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Wisconsin High Court Adopts Rules Allowing Judicial Campaign Donations

Posted on January 22, 2010
Law.com: "The court voted 4-3 to approve the rules that say campaign donations and other spending by parties do not require judges to step aside from cases."

Doug Napier on AFR Focal Point: Politically powerless Prop. 8 opponents?

Posted on January 22, 2010
ADF Attorney Doug Napier on AFR Focal Point with Bryan Fischer to provide an update on the Prop. 8 trial. The MP3 runs just over 12 minutes.

Indiana: Senate panel approves same-sex ?marriage? measure

Posted on January 21, 2010
South Bend Tribune: "The nation's ongoing debate about same-sex marriage took the stage Wednesday at the Statehouse, as an Elkhart County lawmaker introduced a measure that would allow Indiana voters to decide if the state's constitution should specifically bar marriages and civil unions between gay and lesbian couples ...

U.S. Supreme Court Embraces First Amendment in Case About Hillary: The Movie

Posted on January 21, 2010
"The Framers understood that in a free Republic the proper response to speech one opposes is speech in opposition, not opposition to speech."

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Two Muslim prayer halls attacked in Malaysia: police

Posted on January 21, 2010
PTI News: "Two Muslim prayer halls in Malaysia were set on fire today, police said, following a spate of violence against churches triggered by a row over the use of the word 'Allah'."

No religious justification for child marriage: Saudi cleric

Posted on January 21, 2010
AFP: "A senior Saudi cleric said the Prophet Mohammed's marriage to a nine-year-old girl some 14 centuries ago cannot be used to justify child marriages today, a Saudi newspaper reported Thursday."

Scotland: MSP launches assisted suicide bill at Holyrood

Posted on January 21, 2010
The Christian Institute: "A bill that would legalise assisted suicide in Scotland has been presented to the Scottish Parliament today, but critics have warned that any change in the law will endanger lives."

Virginia: School board opts for moment of silence

Posted on January 21, 2010
Stafford County Sun: "The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sent a letter Jan. 15 to the Stafford County School Board concerning prayer at its meetings, noting that prayers must be nonsectarian, and suggesting that moments of silence are a good option...

Muslim anger over military ?Jesus? scopes

Posted on January 21, 2010
AFP: "Muslim groups reacted angrily Wednesday after it emerged that the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan were using rifle sights inscribed with coded Biblical references."

UK: ?Schools to screen film about homophobic bullying?

Posted on January 21, 2010
The Guardian: "A film on homophobic bullying is to be screened in all UK secondary schools next month . . . It tells the story of six teenagers ? who are gay, straight or not yet sure of their sexuality ? and are taking classes in hip hop dancing at a college in south London ...

Catholic League: ?Prop 8 Challenge Puts Religion on Trial?

Posted on January 21, 2010
Cathlic League: ". . . Their goal is not to contest the First Amendment rights of Catholics and others?their goal is to put religion on trial. What they are saying is that religious-based reasons for rejecting gay marriage are irrational, and thus do not meet the test of promoting a legitimate state interest ...

Marine Corps Times: ?Trijicon: No more Bible references on rifle scopes?

Posted on January 21, 2010
Marine Corps Times: "A company under fire for etching biblical reference on rifle scopes used by the U.S. military said Thursday it will stop the practice, and has offered to provide modification kits to the Pentagon to enable their removal on existing optics...

Puerto Rico: ACLU files brief on behalf of Jehovah?s Witnesses

Posted on January 21, 2010
ACLU: "The American Civil Liberties Union, its national chapter in Puerto Rico and its affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island filed a friend-of-the-court brief late Wednesday opposing unconstitutional laws that effectively ban Jehovah's Witnesses from freely expressing their faith in the streets of Puerto Rico...

Who should (and shouldn?t) go to law school

Posted on January 21, 2010
Sarah Waldeck writing at Concurring Opinions: "What is different this time around, however, is that no one is yet sure whether the changes in legal markets and in law firms are permanent, or whether things will eventually return to what we had come to think of as normal...

NJ: On same-sex ?marriage,? the people have spoken

Posted on January 21, 2010
Len Deo, founder and president of the New Jersey Family Policy Council, writing in the Times of Trenton: "Advocates for same-sex marriage -- having failed to convince the people's elected representatives and having dismissed out of hand the right of the people to decide the issue at the ballot box -- now say they will take their cause back to the courts...

Alabama House to get controversial gambling bill

Posted on January 21, 2010
Montgomery Advertiser: "The troops on both sides are arming for a fight over a bill that would allow private casinos to offer the same games as Indian operations until November, when supporters hope an amendment will be on the ballot to allow people to decide if they want to tax and regulate gambling...

Democrats plan bill to limit impact of campaign finance decision

Posted on January 21, 2010
The Hill: "Democratic leaders will push legislation to limit the impact of Thursday?s Supreme Court decision that lifted restrictions on corporate spending in politics."

McCain?s Wife, Daughter Endorse ?Gay Marriage? Movement

Posted on January 21, 2010
CNSNews: "Cindy McCain, the wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, and their daughter Meghan have posed for photos endorsing pro-gay marriage forces in California."

Azerbaijan: Nakhichevan authorities crack down on Ashura commemorations

Posted on January 21, 2010
Forum 18: "Authorities in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan warned employees of state enterprises and students not to attend mosque during Shia Muslim commemorations of Ashura in December, local human rights activist Malahat Nasibova told Forum 18 News Service...

Federal District Court in Arizona Strikes Election Matching Funds Plan as Unconstitutional

Posted on January 21, 2010
The Election Law Blog reports and links to the ruling in McComish v. Brewer, No. CV-08-1550-PHX-ROS (D. Ariz. Jan. 20, 2010)

Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health bill

Posted on January 21, 2010
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate's sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama's signature issue."

UK: ?Marriage will be one of the great election battlegrounds. Cameron is right to stick to his guns.?

Posted on January 21, 2010
Daily Mail: "Actually, when you burrow down into Mr Balls' views you discover not only that he is in favour of marriage, but also that he accepts that children whose parents are married, and remain so, are more likely to do well in education and lots of other areas...

Hundreds Killed In Muslim-Christian Violence In Nigeria

Posted on January 21, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "Reports from the Nigerian city of Jos say that between 200 and 400 people were killed and over 4,000 were injured in three days of violence between Muslims and Christians that began January 17."

Japan?s Supreme Court Says City?s Gift of Site For Shrine Is Unconstitutional

Posted on January 21, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "Japan's Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the city of Sunagawa violated the Japanese Constitution when it allowed city-owned land to be used without charge as a site for a Shinto shrine."

Supreme Court Decision Impacts Those Seeking Asylum Because of Religious Persecution

Posted on January 21, 2010
Religion Clause Blog: "The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday handed down an immigration law opinion that has important implications in cases in which an individual about to be deported or removed seeks to reopen proceedings to claim asylum because of religious persecution in his country of origin ...

Austin R. Nimocks on the Hugh Hewitt Show: Day 7 at the Prop. 8 Trial

Posted on January 21, 2010
ADF Attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to provide an update on the Proposition 8 trial. The MP3 runs just under 6 minutes.

South Koreans told to go home and make babies

Posted on January 21, 2010
BBC: "South Korean government workers are being given an unusual instruction - go home and multiply . . . Boosting the number of newborn children is a priority for the government, which is staring into the abyss of a rapidly ageing society, falling levels of manpower and spiralling health care costs ...

Book Review: The rotten heart of the European Union

Posted on January 21, 2010
Henrik Raeder Clausen reviews Marta Andreasen's Brussels Laid Bare at The Brussels Journal: "Marta Andreasen was hired to put the required reforms into effect. However, she was dismissed after less than five months in office, a dismissal that led to a lengthy legal process, but no reform...

?Group Wants Prize Money to Promote Pro-Gay Curriculum?

Posted on January 21, 2010
Citizen Link: "The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) is competing for $1 million it intends to use to push its agenda in public schools."

?The day I decided to stop being gay?

Posted on January 21, 2010
Times Online: "My sexuality was formed behind bike sheds and in school dormitories, a most unimaginatively clich�d pattern of pubescent fumbling. This propelled me into a lifestyle, reinforced by a social milieu of flamboyant media gays. At the BBC, where I worked for seven years, homosexuality was very nearly compulsory ...

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