Religion & Law

LA Times: ?The Mojave cross ruling: a blow to the 1st Amendment?

Posted on April 30, 2010
LA Times: "The Supreme Court sends the message the government can treat a Christian symbol as a national emblem and display it on public property . . . "

White House: No new drilling efforts until probe of explosion is done

Posted on April 30, 2010
Washington Post: "The White House vowed Friday that no expansion of offshore oil drilling will take place until investigations are completed into a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which is sending thousands of gallons of crude oil lapping toward Louisiana's shores...

Hillary mum on Islam?s treatment of women

Posted on April 30, 2010
One News Now: "The nation's largest public policy women's organization is appalled that leading feminists, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, continue to give Muslims a pass when it comes to their treatment of women."

Spanish education course similar to ?totalitarian indoctrination,? says Cuban immigrant

Posted on April 30, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "A Cuban immigrant living in Spain stated this week that the Socialist government?s mandatory education course, 'Education for the Citizenry,' reminds him of the indoctrination students receive in Cuba under the Castro regime."

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Ideology behind distribution of abortion pill in Spain, claims pro-life organization

Posted on April 30, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "The National Association for the Defense of the Right to Conscientious Objection (ANDOC) has criticized Health Secretary Jose Martinez Olmos for calling the sale of the morning-after pill in pharmacies a triumph. The organization explained that by increasing the availability of the pill, ideological criteria has prevailed over scientific and health care concerns...

National Institutes of Health approves more embryonic stem cell lines for funding

Posted on April 30, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that 13 additional human embryonic stem cell lines have been approved for federal funding and added to its Stem Cell Registry."

In Egyptian courts, Christian rights are not equal to those of Muslims

Posted on April 30, 2010
International Christian Concern: "International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 28, hundreds of Egyptian Christians in Cairo protested against the third postponement of the trial of Mohammed al-Kammuni, considered to be a blatant judicial action stating that in an Egyptian court, Christian rights are not equal to those of Muslims...

Manitoba U study links abortion and mental illness/suicide

Posted on April 30, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Researchers at the University of Manitoba have published findings of a study showing a link between abortion, mental illness and suicide. The researchers, from the departments of psychology and psychiatry, as well as obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, found that abortion was associated with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse and suicide attempts...

UK: Baby that survived botched abortion was rejected for cleft lip and palate

Posted on April 30, 2010
Telegraph: "A baby found alive nearly a day after a failed abortion in Italy had been rejected by his mother because he had a cleft lip and palate, according to reports."

6 out of 10 migrant women raped in Mexico, activists say

Posted on April 30, 2010
Houston Chronicle: "As many as six out of every 10 Central American women and girls are raped as they pass through Mexico hoping to cross illegally into the United States, Amnesty International said Wednesday."

The ACLU Approves Limits on Speech: On campaign contributions, a dramatic about-face.

Posted on April 30, 2010
Floyd Abrams, Ira Glass and Joel Gora write at the Wall Street Journal: "If that headline has a certain man bites dog quality, it's because for almost 40 years the ACLU was the one major liberal organization that opposed campaign finance restrictions as violating the First Amendment ...

Republican Leader: We?ll Try to Repeal Pro-Abortion Health Care if We Win House

Posted on April 30, 2010
LifeNews: "The top Republican in the House of Representatives said today that GOP lawmakers will try to repeal the pro-abortion health care bill President Barack Obama signed into law if Americans give them the majority after the November congressional elections...

Malawi move to ban polygamy angers Muslims

Posted on April 30, 2010
BBC News: "A spokesman for the Muslim Association of Malawi told the BBC the proposed law would discriminate against the country's Muslim minority."

Florida House ignores sexting bill

Posted on April 30, 2010
Capitol News Service: "With the House spending more than two hours debating the abortion legislation, dozens of bills that passed the senate are being ignored. A bill that would lessen penalties for teens caught emailing or texting nude pictures of themselves or their peers, an offense known as sexting, is one of those bills...

Scottish end-of-life bill blasted by medics

Posted on April 30, 2010
The Christian Institute: "A leading group of Scottish healthcare professionals has attacked a Bill that would legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in Scotland. The End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill, proposed by Margo MacDonald MSP, would allow the terminally ill and people who are 'permanently physically incapacitated' to seek assistance in ending their lives...

Constitutional Law Attorney John Eastman wins major first amendment case at Ninth Circuit

Posted on April 30, 2010
"Eastman Victory Overturns Portion of Long Beach Campaign Finance Ordinance Which Unconstitutionally Limited Participation in Independent Expenditure Campaigns."

UK: Mum?s fury as charity offers condoms to kids

Posted on April 30, 2010
The Christian Institute: "The condoms were distributed by workers from Cornerhouse, a Hull-based sexual health charity, which is largely funded by public money. But local mum Samantha Fuller was left fuming after she discovered that her 13-year-old daughter was given the condoms, and that her 8-year-old nephew was also offered them...

Canada: BC hospitals refuse to release abortion data

Posted on April 30, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Two BC hospitals have refused to divulge information about abortions conducted at their facilities, following a freedom of information request from a major pro-life group."

Kenyan churches oppose constitution over abortion, Islamic courts

Posted on April 30, 2010
Associated Press: "The draft constitution cuts down the Kenyan president's current enormous powers by setting up an American-style presidential system of checks and balances. Kibaki, who is barred from seeking re-election because of term limits, supports the legislation...

Mich. couple write book about embryo mix-up

Posted on April 30, 2010
AP: "But unlike most other parents, Morell and her husband, Paul, had no advice books on what they were going through: Their son was the result of an extraordinary mix-up at a fertility clinic in which another woman was implanted with the Morells' embryo ...

?Military tells Congress to keep gay ban for now?

Posted on April 30, 2010
"Senior Pentagon leaders on Friday warned Congress not to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until he can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in the ranks . . . "

Michael Gerson: The foreign policy culture war ? abortion and contraception

Posted on April 30, 2010
Michael Gerson writing in the Washington Post: "The culture war is breaking out in American foreign policy. And the main culture warrior is not a ranting televangelist but America's secretary of state."

UK: Errors at IVF clinics ?almost double? in 12 months

Posted on April 30, 2010
Guardian: "Errors at fertility clinics almost doubled in 12 months, it was reported today. The number of mistakes at IVF centres in England and Wales rose from 182 in 2007/8 to 334 in 2008/9. Blunders included embryos being lost or implanted in the wrong woman, and eggs being fertilised with the wrong man's sperm ...

Sen. Levin to fast track normalization of homosexual behavior in the military before elections

Posted on April 30, 2010
"We've learned from our friends on the Hill that in the next few weeks Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) will introduce an amendment to the FY 2011 Defense Authorization bill for either a moratorium on the enforcement of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT) or an outright repeal of the policy...

Two Church of Christ in Nigeria journalists killed in Jos

Posted on April 30, 2010
Christian Today: "The killing of Christians in Jos, Plateau state in Nigeria continued over the weekend with two journalists and five other persons falling victim to Muslim youth gangs."

Catholic League: NY Times editorial creep confuses pedophilia with homosexual behavior

Posted on April 30, 2010
Catholic League: "[NY Times writer Rachel Donadio] . . . consistently refers to the problem as pedophilia. Perhaps Ms. Donadio missed reading the Times story of April 10 on Leslie Lothstein, a psychologist who has treated about 300 priests. He says that "only a small minority were true pedophiles...

Vatican forces Miami Archbishop to resign 8 months short of retirement? ?Gay superculture? in the diocese?

Posted on April 30, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "'if the new Holy Father [i.e., Pope Benedict XVI] were to get rid of every gay priest, this Archdiocese could run maybe . . . ten parishes.' The Archdiocese, at the time, operated at least 121 parishes and/or missions . . . "

FRC Applauds Rep. Kingston?s Effort to Keep the Military From Being Used as a Vehicle to Advance a Political Agenda

Posted on April 30, 2010
FRC: "Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) called for a Congressional investigation into speaking invitations that were withdrawn from Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and Rev. Franklin Graham."

PA: Prosecutors barred from charging girls in sexting case

Posted on April 30, 2010
Times-Leader: "A federal judge today issued a permanent injunction precluding Wyoming County prosecutors from filing charges against several teen girls involved in a 'sexting' case . . . Munley?s ruling ends the case. Wyoming County may be on the hook to pay attorneys fees to the ACLU, however...

Adoption by lesbian couple violated Brazilian law, say prosecutors

Posted on April 30, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "In response to a ruling by the country?s Supreme Court allowing a lesbian couple to maintain custody of two adopted girls, the regional public prosecutor stated his opposition to the decision saying the couple constitutes 'a de facto society,' thus the decision violates Brazilian law...

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