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Canada: Blackmore seeks funds for polygamy hearing

Posted on March 29, 2010
CBC News: "One of the spiritual leaders from a B.C. polygamous community says he needs hundreds of thousands of dollars in government money to participate in a court review of Canada's polygamy law in a case his lawyer argued Friday will put him and his community of Bountiful on trial...

MD: Archbishop sues to overturn pregnancy center law

Posted on March 29, 2010
The Catholic Review: "The Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing Baltimore City to overturn a controversial new law that requires the city?s pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs saying they do not provide abortion or birth-control."

Russia president signs bill extending human cloning ban

Posted on March 29, 2010
JURIST: "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a bill Monday re-implementing a ban on human cloning in Russia, according to the Kremlin Press Service. The bill, which replaces a previous ban on human cloning that expired in 2007, prohibits attempts to clone human beings until the state determines how to regulate the practice...

I Do, Unfortunately, He Doesn?t: Name Changing and Egalitarian Marriage

Posted on March 26, 2010
Anat Shenker-Osorio writes the Huffington Post: "Forward-thinking feminists have long refused to take their husbands' names. This practice reeks of the notion of women as property, barred from exercising control over their economic affairs."

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France: Is motherhood a form of oppression?

Posted on March 26, 2010
Times Online: "Thanks to breastfeeding, organic purees and eco nappies, the baby has become a tyrant, says a bestselling book in France . . ."

Education, Faith and a Likelihood to Wed

Posted on March 26, 2010
Nicholas Bakalar writes at the NY Times: "The National Center for Health Statistics this month published a new analysis of data on marriage and cohabitation that concentrated on relationships in the context of childbearing . . . Among white men, 55 percent of those who said religion was 'very important' were married, compared with 35 percent of those for whom it was 'not important...

AT&T Plans $1 Billion Charge Tied to Health Benefits

Posted on March 26, 2010
Wall Street Journal: "AT&T Inc. plans to take a noncash $1 billion charge in the first quarter in anticipating the impact of changes brought by the nation's health-care overhaul. The Dallas-based telecommunications giant is the latest?and largest?company to take a charge to account for the increased costs under the new health-care plan ...

OR: Legislator wants prisons free of sexual material

Posted on March 26, 2010
The Oregonian: "Now, state Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, wants to see that they don't get milder material such as Playboy magazine. 'Prisoners should be focused on rehabilitation rather than on personal gratification,' said Smith."

Kansas legislators advance anti-porn bills

Posted on March 26, 2010
Alva Review-Courier (AP): "Kansas legislators approved two bills Wednesday aimed at the strip club industry and protecting victims of child pornography."

Nigeria: New Anglican primate restates ban on same-sex ?marriage?

Posted on March 26, 2010
Punch: "New Primate of the Anglican Church, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, has restated the position of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria against the practice of gay marriage in the church."

Harold Koh: The Obama Administration and International Law

Posted on March 26, 2010
The Obama Administration and International Law Harold Hongju Koh Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law Washington, DC March 25, 2010 Since this is my first chance to address you as Legal Adviser, I thought I would speak to three issues...

Web traffic redirected to China in mystery mix-up

Posted on March 26, 2010
CNET: Workers at Internet network operation centers around the world are trying to figure out why traffic to sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook was redirected to servers in China this week, giving Web surfers around the globe a glimpse of what Chinese Internet users see when they try to access those blocked sites ...

Construction of two churches stopped in Indonesia

Posted on March 26, 2010
Christian Post: "An Islamic mob stopped construction of Santa Maria Immaculata Catholic Church in Citra Garden, West Jakarta earlier this month even as government officials in Yasmin Park, Bogor, West Java halted work on an Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) building...

ADF to appeal decision against wrongly fired Ga. counselor

Posted on March 26, 2010
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys will appeal a judge?s ruling against a licensed counselor fired after she referred a person seeking same-sex relationship counseling to a colleague

ADF attorneys to debate in Calif., Fla., SC on Supreme Court case involving Christian student group

Posted on March 26, 2010
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez suit will be subject of law school debates next week

Russian Tycoon Acquires Another British Newspaper

Posted on March 26, 2010
NY Times: "Alexander Lebedev, a Russian billionaire who was once a K.G.B. agent stationed in London, struck a long-awaited deal to buy The Independent newspaper on Thursday, little more than a year after he acquired another of Britain?s respected major papers, The Evening Standard of London ...

New code allows religious pharmacists to opt out of prescribing contraception

Posted on March 26, 2010
Telegraph: "The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the new industry regulator, has clarified guidelines in the revised code, which states that staff can opt out of handing out the pill or the morning after pill. The so-called 'conscience clause' has been criticised and The National Secular Society had been campaigning to get it scrapped...

Saudi woman blasts Muslim clerics? ?frightening? religious edicts on TV

Posted on March 26, 2010
NY Daily News: "It was a startling voice of protest at a startling venue. Covered head-to-toe in black, a Saudi woman lashed out at hard-line Muslim clerics' harsh religious edicts in verse on live TV at a popular Arabic version of 'American Idol.'"

AUL: States are eager to opt-out of abortion provisions

Posted on March 26, 2010
Americans United for Life: "Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life, the nation?s first pro-life public interest law firm said: 'Americans United for Life is offering the full assistance of our legal team to any state that wishes to respond legislatively to the anti-life provisions in the new health care reform law...

MS: Clarksdale adult business seeks downtown move

Posted on March 26, 2010
The Press Register: "Owners of Good Vibrations, an adult novelty store currently located on South State Street, Lynn Logan and Eddie Browning presented to the board a request to move to a downtown location . . . 'Based on studies, this kind of business tends to decrease property value and needs to be located in a place that this will not affect the value,' Barber said...

OH: Court rulings should help Lake defend mission statement

Posted on March 26, 2010
Letter to the Editor of the Canton Repository: "A recent ruling from the very liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco should encourage Lake Local Schools? board to reinstate the word God in its values statement . . . Hopefully, the Lake school board will heed the request of parents and students who want God restored to their values statement...

Calif. High Court Upholds LAX Solicitation Ban Challenged by Krishnas

Posted on March 26, 2010
"The California Supreme Court has ruled against the Hare Krishnas in their free-speech challenge to a ban on soliciting donations inside the Los Angeles International Airport."

Citing restroom safety, NotMyBathroom.com opposes Missoula anti-discrimination ordinance

Posted on March 26, 2010
Missoulian: "An organization called NotMyBathroom.com announced this week its opposition to a city ordinance that would protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity . . . "

Discrimination against New Zealand Pro-Life Club by Student Union Overturned

Posted on March 26, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "An eight-year-old policy specifically targeting pro-life clubs has been overturned at Auckland University this week, according to a media release from ProLife New Zealand . . . "

New Report by American Law Firm Pushes for Abortion in Kenya

Posted on March 26, 2010
LifeSiteNews: "Earlier this month, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), a New York-based public interest law firm that seeks to expand abortion access globally, released a report titled, ['In Harm?s Way: The Impact of Kenya?s Restrictive Abortion Law...

Patrick J. Buchanan: U.S.-Israeli relations are approaching a ?Whose side are you on?? moment.

Posted on March 26, 2010
Patrick J. Buchanan writes at Townhall: "Each new report of settlement expansion, each new seizure of Palestinian property, each new West Bank clash between Palestinians and Israeli troops inflames the Arab street, humiliates our Arab allies, exposes America as a weakling that cannot stand up to Israel, and imperils our troops and their mission in Afghanistan and Iraq...

News video clips from Gilbert zoning hearings on religious activities in homes: Doug Napier

Posted on March 26, 2010
ADF attorney Doug Napier appears in several news broadcasts covering this week's hearing on the Gilbert zoning battle over religious gatherings in homes. Each MP4 runs under 3 minutes. |3 TV News AZ | CBS 5 KPHO | NBC 12 Phoenix | CBN

RNC loses bid to raise unlimited money

Posted on March 26, 2010
Breitbart (AP): "A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Washington ruled Friday that it lacks the authority to overturn a Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban on soft money fundraising by the RNC and other national party committees."

Health care: To sue or not to sue

Posted on March 26, 2010
Stateline.org: "The question of whether states should sue over federal health care reform is a legal matter that is quickly turning into a partisan wedge issue, pitting governors against their own attorneys general in states where they come from different political parties ...

Bible study ban followup: How could it have happened?

Posted on March 26, 2010
Gilbert Watch: "[The Code] was interpreted by an intelligence who . . . resorted to 'his best professional judgment' to rule that a 'small scale religious assembly' described seven adults in the private home of a pastor. Therefore, the administrator reasoned, the church meetings could not be held in the home...

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