Religion & Law

Fordham Study Provides ?Empirical Evidence? for Sexual Orientation Change Efforts

Posted on April 22, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Researchers at Fordham University in New York have published a study in the March edition of the Journal of Men's Studies, showing that positive results can be gained by homosexual men seeking to change their ?orientation? by developing healthy non-sexual relationships with other men ...

Supreme Court to hear case on publicizing names of marriage supporters

Posted on April 22, 2010
Catholic News Agency: "In an effort to prevent traditional marriage supporters from being targeted and harassed, lawyers in Washington state have filed a brief with the Supreme Court to keep the personal information of over 138,000 people private. Arguments will be heard before the U...

Blagojevich Defense Team Moves To Subpoena Obama

Posted on April 22, 2010
CBS: "The motion also claims that prosecutors say Blagojevich met a labor union official whom he believed to be in contact with President Obama, and told the official he would appoint a certain candidate to the vacant Senate seat. In exchange, Blagojevich expected to be named secretary of Health and Human Services, the motion says prosecutors claim...

NARAL?s President Admits: Pro-Aborts Aging, Pro-Lifers Young and Zealous

Posted on April 22, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "The pro-life movement in America is growing in leaps and bounds, attracting young, zealous women to defend the unborn in droves - a fact that even the president of NARAL has now admitted . . . "

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Virginia Legislature Sides With McDonnell, Stops Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

Posted on April 22, 2010
LifeNews: "The Virginia state legislature last night sided with pro-life Gov. Bob McDonnell by upholding his amendment to the state budget to cut taxpayer-funded abortions . . . " Virginia Family Foundation Blog

Canada Parliament Defeats Bill to Legalize Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide

Posted on April 22, 2010
LifeNews: "The Canadian parliament on Wednesday defeated a bill that would have legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia. MPs form all parties voted against the measure, Bill C-384, the private members bill sponsored by Francine Lalonde that was opposed by pro-life and disability rights organizations ...

Fla. House passes school prayer guarantee

Posted on April 22, 2010
Miami Herald (AP): "A watered-down school prayer bill inspired by a Florida Panhandle lawsuit has cleared the Florida House. The bill that passed Thursday would bar schools from infringing on the First Amendment freedoms of teachers, staff or students unless they sign a written waiver of those rights...

Reporter asks whether Obama is open to appointing pro-life nominee

Posted on April 22, 2010
"Asked in a followup if Obama would then be open to appointing a pro-life nominee, Gibbs faltered."

States Opt Out of Paying for Abortion in Health Care

Posted on April 22, 2010
Citizen Link: "Concern over federal funding of abortion in the health care reform law has prompted several states to move toward 'opting out.'"

Penn State researcher looks at LGBT college experiences

Posted on April 22, 2010
Philadelphia Gay News: "According to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, LGBT middle- and high-school students report an absence rate of more than seven times that of heterosexual students."

Hawaii considers law on Obama?s birth certificate

Posted on April 22, 2010
USA Today: "The Hawaii Legislature is close to passing a law that would allow the state to ignore repeated requests for to produce the document. "

French Muslims torn over potential veil ban

Posted on April 22, 2010
Google News (AP): "Muslims in the Arab world are incensed and Muslims in France are walking a delicate line after President Nicolas Sarkozy pushed for an all-out ban on full Islamic veils. . . that the Quran does not require women to cover their bodies and faces...

Uncovering a string of lies on contraception

Posted on April 22, 2010
Janet E. Smith writing in Our Sunday Visitor: "The disturbing amount of duplicity and falsehood surrounding contraception continues to this day. Neither pharmaceutical companies nor physicians have been honest about the medical dangers of chemical contraceptives...

Christian groups not backing down on Prayer Day

Posted on April 22, 2010
eCanadaNow: "ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Joel Oster] stated of the recent ruling that, 'The National Day of Prayer provides an opportunity for all Americans to pray voluntarily according to their own faith?..(it) does not promote any particular religion or form of religious observance...

Ruling rings loud and clear for churches

Posted on April 22, 2010
OneNewsNow: "Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney [Gary McCaleb] tells OneNewsNow that ice cream trucks could roam the streets playing louder music and not face sanctions . . . 'What we'll do now,' says the ADF attorney, 'is take this decision that the law is unconstitutional as applied to the bishop and take it over to the state court and see if we can't get that conviction expunged and the bishop's record cleared...

Swedish officials set to review state kidnapping case of homeschooled child

Posted on April 22, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Swedish authorities will convene soon to decide what to do about seven-year-old Dominic Johansson, who was seized by Swedish police and social workers last year because his parents chose to educate him at home . . . HSLDA and members of the Alliance Defense Fund have been giving legal advice to Christer and Annie Johansson about legal avenues for getting custody of their son back...

NY not keeping pace with demand for charter schools ? 43,000 on wait list

Posted on April 22, 2010
The NY Post: "A record 43,000 students could not get into charter schools this year because of a lack of space -- a pent-up demand that will only worsen because of the state's cap on new schools, officials said yesterday. There are currently 99 charter schools in the city, a number that will expand to 125 next fall with 38,400 students...

Christians appeal to president Obama for national prayer day

Posted on April 22, 2010
Christian Pop Culture Examiner: "Attorneys with the Christian legal firm Alliance Defense Fund urged President Barack Obama to appeal the decision of a federal judge?s ruling that National Prayer Day is unconstitutional recently . . . But ADF Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster argues that the national prayer day is 'America?s heritage' and 'belongs to Americans...

Erik Stanley on True News: Objections to Franklin Graham?s Pentagon Invitation

Posted on April 22, 2010
ADF attorney Erik Stanley appeared on True News with Rick Wiles to discuss the attack on Franklin Graham's invitation to speak at a Pentagon event. They also discuss the National Day of Prayer Ruling. | The MP3 runs just under 25 minutes.

Mike Johnson on the Michael Medved Show: The National Day of Prayer ruling

Posted on April 22, 2010
ADF attorney Mike Johnson appeared on the Michael Medved Show to discuss the court ruling holding that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. | The MP3 runs approximately 33 minutes.

FRC Urges North Carolina Supreme Court to Uphold Purpose of Adoption

Posted on April 22, 2010
FRC: "Last Wednesday, April 14th, the Alliance Defense Fund filed an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Family Research Council in the the case of Boseman v. Jarrell. This is currently before the North Carolina Supreme Court and addresses whether and the manner in which adoptions by same-sex non-married couples fit within the legal framework set forth by North Carolina 's adoption statute...

MO: Senate passes pre-abortion counseling, ultrasound bill

Posted on April 22, 2010
LifeNews: "The Missouri state Senate voted today to approve a bill that would help women with a pre-abortion ultrasound and give them information they need to make a better decision than abortion. The Senate voted 26-5 to expand the requirements of the current 24-hour waiting period...

FL: Massive child porn bust leads to 29 arrests

Posted on April 22, 2010
WFTV: "A massive child pornography bust in Polk County led to 29 arrests. Thursday morning, 28 people were arrested and the 29th suspect, Tim Lakin, turned himself in Thursday afternoon. The group is facing charges for possession and distribution of child pornography...

?Congressional Earmarks For Religious Groups Raise Church-State Concerns, Says Americans United?

Posted on April 22, 2010
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: "Americans United for Separation of Church and State today called on the Obama administration to investigate ten earmarks for religious schools and ministries that raise constitutional issues about inappropriate public funding of religion...

KY: Supreme Court upholds Louisville sexually oriented business ordinance

Posted on April 22, 2010
CitizenLink, DriveThru: "The Supreme Court of Kentucky handed the city of Louisville a huge gift today when it decided in favor of an extensive sexually oriented business ordinance passed by the Metro Council in 2004. All but one provision was held to be constitutional...

FRC?s Tony Perkins condemns Franklin Graham?s rescinded invitation

Posted on April 22, 2010
Family Research Council Press Release: "This decision is further evidence that the leadership of our nation's military has been impaired by the politically correct culture being advanced by this Administration. Under this Administration's watch we are seeing the First Amendment, designed to protect the religious exercise of Americans, retooled into a sword to sever America's ties with orthodox Christianity...

ADF reassures nation?s mayors that observing 2010 National Day of Prayer is constitutional

Posted on April 22, 2010
The Alliance Defense Fund sent follow-up letters to mayors across America Friday, informing them that a federal judge?s decision striking down the National Day of Prayer statute as unconstitutional in no way impedes their observance of this year?s 59th annual observance...

Gambino snitch hooked 14 in mob-run Internet teen prostitution ring

Posted on April 22, 2010
NY Daily News: "He went to the feds and betrayed his associates because he didn't want to get in any deeper with trafficking underage girls through craigslist, a source said. The tapes include one of the Gambino crew members telling a 15-year-old prostitute how to handle a customer who disgusted her, court records revealed...

U.S. Senate Confirms Marisa Demeo to ?15-Year Term to Lesbianify the D.C. Superior Court?

Posted on April 21, 2010
Queerty (“the gay blog”): “Marisa Demeo Wins 15-Year Term to Lesbianify the D.C. Superior Court” “Marisa Demeo, the lesbian D.C. judge nominated by Obama to the D.C. Superior Court, and the nominee having waited the longest to go before the Senate for a confirmation vote, finally got her chance yesterday ? and the Senate approved her [...

Palin Draws Heat over ?Christian Nation? Remarks

Posted on April 21, 2010
CBN: "Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Secular Coalition of America are criticizing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for her belief that America has a Christian history . . . "

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