Religion & Law

MD: School ?access to gay web sites upsets local legislator?

Posted on April 06, 2010
The Aegis: "Harford County Public Schools' decision to allow access to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Web sites in every public school in the county does not sit well with one local legislator. Harford Del. Rick Impallaria sent a letter March 29 to the school superintendent and board of education members stating he does not approve of the decision to unblock lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Web sites for any reason...

New Mosque Rattles Small Austrian Town

Posted on April 06, 2010
CBN: "CBN News recently traveled to one small town in Austria where residents are up in arms over the newest local attraction: a multi-million dollar Islamic center."

Turkey?s Islamic Ambitions Grip Austria

Posted on April 06, 2010
Europe News: "Turkey is today considered a rising power in the Middle East and Europe. But just a few centuries ago, the Turks ruled large chunks of both regions under the banner of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish-led forces drove deep into Europe, even reaching the gates of Vienna twice before being defeated...

Canada: Jewish students attacked with machete

Posted on April 06, 2010
Ottawa Citizen: "A well-known student supporter of Israel at Carleton University and an Israeli engineering student at the university say they are counting themselves lucky to have survived an attack with what they say was a machete near a Gatineau bar early Monday ...

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OK: Radio ad supports legislation to end cash for egg donation

Posted on April 06, 2010
News-Medical.net: "Today, Family Research Council Action and the Oklahoma Family Policy Council released a radio advertisement supporting State Representative Rebecca Hamilton's Oklahoma House Bill 3077, currently being reviewed by the Oklahoma State Senate...

Western Kentucky U. to extend insurance benefits to domestic partners

Posted on April 06, 2010
Courier Journal: "Western Kentucky University officials announced Friday that the school will begin offering health insurance to qualifying dependents ? including domestic partners ? of its employees, starting next year."

Lawmaker: ND?s anti-cohabitation law ?provincial?

Posted on April 06, 2010
Bismark Tribune: "Tom Freier, a spokesman for the North Dakota Family Alliance, opposed the change, saying North Dakota's present anti-cohabitation measure has important symbolic value. 'When you as a Legislature pass bills ? you influence our society, you influence what people in this state are going to do,' Freier said during Tuesday's hearing...

Religious liberty as a moral center for American diplomacy

Posted on April 06, 2010
Nathan Hitchen writing at Center for a Just Society: "Promoting religious liberty is at once less complex than democracy promotion and more to the point of America?s agenda. Middle Eastern regimes can make concessions to religious freedom without committing to elections that will disturb their ruling elites...

Argentina: Another same-sex couple asks permission to ?marry? in Capital

Posted on April 06, 2010
Telam: "'Daniela Ugolini, Prosecutor of the Administrative Disputes Chamber, who will hold or not the appeal by the prosecutor Mariana Pucciarello' said Telam Canevaro, who yesterday [requested] an interview with the Attorney . . . in downtown Buenos Aires ...

California Considers Repealing Law to Study, Cure Homosexuals

Posted on April 06, 2010
CNSNews: "California legislative committee has narrowly advanced a bill that would repeal a state law designed to find the causes and cures for homosexuality."

Maine: Marching for right to bare breasts, women faced with sea of cameras

Posted on April 05, 2010
The Portland Press Herald: "The point of the march was that a topless woman out in public should attract no more attention than a man walking around without a shirt on, said Ty MacDowell, 20, of Westbrook, who organized Saturday's event and promoted it on Facebook ...

Did Michelle say Barack born in Kenya?

Posted on April 05, 2010
WorldNetDaily (include video): "A video of Michelle Obama telling a group of homosexual-rights activists that Kenya was her husband's 'home country' went viral over the Easter weekend. The clip comes from a June 2008 campaign speech she delivered to the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council of the Democratic National Committee in New York City, as reported by Reuters ...

Massachusetts: Health plans sue state over rate caps

Posted on April 05, 2010
Boston Business Journal: "The complaint argues that the commissioner of the Division of Insurance does not have the authority to cap rates, is using an irrelevant metric to decide which rates are 'unreasonable' and that the rate caps will threaten the solvency of the plans ...

?Gay cover-up must end?

Posted on April 05, 2010
Catholic League: ". . . even though priests have less access to males, homosexual priests are molesting them at a higher rate. It's time to end the gay cover-up once and for all . . . "

Ohio Christian convert fights to stay in US

Posted on April 05, 2010
AP: "A teenage girl who converted to Christianity and ran away from home is being blocked by her Muslim parents from fighting the possibility of deportation, her attorney told a judge Monday in an ongoing custody dispute . . . "

Rally calls for same-sex ?marriage? in Nebraska

Posted on April 05, 2010
KETV 7: "A year after the Iowa Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriages to be legal in Iowa, a rally in Omaha called for Nebraska to follow suit. Gay and lesbian couples and supporters from Nebraska and Iowa marched to the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge and met in the middle with a message...

Scott Roeder Gets Life in Prison for Killing Late-term Abortionist George Tiller

Posted on April 05, 2010
LifeNews: "Scott Roeder, the former militia activist not affiliated with any pro-life organization, was sentenced to life in prison today for the 2009 murder of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller."

John-Jay Report dismissal of role of homosexuality in abuse cases disputed

Posted on April 05, 2010
Louie Verrecchio writes at LifeSiteNews: "The time to insist on real answers is now, not after the John Jay report is delivered and endlessly spun to the advantage of homosexual activists and ecclesial dissidents the world over."

Texas: Pregnancy crisis centers may have to post disclaimers

Posted on April 05, 2010
Austin American-Statesman: "Austin City Council Member Bill Spelman says proposal would make it clear that some centers don't offer abortion or birth control counseling."

What About Abortion in Cases of Rape and Incest? Women and Sexual Assault

Posted on April 05, 2010
LifeNews: "April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Many people, including those whose mission is to help women and girls who are victims of sexual assault and abuse, believe abortion is the best solution if a pregnancy occurs. Yet our research shows that most women who become pregnant through sexual assault don't want abortion, and say abortion only compounds their trauma...

UK: Devon and Cornwall councils warned on ?gay equality?

Posted on April 05, 2010
BBC News: "Devon and Cornwall councils are being warned not to use the recession as an excuse to cut services for gay people. Equality South West, which fights for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, says services in this sector may be the first to go...

FL: 2 Lakeland stores busted for selling porn

Posted on April 05, 2010
ABC Action News: "Undercover detectives caught two Lakeland convenience stores selling explicit pornography videos, in open view, and arrested three store owners in the bust, the Polk Sheriff's Office said Friday."

Argentina: New ruling in favor of same-sex ?marriage?

Posted on April 05, 2010
El Argentino: "The judge in the Administrative, William Scheibler, ordered the city government to celebrate the marriage of two persons of the same sex. Also declared unconstitutional the articles of the Civil Code allowing only heterosexual marriage...

Australia: Call for soft porn curbs rejected

Posted on April 05, 2010
The Age: "The publishers of so-called lad mags and their more explicit adult counterparts have hit back at claims the easy availability of the magazines is exposing young children to harmful material . . . ACP Magazines, which publishes titles in both categories, said the current restrictions that force explicit titles to be put in plastic covers and limit sales to those over 18 were adequate to protect children but acknowledged there might be a need for tighter enforcement of existing rules...

Follow-up: Rescuing Frozen Embryos

Posted on April 05, 2010
E. Christian Brugger writes at the Culture of Life Foundation: "Although I believe that embryo adoption is in principle legitimate and even can be praiseworthy, the problem of unintended harmful consequences is very real."

Ariz. Will Sue Over Health Care Bill

Posted on April 05, 2010
KPHO.com: "Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1001 Thursday, a law that allows the governor to sue the federal government over the recently passed health care overhaul bill."

Shock Jocks? Homosexual Inferences Not Defamatory, Judge Rules

Posted on April 05, 2010
NJ Law Journal (Law.com): "U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano predicted the state Supreme Court, which insisted on equal protection for same-sex couples in 2006, would be unlikely to 'legitimize discrimination against gays and lesbians' by treating a homosexual reference as a slur...

India: Govt may make special rules for transgender prisoners

Posted on April 05, 2010
DNA: "The Bombay high court today said there was a need for special prison guidelines for transgenders. Court made the observation while dealing with the bail application of a transgender prisoner, who also complained about 'unfriendly' attitude of other inmates of the prison...

TX: ?Rep. Norma Chávez baits Naomi Gonzalez about sexual orientation?

Posted on April 05, 2010
El Paso Times: "State Rep. Norma Chávez is employing a risky, negative strategy, publicly saying challenger Naomi Gonzalez is a lesbian and should come out . . . Chávez, though, said it is a valid talking point because it may affect policy decisions in the state Legislature about gay marriage...

Australia: Child experts want ban on soft porn magazines

Posted on April 05, 2010
Sydney Morning Herald: "More than 30 child experts are calling for a ban on the sale of pornographic magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse and other soft porn material from newsagents, milkbars, convenience stores, supermarkets and petrol stations. The group has asked censorship ministers to review the rules on which the so-called lads' mags such as People, The Picture, Zoo and Ralph are reviewed, saying they are increasingly explicit and contributing to the sexualisation of children...

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