Religion & Law

Maggie Gallagher: The Right to Adultery?

Posted on March 18, 2010
"There's something wrong with a society that permits adultery to become a pathway to commercial success."

Supreme Court to manage and launch new website

Posted on March 18, 2010
Supreme Court Office of Public Information: "The Web address for the site will change from www.supremecourtus.gov to www.supremecourt.gov but either address will provide access through July 1, 2010 . . . "

ACLU: Another Week Brings More DADT Action in Washington

Posted on March 18, 2010
ACLU Blog: "This week will also see the conclusion of the Pentagon?s review of interim steps that can be taken short of repeal (which only Congress can approve) that would lessen some of the most egregious aspects of DADT, as well as make it more difficult to initiate discharge proceedings of a service member...

KY: State bill discouraging sexting advances

Posted on March 18, 2010
WHAS11: "A bill aimed at cracking down on the problem of teenagers sending nude photos via cell phones or online has advanced in the Kentucky General Assembly. The measure easily cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday."

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?Bengal?s transgenders want socio-economic reservation at all levels?

Posted on March 18, 2010
One India: "Transgender persons in West Bengal want reservation not just in Parliament, but also in education, jobs and all community and social development programmes. Transgender activist, Agniva Lahiri points out that mere political representation cannot bring emancipation to a community which is fighting for its right to citizenship and human rights in India...

Florida Legislature to consider bills on adoption, civics education

Posted on March 18, 2010
Miami Herald: "The pace of the legislative session continues to pick up Thursday with the House and Senate expected to pass legislation that includes bills requiring civics education in public schools, excusing breast-feeding moms from jury duty and banning adoption agencies from asking prospective parents whether they own firearms...

PA: West Rockhill passes sex shop restrictions

Posted on March 18, 2010
The Intelligencer: "West Rockhill supervisors on Wednesday evening approved updated regulations for adult entertainment in the township. The new rules are part of an extensive overhaul to township zoning, but officials decided it would be best to address adult uses separately to keep such businesses from being established before the regulations...

President Obama?s pitch: Fate of presidency on the line

Posted on March 18, 2010
Politico: "President Barack Obama had exhausted most of his health care reform arguments with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during a White House meeting last Thursday when he made a more personal pitch that resonated with many skeptics in the room...

?HUD to study housing discrimination toward gays?

Posted on March 18, 2010
Washington Post: "'Our goal is to provide information -- to allow the dialogue to focus on facts rather than preconceived notions,' said HUD Assistant Secretary Raphael Bostic, who is heading the study . . . Bostic said HUD's study is part of a broader effort to make the agency's policies and services more inclusive of the LGBT community, including in public housing and FHA loan programs...

More multigenerational families living together

Posted on March 18, 2010
AP: "About 6.6 million U.S. households in 2009 had at least three generations of family members, an increase of 30 percent since 2000, according to census figures . . ."

Living Under God

Posted on March 18, 2010
Ken Blackwell writing in The American Spectator: [The 9th Circuit] ruled in favor of the Pledge. But the big news is ?not that the Ninth Circuit came to its senses and aligned itself with every other court that has addressed the issue. The big news is that? the Ninth Circuit did so in uniquely and dramatically conservative fashion ...

Oklahoma Appeals Court nixes divorce for lesbian couple

Posted on March 18, 2010
Leonard Link: "A three-judge panel of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled on March 11 that a same-sex couple who claimed to have married in Canada could not obtain a divorce from an Oklahoma District Court . . . The Alliance Defense Fund had intervened in the case on behalf of some Oklahoma officials who are opposed to same-sex marriage ...

Gilbert, AZ authorities may be helping to grow house churches says house church leader

Posted on March 18, 2010
Christian News Wire: "The church is being represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys who filed an appeal on Wednesday, March 10th citing other gatherings like cub scouts or business meetings that are not subject to the same violations is a clear case of discrimination...

Gilbert Town Council meeting to address code interpretation and compliance rules

Posted on March 18, 2010
Phoenix Examiner: "The Town of Gilbert is in the national spotlight because of the enforcement of land development codes . . . Since then, the Alliance Defense fund, an organization 'to aggressively defend religious liberty by empowering our allies', has taken up the cause to shame Gilbert into not enforcing the code...

Same-sex ?divorce? case dismissed

Posted on March 18, 2010
OneNewsNow: "The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has said "no" to a lesbian divorce. Legal Counsel Tim Tracey of Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) explains that what was at stake in the case was the validity of Oklahoma's marriage law . . . 'What you have here is a fraudulent attempt to try to undermine the marriage amendment of Oklahoma that was passed by 76 percent of the voters...

Evaporating First Amendment?

Posted on March 18, 2010
Inside Higher Ed: "In the latest ruling, a federal judge rejected a suit by Mike Adams, an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington who charged that he was denied promotion to full professor because of his conservative, Christian views ...

Stupak: Health fight has been ?a living hell?

Posted on March 18, 2010
The Hill: "Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama?s healthcare legislation over abortion has been a 'living hell' for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)."

Barnabas Fund exposes media coverup of massacres of Christians in Nigeria

Posted on March 18, 2010
Barnabas Fund: "The world has been horrified by the bloodshed in Jos, the capital of Nigeria?s Plateau State, as reported by the international media during the last six weeks. It appears, however, that deliberate manipulation and deception at a local level have meant that international reporting has been inaccurate, and has created the false impression that Christians were the aggressors and Muslims the victims when the reality is the opposite...

Pro-Life Democrats: 12 Still Oppose Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill, Votes Lacking

Posted on March 18, 2010
LifeNews: "Two of the leading pro-life Democrats against the Senate health care bill because of its pro-abortion provisions say their 12-member coalition that puts opposing funding before advocating health care is still solid. Their remarks comes as two longtime pro-life Democrats say they will back the bill...

CBO: Health package costs $940 billion; Hoyer eyes Sunday vote

Posted on March 18, 2010
The Hill: "Democrats are lauding a CBO report that found their healthcare package will cut the deficit by $130 billion."

In Defense of ?Speciesism?

Posted on March 18, 2010
EPPC: "While 'animal rights' has become a catch-all for any effort to protect animals, EPPC Fellow Colleen Carroll Campbell cautions that the confused concept of 'rights' gives the animal-rights movement legitimacy it does not deserve and "threatens universal human rights, which are grounded in the principle that all humans are equal simply because we are human...

Democrats post health care bill online, setting up possible Sunday vote

Posted on March 18, 2010
FOX News: "House Democrats on Thursday unveiled their highly anticipated package of changes to the Senate health care reform bill, setting up a potential floor vote for Sunday and putting pressure on Republicans intent on finding a way to stop it."

Bill introduced removing marriage penalty from home buyer tax credit

Posted on March 18, 2010
The Hill: "Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation eliminating the so called "marriage penalty" from the Home Buyer Tax Credit . . . "

About David Hacker

Posted on March 18, 2010
David J. Hacker serves as litigation staff counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund at its Sacramento Regional Service Center in California, where he litigates cases to protect the rights of Christian students, faculty, and staff at public colleges and universities across the nation...

About Byron Babione

Posted on March 18, 2010
Byron Babione serves as senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund at its Team Resource Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is a member of the Virginia, New York, and Arizona bars and has practiced trial and appellate advocacy in numerous civil rights cases in federal and state court...

About Roger Kiska

Posted on March 18, 2010
Roger Kiska serves as legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund and is based in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, where he specializes in international litigation with a focus on European law. Kiska is developing the ADF-allied attorney network in Europe, working with allies to litigate European cases that have a potential for impacting ADF efforts in America...

About Joel Oster

Posted on March 18, 2010
Joel L. Oster serves as senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund at its Kansas City Regional Service Center in Kansas, where he plays a significant role in litigation efforts defending church autonomy. Before joining ADF in 2004, he earned his J...

About Glen Lavy

Posted on March 18, 2010
Glen Lavy serves as senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund at its Team Resource Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he oversees the coordination of approximately 1,200 allied attorneys trained through the ADF National Litigation Academy program...

About Kevin Theriot

Posted on March 18, 2010
Kevin Theriot serves as senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund at its Kansas City Regional Service Center in Kansas, where he heads litigation efforts to protect and preserve the right of churches and other ministries to be free from unconstitutional government regulation and intrusion...

About Erik Stanley

Posted on March 18, 2010
Erik W. Stanley serves as senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund at its Kansas City Regional Service Center in Kansas, where he heads the ADF Pulpit Initiative to empower pastors across the nation to speak freely from their pulpits on all matters of life, including how Scripture and church teaching have application to candidates and elections...

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