breadwinners

Posted on May 07, 2010
PR Newswire: "According to the latest American Workplace Insights survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Adecco Staffing US, part of the world's largest recruitment and workforce solutions provider, 30% of working moms(1) in America today are the sole breadwinners of their household...

Rubio urges Crist to sign abortion bill

Posted on May 07, 2010
Tampabay.com: "'It is my hope that Governor Crist will come down on the side of life, and sign HB 1143 into law, or at least allow it to become law without his signature,' Rubio said in a statement."

Albert Mohler: ?Who Will Be Tested Next? ? The Dilemma of Franklin Graham?

Posted on May 07, 2010
Albert Mohler writes at the Christian Post: "When the controversy about Franklin Graham?s statements hit the first round of public controversy, I was asked to appear on Fox News? The O?Reilly Factor to discuss the controversy. I did, pointing out that what Franklin Graham said about the exclusivity of the gospel is nothing other than classic Christianity...

Pakistani Muslims Abduct Young Christian Woman, Family Says

Posted on May 07, 2010
Christian Post: "Muslims who kidnapped and forcibly converted an 18-year-old Christian woman to Islam severely beat her mother on two occasions to discourage her from trying to recover her daughter, lawyers said."

Conservative Legal Expert Warns That Obama?s Court Pick Does Matter, but Not Everyone on the Short List is ?Equally Bad?

Posted on May 07, 2010
CNSNews: "'One seems to have compiled a pretty solid record as a D.C. circuit judge,' Whelan said. 'I?m speaking of Merrick Garland, who?s nowhere like the sort of jurist that would be on my short list, and there?s no question that he would be on the wrong side of a lot of issues, but he does seem to be at least a much more modest judge than some of the others who are on President Obama?s list ...

GA: Judge rules state charter schools are constitutional

Posted on May 07, 2010
"A Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that charter schools created by the state Georgia Charter Schools Commission are constitutional."

The Mapping America Project: Tracking the Importance of Family and Faith

Posted on May 07, 2010
NC Family Council via Insider Online: "In an effort to highlight the important results of this ongoing research, Family North Carolina will feature a regular segment dedicated to the Mapping America Project (MAP) in every issue. In this issue, we focus on the latest MAP reports devoted to the positive effects on adults of growing up in an intact family that worshipped regularly, as well as the positive effects on adults of being married and attending religious services regularly...

Presidential Appointments Project?s new push promotes LGBT candidates

Posted on May 07, 2010
Metro Weekly: "At the beginning of the Obama administration, the project worked to get qualified LGBT candidates into full-time appointments. Now, more than a year into the administration, the project has taken a slightly new tack, recently announcing a push to promote LGBT candidates for the many unpaid presidential appointments to boards and commissions...

Canada: PM Harper mulled forcing support for pro-abort motion

Posted on May 06, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Prime Minister Stephen Harper planned to force members of the Conservative party to back a pro-abortion motion put forward by Liberals in March, before being convinced by his advisers not to, according to the Toronto Star. Sources in the Conservative caucus reportedly informed Susan Delacourt of the Star's Ottawa bureau that at a special caucus meeting on the day of the vote, Harper wanted to 'avoid the ideological trap,' in Delacourt's words, and quietly back the motion...

GOP Senators Delay Vote on Liu

Posted on May 06, 2010
Blog of the Legal Times: "Senate Republicans continued today to express objections to federal appellate pick Goodwin Liu, delaying a committee vote on his nomination for at least another week."

Irish Civil Partnership Bill is ?direct attack? on conscience

Posted on May 06, 2010
The Christian Institute: "Christian registrars who refuse to carry out same-sex civil partnerships could be thrown into jail under proposed legislation being considered in Ireland. A group of 19 church leaders has written to a national newspaper expressing their deep concern at the plans, which they say could also affect owners of B&Bs...

GA: Seven school districts sue state over local control of charter schools

Posted on May 06, 2010
Atlanta J. Constitution: "The school districts -- Gwinnett, Atlanta, DeKalb, Bulloch, Candler, Henry and Griffin-Spalding -- have sued the state because they question the constitutionality of the Georgia Charter Schools Commission and its ability to approve and fund charter schools...

UK: Families hit by average of £45 a week ?couple penalty?

Posted on May 06, 2010
The Christian Institute: "Families are facing "couple penalties" of up to double what they incurred in 1997, according to a 'startling' new report. The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has released findings showing that the size of couple penalties have increased since 1997-98 with £45 a week being the average penalty incurred now...

Mosque going up in NYC building damaged on 9/11

Posted on May 06, 2010
AP: "In a 13-story building, damaged by debris from the Sept. 11 airliners that brought down the World Trade Center and soon to become a mosque, some see the bridging of a cultural divide and an opportunity to serve a burgeoning, peaceful religious population...

Albert Mohler: It?s Getting Dangerous Out There ? A Preacher Is Arrested in Britain

Posted on May 06, 2010
Albert Mohler writes at LifeSiteNews: "Now, a Christian preacher has been arrested in Britain for the crime of saying in public that homosexuality is a sin. This arrest is more than a news event ? it is a signal of things to come and an announcement of a new public reality...

Barry Lynn and Eric Brueher debate the National Day of Prayer on the Michael Medved Show

Posted on May 06, 2010
Eric Brueher of Gateways to Better Education and Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State appeared on the Michael Medved Show to debate the constitutionality of the National Day of Prayer. | MP3 Audio - 33:22 mins

FL: Crist Hinting At Possible Veto Of Anti-Abortion Bill

Posted on May 06, 2010
'Even though I'm pro-life I don't want to impose my will on others.'

TX: Police raid home adult sex business near west-side elementary school

Posted on May 06, 2010
Kens5.com (includes video): "A home-run adult sex store was raided late Wednesday on Crestfield near Highway 151 and Military Drive."

Atheists call on Tampa City Council to halt public prayer

Posted on May 06, 2010
AP: "Members of a secular group packed Tampa City Council chambers this morning, calling on the board to abolish its decades-old practice of opening meetings with prayer. The nonprofit group Atheists of Florida wants the city to halt the invocations ...

Netherlands: 1200 churches expected to be sold in next 10 years

Posted on May 06, 2010
Global Post | Global Blog: "According to Mickey Bosschert, real estate agent for religious property, some 1200 churches in the Netherlands will be sold in the next ten years. Some of these churches will be repurposed, while others will be torn down...

92 Percent of Americans Believe in God; Only 5 Percent Oppose National Day of Prayer

Posted on May 06, 2010
CNSNews: "Just two weeks after a federal judge in Madison, Wis., ruled that the annual National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, 92 percent of Americans told the USA Today/Gallup poll that they believe in God and only 5 percent said they oppose the National Day of Prayer...

Duane Morris? D.C. Office to House Global Development Center

Posted on May 06, 2010
Blog of the Legal Times: "The center is a nonprofit organization aiming to promote sustainable development around the world, particularly in Latin America . . . "

Catholic hospital network files sale notice

Posted on May 06, 2010
Boston Globe | Metro Desk: "Caritas Christi Health Care, Boston's Catholic hospital network, has formally filed notice with the Massachusetts attorney general's office of its plans to be acquired by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm ...

IRD Calls on Churches to Condemn Iran?s Election to United Nations Commission on Women

Posted on May 06, 2010
Christian Newswire: "The Institute on Religion and Democracy has joined with international human rights and women's rights leaders in a nationwide campaign to urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to denounce the recent election of Iran to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women ...

Members Of Congress Propose Bill To Strip Citizenship From American Terrorism Suspects

Posted on May 06, 2010
ACLU: "Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Scott Brown (R-MA) and Congressmen Jason Altmire (D-PA) and Charlie Dent (R-PA)today introduced legislation that would strip American citizenship from Americans who have not been convicted of any crimes and are suspected of being involved with terrorism organizations...

Settlement on the books: Fla. library allows religious seminar in meeting room

Posted on May 06, 2010
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys secured a settlement and a dismissal order Tuesday in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Christian man whose attempt to reserve a public library?s meeting room for a religious seminar was rejected by Osceola County officials...

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