Religion & Law

Are teens becoming desensitized to sex?

Posted on May 05, 2010
My FOX Boston: "Most kids we talked to say, seeing nudity online is totally normal, and they just brush it off. But that?s exactly what concerns parents who worry when it comes to sex, kids are becoming desensitized. 'I think it desensitized them because they make the body, I feel a lot of these sites you go on and you?re able to see the body is not a big deal and your body is not special, and it is special,' says a local mother...

Pakistan: Laws victimizing Christian, Hindus and Ahmadis ignored in 18th Amendment

Posted on May 05, 2010
Pakistan Christian Post: "The 18th Amendment to the Pakistani constitution, landmark legislation which aims to strengthen democracy and prevent the military from taking power in Pakistan, has avoided the issue of the controversial blasphemy law that has come to haunt Pakistan?s minorities such as Christians, Ahmadi Muslims and Hindus over the years in Pakistan...

TX: One partner?s male birth status allows two women to get married

Posted on May 05, 2010
El Paso Times: "Sabrina J. Hill and her longtime girlfriend, Therese 'Tee' Bur, were legally married Monday in San Antonio after being unable to get a marriage license in El Paso . . . The marriage of two women from rural Hudspeth County has put a spotlight on Texas laws and has El Paso County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal asking the state attorney general for clarification...

New poll asks Oklahoma voters about DADT

Posted on May 05, 2010
OK Gazette: "The poll asked 500 statewide registered voters if the government should repeal the policy that allows homosexuals to serve in the military as long as they keep their sexual preference a secret. Just more than 48 percent disagreed with repealing the policy, while a little more than 34 percent wanted repeal...

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Polish support for Euro adoption falls below 50%

Posted on May 05, 2010
Wall Street Journal: "Amid the Greek debt crisis, support for adoption of the euro in Poland fell below 50% once again from the highest-ever reading last year. Considering how closely Polish politicians follow opinion polls and, Poland may follow the footsteps of Sweden and indefinitely delay euro zone entry...

Canada: Pro-Life group sues for club funding

Posted on May 05, 2010
Vancouver Sun: "A pro-life group at the University of Victoria has filed a petition with the B.C. Supreme Court, saying it has illegally been denied club funding on campus.The lawsuit, filed Monday by Youth Protecting Youth against the UVic Students' Society, says it has not received the funding normally given to student clubs since September 2008...

China to force internet users to register real names

Posted on May 05, 2010
Telegraph: "China is considering measures to force all its 400m internet users to register their real names before making comments on the country's myriad chat-rooms and discussion forums, in a further sign of tightening controls on freedom of speech...

Notre Dame Prez Accuses ND 88 of Threatening Peace and Order on Campus

Posted on May 05, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "In what may be his first public statement on the situation of 88 pro-life protesters arrested on campus last May, University of Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins has suggested that the protesters deserve to continue facing up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine because they were unruly and led by individuals who 'threatened peace and order...

Denmark: ?Gays given equal adoption rights?

Posted on May 05, 2010
Copenhagen Post: "Danish parliament passed a vote giving equal adoption rights to couples in registered partnerships yesterday, but without the support of the government . . . Danish homosexuals could previously adopt as individuals or adopt the children of their partner under the step-child adoption laws...

Kansas Senate Falls One Vote Short to Override Veto of Late-Term Abortion Bill

Posted on May 05, 2010
LifeNews: "Proving that one vote does indeed matter, the Kansas state Senate today failed to override a veto by Governor Mark Parkinson of a pro-life bill . . . "

Philadelphia Official, Pro-Life Advocates Respond to Teen Forced Abortion Case

Posted on May 05, 2010
LifeNews: "News of a teenager who was taken to New Jersey from her foster mother and allegedly pressured by city health department officials to have an abortion is drawing outrage from pro-life advocates."

The cross: more than religion?

Posted on May 05, 2010
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan writing at The Immanent Frame: "Justices Kennedy, Alito, and Scalia argued that the cross, in the context of a war memorial, was not best described as sectarian. In the words of Justice Kennedy, 'one Latin cross in the desert evokes far more than religion...

Sudan: Daughters traded for cattle

Posted on May 05, 2010
LA Times: "Tall girls fetch more cattle because their daughters will quickly grow and can be married off to fetch even more cattle," said the chief, shooing a stubborn fly. "A tall girl can command 60 to 100 cattle from a suitor. A short girl may get 20 head, and, sometimes, short girls overstay their welcome in the father's home and end up fetching only five cattle...

A look at Leah Ward Sears

Posted on May 05, 2010
Daily Report: "For the second year in a row, an opening on the U.S. Supreme Court has generated talk about whether Leah Ward Sears, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, would be tapped for the job. The Daily Report has covered her career since she was a judge on the Fulton County Superior Court and was appointed to the state high court in 1992...

Notes on marriage initiative arguments at D.C. Court of Appeals

Posted on May 05, 2010
GLAA Forum: "Nimocks cited the CAA?s one explicit limitation on the right of initiative (appropriation of funds) as somehow showing that the right of initiative was otherwise co-extensive with the Council?s right to legislate. Basically, appellants? position rests upon a static conception of the law, which is convenient for them since post-Dean facts and changes to the law have rendered it inapplicable...

Mojave cross wins test

Posted on May 05, 2010
North Carolina Family Policy Council: "'The ACLU and its allies should not be able to demolish war memorials based on the objection of one person who can?t seriously claim to have suffered harm from it,' said Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel [Jordan Lorence] in a statement...

Jordan Lorence: What is ?Judicial Activism??

Posted on May 05, 2010
ADF Attorney Jordan Lorence writing at speakupmovement.org/university: "The Washington Post Monday contains an article on judicial activism. This article shows a subtle, but significant distortion in the definition of the term, so that liberals can attack the current Supreme Court as being dominated by conservative 'activists...

ACLU defeated in Mojave Desert veterans memorial cross case

Posted on May 05, 2010
Rees Lloyd writing at NewsWithViews.com: "The decision is a great victory for veterans, and a great defeat for the ACLU, which by its secular-cleansing fanaticism has become the Taliban of American liberal secularism . . . the Defense of Veterans Memorials Project of The American Legion Department and the Alliance Defense Fund was co-founded by ADF Vice President Joseph Infranco and me...

Day of Prayer becomes culture war skirmish

Posted on May 05, 2010
Vermont Public Radio: "Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group, is sending out letters to mayors and governors saying that the day of prayer is constitutional. ADF attorney Michael Johnson believes the decision will be overturned, especially if it gets to the U...

TN: Power of prayer strong in Sevier

Posted on May 05, 2010
Knox News: "A packed meeting room joined Waters and commissioners to recite the Pater Noster at the first meeting after AU wrote its threatening letter. At the next meeting, praying folk literally ringed the courthouse in Sevierville to show support for the right to pray in public ...

D.C. same-sex ?marriage? recognition in court

Posted on May 05, 2010
CitizenLink: "Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, said the case has implications far beyond the Beltway. 'In America, we respect the right to vote,' he said. 'This is about a basic, fundamental right that undergirds our entire democratic system in America, and here it's happening in the cradle of liberty...

?Marriage opponents? appeal?

Posted on May 05, 2010
Metro Weekly: "The Alliance Defense Fund attorney representing Jackson and the others, David Austin R. Nimocks, argued that the BOEE was incorrect. He told the court on Tuesday the definition of initiatives provided for by the CAA is specific and that the D...

Study reveals changes in brain activity in response to withdrawal of life support

Posted on May 05, 2010
The Medical News: "At a time when 'donation after cardiac death' (DCD) has become an important approach to increasing the number of transplant organ donors, a provocative new study shows changes in brain activity occurring in response to withdrawal of life support, reports the May issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)...

Daniel Blomberg on KFUO with Roland Lettner: ?Don?t ask, Don?t tell? and religious freedom

Posted on May 05, 2010
ADF attorney Daniel Blomberg appeared on KFUO with Roland Lettner to discuss this: Distinguished military chaplains announce opposition to overturning ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell? law | MP3: 23:55

Joe Infranco on Common Sense with Shea Daily to discuss the Mojave Desert memorial cross

Posted on May 05, 2010
ADF Attorney Joe Infranco appeared on Common Sense with Shea Daily to discuss the Mojave Desert cross ruling. The mp3 runs approximately 20 minutes.

Austin R. Nimocks on the Michael Medved Show: National Day of Prayer and D.C. marriage case

Posted on May 05, 2010
ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on the Michael Medved Show to discuss the National Day of Prayer and the DC marriage case. The MP3 runs approximately 34 minutes.

Lithuanian court bans ?gay pride? march in Vilnius

Posted on May 05, 2010
Deutsche Welle: "A court in Lithuania has withdrawn the permit for a Gay pride parade in Vilnius, citing security concerns and lack of police manpower. The decision has shocked the organizers of the parade and the country's President."

University of Wisconsin drops plans for late-term abortion center in Madison

Posted on May 05, 2010
LifeNews: "'The UWHC and other medical facilities involved made the right decision to terminate this covert program, which threatened to require pro-life employees to violate their consciences by participating in the killing of pre-born, developed babies,' ADF Legal Counsel [Matt Bowman] told LifeNews...

Soldiers call for the respect of religious traditions in Spain

Posted on May 05, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "The Association of Spanish Soldiers called on military officials this week to respect and preserve religious traditions in the country. The statements came in response to a recent directive by the military to exclude Mass from official military ceremonies...

UK: ?Cameron defends Tory candidate over gay demons claims?

Posted on May 05, 2010
Christian Today: "Conservative leader David Cameron has come out in support of a Christian Tory parliamentary candidate following a report in the Observer that a church she founded tried to 'cure' homosexuals of their 'demons' . . . Mr Cameron defended Mrs Stroud and her 'very clear statement' during an interview with BBC Asian Network...

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