Religion & Law

Remarks by the President at Easter Prayer Breakfast

Posted on April 07, 2010
Office of the Press Secretary: "One of my hopes upon taking this office was to make the White House a place where all people would feel welcome. To that end, we held a Seder here to mark the first Passover. We held an Iftar here with Muslim Americans to break the daily fast during Ramadan...

Greg Baylor: A response to Professor Hamilton on CLS v. Martinez

Posted on April 07, 2010
ADF Attorney Greg Baylor writing at the Academic Freedom File: "[Marci Hamilton's] column states that this case will cause the Supreme Court to 'wade into the culture wars morass.' To be sure, this case arises out of a leftwing university?s attack on a theologically orthodox religious group...

WA: Bellevue considers SOB regulations after another ?bikini barista? stand opens

Posted on April 07, 2010
Bellevue Reporter: "The city is coming down on [Adrianne] Peterson [the owner of Touchdown Espresso, a new 'bikini barista' stand that opened March 1] for operating a drive-through, which is prohibited at the location of her business . . . A code-enforcement officer visited Touchdown Espresso on April 2, requesting that Peterson renew her building permit and take measures to block drive-through customers ...

Alaska court sets May 20 hearing on abortion initiative

Posted on April 07, 2010
Fairbanks Daily News Miner: "Oral arguments are set for May 20 in a case seeking to keep a proposed abortion initiative off the ballot. The Alaska Supreme Court released the schedule Wednesday."

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ACLU wants $800,000 for outed Air Force sergeant

Posted on April 07, 2010
Kotatv.com: "The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota wants Rapid City to pay $800,000 to a lesbian and former Air Force staff sergeant outed by two police officers . . . "

N.J. Supreme Court rules conversation between pastor, man accused of sexual abuse is protected

Posted on April 07, 2010
"The state Supreme Court today ruled a conversation a man had with a pastor about allegations the man sexually abused his daughters is protected by the cleric-penitent privilege . . ."

Austin R. Nimocks on the Michael Medved Show: NJ Marriage ? Power to the People

Posted on April 07, 2010
ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on the Michael Medved Show to discuss the ongoing NJ marriage battle. The MP3 runs approximately 34 minutes.

TX: Appellate court will weigh Plano principals? role in banning religious candy canes

Posted on April 07, 2010
Dallas Morning News: Plano's long-running 'religious candy cane case' resurfaced today, when a federal appellate court heard arguments surrounding the responsibility of two school principals named as defendants in a religious-freedom suit . . . 'We are very encouraged,' Kelly Shackelford, president of Liberty Institute, said as everyone filtered out of the small, carpeted courtroom...

Austria: Styria seeks to equate civil unions with marriage

Posted on April 07, 2010
Pride1Radio ("gay radio station"): "According to a report of Info magazine GGG.at the Styrian EPG Adjustment Act [is currently under review]. [Everywhere Styrian state law uses "spouse" it should also add gay and lesbian partners]." [Google Translation]

Specter claims Reid deal for Judiciary chair

Posted on April 07, 2010
The Hill: "Sen. Arlen Specter says he has an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to become the next chairman of the Judiciary Committee, but three senior Democrats are blocking the deal . . . "

Democrat Won?t Halt Hearing on Pro-Abortion Obama Appeals Court Pick Liu

Posted on April 07, 2010
LifeNews: "The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has said he has no plans to delay the hearing on the abortion advocate President Barack Obama selected for an appeals court position . . . "

MN AG will file briefs defending the federal mandate in ObamaCare

Posted on April 07, 2010
Hot Air: "While more than a dozen state Attorneys General plan to challenge the individual mandate of ObamaCare in court, Minnesota?s Lori Swanson has a different idea. She plans to defend the expansion of federal power by filing amicus briefs on behalf of the Obama administration ...

States suing over ObamaCare now reaches 18

Posted on April 07, 2010
HotAir.com: "Even with Minnesota and Wisconsin?s Democratic Attorneys General opting to side with the feds rather than defend state sovereignty, the decision to fight ObamaCare in the courts over federal encroachment has become popular . . . "

N. Korea sentences U.S. Christian to 8 years

Posted on April 07, 2010
Christian Post: "A U.S. citizen who is said to be a devout Christian was sentenced to eight years of hard labor by North Korea, the North?s official news agency reported Wednesday . . . Aijalon Mahli Gomes, 30, was convicted of illegally entering North Korea and 'hostile acts' against the country, said the Korean Central News Agency...

DC: PAC formed to support candidates opposed to same-sex ?marriage?

Posted on April 07, 2010
News8: "'I believe all of them will pay political consequences for their actions,' said Bob King, who has teamed up with Bishop Harry Jackson and the National Organization for Marriage to form a political action committee. It will support D.C. candidates who oppose same-sex marriage, including, for example, mayoral candidate Leo Alexander...

US fertility rate drops below replacement level

Posted on April 07, 2010
Catholic Culture: "The birthrate in the United States fell 2% in 2008 and is now below the population replacement level of 2.1 children per woman, according to a report released April 6 by the National Center for Health Statistics." (links to the report)

11th Circuit: Firefighter?s First Amendment right, if any, don?t outweigh County interest in firing him for adultery with subordinate

Posted on April 06, 2010
"The primary question in this appeal is whether Palm Beach County and one of its Fire Department officers violated a firefighter?s First Amendment right to intimate association when they demoted him for an extramarital affair with one of his subordinates...

NV: Gov. Gibbons says he will use free private lawyers to sue government over health care reform

Posted on April 06, 2010
RGJ.com: "'This health care nationalization plan is illegal because it is unconstitutional,' Gibbons said. 'The arrogance of this administration to force all Nevadans to purchase something (health insurance from private companies) or face IRS penalties is outrageous and wrong...

Nigeria: ?Secret? killings follow religious deaths

Posted on April 06, 2010
AP: "The religious massacres have stopped, but 'secret' killings of Christians and Muslims continue on a smaller scale across central Nigeria, claiming more than 30 lives this year, police said Tuesday."

Census Bureau Violates the Defense of Marriage Act; Urges Reporting of False Data

Posted on April 06, 2010
FRC: "Ignoring federal and state laws defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, the U.S. Census Bureau released videos on Monday encouraging homosexual couples who consider themselves "married" to list themselves as such on this year's census forms...

Data: U.S. teen birth rate on decline

Posted on April 06, 2010
Washington Post: "Births among U.S. girls ages 15 to 19 fell 2 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the federal analysis of birth certificates nationwide, reversing two consecutive years of increases that had interrupted a 34 percent decline and caused alarm that one of the nation's most successful social and public health successes was faltering ...

?ACLU of PA Praises Senate Committee for Voting Down Marriage Amendment?

Posted on April 06, 2010
ACLU: "The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee today voted against legislation to amend the state constitution to ban same sex marriage. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania hailed the vote as a victory for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in the commonwealth ...

?ACLU Tells State Colleges to Protect Gays and Lesbians Despite AG?s Stand against Non-Discrimination Policies?

Posted on April 06, 2010
ACLU: "The ACLU of Virginia is sending letters to all public university presidents warning them against taking any action that would permit discrimination against gay and lesbian employees or student."

Jobless Numbers Show Minorities Crushed by Team Obama Policies

Posted on April 06, 2010
Breitbart Big Government: "The Obama Administration is putting the best face on the Bureau of Labor Statistics? (BLS) recent March 2010 jobless numbers report, touting the steady nationwide jobless number of 9.7%. But for minorities, the news is bad and getting worse ...

Nominees for 2nd, 10th, Federal Circuits Report Net Worth Over $1 Million

Posted on April 06, 2010
The National Law Journal (Law.com): "Three nominees for federal appellate judgeships have hardly been living hand-to-mouth, and one who's married to a Big Law partner has a net worth of $4.5 million, according to newly released disclosure reports."

?Lesbian Teen: School Sent me to Fake Prom?

Posted on April 06, 2010
CBS: "Constance McMillen Says Prom She Was Told She Could Attend had 7 People, While Rest of School Partied in Secret."

Maine bill allows 8 marijuana dispensaries

Posted on April 06, 2010
Boston Globe (AP): "A bill to set up a dispensary and distribution system under Maine's medical marijuana law is awaiting a final Senate vote . . . "

ECFA Approves New Board Members

Posted on April 06, 2010
Christian Newswire: ". . . The new board members are Care Net President Melinda Delahoyde, speaker and radio host Cheryl Martin, HCJB President Wayne Pederson and World Vision President Richard Stearns. Mark Holbrook, president/CEO of Evangelical Christian Credit Union, was reappointed...

NV: Lawsuit challenges county?s ordinance on sex clubs

Posted on April 06, 2010
Las Vegas Sun: "Las Vegas adult club figure Michael Powers sued Clark County on Monday in a challenge to the constitutionality of an ordinance regulating sex clubs and defining them as 'public nuisances.'"

New Planned Parenthood Strategy: Skyping Abortions

Posted on April 06, 2010
FRC Blog: "The nation?s largest abortion provider is now administering the dangerous medical abortion regime, RU-486, via Skype, instead of in-person consultations with doctors."

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