Religion & Law

Chuck Colson calls on churches to promote religious liberty on Religious Freedom Sunday

Posted on January 07, 2010
Gateways to Better Education: "Christian leader and commentator Charles Colson is urging churches to participate in Religious Freedom Sunday on Jan. 10. Gateways to Better Education established Religious Freedom Sunday so churches will inform their congregations about the religious freedom that students have in America?s public schools ...

WV Churches to Take ?Day2Pray? for State, Leaders

Posted on January 07, 2010
FPC of West Virginia: "On Sunday, Jan. 10, thousands of West Virginians will gather in churches across the state to pray for politicians ahead of the opening of the 2010 legislative session. The Family Policy Council of West Virginia, organizer of the ?Day2Pray,? is calling on Christians throughout the state to intercede on behalf of the state and nation...

Maggie Gallagher: California Voters Face Show Trial in Kangaroo Court

Posted on January 07, 2010
Maggie Gallagher writes at Townhall: "The case will be a show trial in a kangaroo court. I don't say that lightly of any federal judge, but Judge Walker's extraordinary bias has already been flagrantly on display. Take the trial itself. The constitutionality of Proposition 8 is not really a matter for a trial of fact...

Do We Have a Right to Know If Candidates Are ?Gay??

Posted on January 07, 2010
"Republican leadership, if you are covering up things the public should know, stop or you will lose even more credibility with your base. And press? Do your job. Your duty is not to defend a lifestyle; it is to report the truth."

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Nevada: Group seeks change in state law to allow pot use

Posted on January 07, 2010
Las Vegas Sun: "A petition to change state law to allow adults to use marijuana legally has been filed and law enforcement officials are already geared up to fight the proposal . . . "

Calif. lawmakers pass major school-reform package

Posted on January 07, 2010
AP: "The California Legislature on Wednesday sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger landmark education reforms designed to overhaul the state's worst schools and let parents send their children elsewhere . . . "

Calif. Federal Judge OKs Posting of Prop 8 Trial to YouTube

Posted on January 07, 2010
Law.com (The Recorder): "Chief Judge Vaughn Walker made it clear Wednesday that he will forge ahead with televising the federal challenge to Prop 8. But he also signaled he doesn't want to be the next Lance Ito. The trial, which begins on Monday, will be filmed by court personnel, Walker ruled, but it will not be broadcast live ...

Indiana: Senate panel to consider riverboat casino changes

Posted on January 07, 2010
AP: "A top state senator said Wednesday that his committee will consider legislation that would allow riverboat casinos on Lake Michigan and the Ohio River to move inland in hopes of staving off new competition from neighboring states . . . "

Countries Block Porn Distribution; U.S. Wavers

Posted on January 07, 2010
Citizen Link: "Australia, India and China are moving to filter illegal pornography based on its harm to society. Compulsory internet filtering in Australia, the blocking of 13,000 porn sites in China and a tightening of filters in India have family advocates wondering why the U...

What the Dems Know: Universal Voter Registration

Posted on January 07, 2010
James Simpson writes at the American Thinker: "Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats with no apparent concern for their plummeting poll numbers . . . But since Democrat politicians rarely do things that will not ultimately benefit themselves, this column asked two weeks ago, "What do they know that we don't?" We may have found out...

Malaysian church fire-bombed over Christian use of ?Allah?

Posted on January 07, 2010
channelnewsasia: "A church in Malaysia has been fire-bombed in an attack that gutted its ground floor, church officials said on Friday, escalating a dispute over the use of the word 'Allah' by non-Muslims."

High-stakes same-sex ?marriage? trial to begin in Calif.

Posted on January 07, 2010
New York Times: "'What sets this case apart is the strategy up until now, in the last 10 or 15 years, has been by the national organizations that support same-sex marriage to attack this on a state-by-state basis,' said Brian Raum, who is helping to defend Proposition 8...

New Jersey Senate rejects same-sex ?marriage? bill

Posted on January 07, 2010
"The 20-14 vote, with three abstentions, defeating the measure followed an hour and a half of public debate inside the packed Senate chamber, and loud, often-contentious rallies on the Statehouse steps, with hundreds of supporters and opponents of the measure making their voices heard...

Austin R. Nimocks on the Hugh Hewitt Show: California marriage trial begins Monday

Posted on January 07, 2010
ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the California marriage litigation. The trial is scheduled to begin on Monday next week. The MP3 runs 10:42 mins. ADF: Media Information Information Page

Feds: Sex abuse high at 13 juvenile centers, nearly 1 of 3 inmates

Posted on January 07, 2010
Breitbart (AP): "A government study issued Thursday finds 13 juvenile detention facilities around the country have high rates of sex abuse and victimization, where nearly 1 out of every 3 inmates reported some type of victimization."

Lincoln Below 40 percent in Arkansas Senate Match-Ups

Posted on January 07, 2010
PoliticsDaily.com: "Lincoln's vulnerability is tied in part to the health care debate in Washington and has made her a somewhat shaky member of the 60 senators the Democrats need to get overhaul legislation passed."

Tennessee school district agrees to stop handing out Bibles

Posted on January 06, 2010
Associated Baptist Press: "A school district in Tennessee has agreed to stop handing out Gideon Bibles to students during the school day under threat of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union . . . In May the Alliance Defense Fund sued an elementary school in Mt...

WI: ?Adult entertainment? still possible in Spooner

Posted on January 06, 2010
Washburn County Register: "The Spooner Plan Commission is continuing work on finding an outlet for adult entertainment facilities, after a meeting Tuesday, Dec. 29, in city hall."

EU: What happens if a German-Greek couple living in Belgium divorce?

Posted on January 06, 2010
New Europe interviews European Commissioner Viviane Reding, designated to be Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship: "[T]he mixed marriages: a German has married a Greek and they are living together in Belgium. Then they have a divorce...

Islamist march through British town draws massive opposition

Posted on January 06, 2010
CCFON: "Around 400,000 people joined a Facebook group this week to oppose a planned march of a Muslim extremist group through a British town famous for honouring the war dead, including those killed in Afghanistan."

A clash of civilizations in Nigeria

Posted on January 06, 2010
Der Spiegel: "Muslims and Christians are both growing more radical in Nigeria, home of the would-be underwear bomber. Almost nowhere else in the world does the rivalry between religions lead to bloody conflict quite so often. In Bauchi, there are rumors that militant Muslims are preparing to attack Christians in Jos, 100 kilometers (62 miles) away...

Ireland: Up to 683 may have had lawful abortions in 2008

Posted on January 06, 2010
Irish Times: "Up to 683 women developed complications during pregnancy in 2008 which may have required a lawful abortion, according to Government estimates. However, authorities do not have any precise figures to show how many lawful terminations of pregnancies took place in Ireland...

UK: Polygamy for all

Posted on January 06, 2010
Khaled Diab writes at The Guardian: "A Saudi journalist is demanding that women be given the right to four husbands. Maybe she has a point."

Saudi Arabia: ?Polygamy for women? article sparks public row in Egypt, Muslim world

Posted on January 06, 2010
LA Times: "Nadine Bedair?s controversial article, recently published in the Egyptian independent daily Al Masry Al Youm, that raised the question of why only men are allowed to practice polygamy in Islam but not women. As expected, the daring article, entitled 'My Four Husbands and I,' has stirred the pot among various groups ...

Malaysian Polygamy Club Draws Criticism

Posted on January 06, 2010
NY Times: "'Men are by nature polygamous,' said Dr. Rohaya, Mr. Ikram?s third wife, flanked by the other three women and Mr. Ikram for an interview on a recent morning."

?Octomom?s Doctor Michael Kamrava Sued by CA Medical Board?

Posted on January 06, 2010
Findlaw: "Dr. Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who helped his patient Nadya Suleman (a/k/a 'the Octomom') birth octuplets after delivering her six other children via in vitro fertilization, was sued by California's Medical Board for multiple counts of gross negligence...

Dodd, Dorgan out; 5 other Senate Dems vulnerable

Posted on January 06, 2010
Washington Times: "In at least seven states -- Connecticut, Nevada, Ohio, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, North Dakota and Colorado -- the Democratic candidate for Senate trails the Republican in the most recent polls. In those states, Mr. Obama's popularity has dropped below the percentage of votes he drew in 2008, and opposition to the health-care-reform bill is deep and wide...

?Catholic Portugal set to legalize gay marriage?

Posted on January 06, 2010
"With the governing Socialists and other left-wing parties enjoying a strong majority, the new law is likely to sail through . . ."

AZ Republican Gov commits to cap and trade initiative

Posted on January 06, 2010
AZ Capitol Times: "Gov. Jan Brewer issued an executive order Jan. 5 that aims to continue Arizona's participation in a multi-state agreement to reduce greenhouse gas and carbon emissions." Western Climate Initiative: "The centerpiece of the WCI strategy is a regional cap-and-trade program...

Oregon: Ashland adopts citywide nudity ban, despite ACLU threat

Posted on January 06, 2010
Mail Tribune: "An Ashland City Council majority voted Tuesday night to adopt a citywide ban on nudity despite an American Civil Liberties Union threat to sue over the ban."

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