Religion & Law

Ron Paul son Rand makes Ky. Senate run official

Posted on December 30, 2009
AP: "Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's son has officially entered the GOP Senate primary in Kentucky."

Florida cities caught banishing Nativity scenes

Posted on December 30, 2009
WorldNetDaily: "'It's ridiculous that people have to think twice about whether it's OK to publicly celebrate Christmas,' ADF Senior Counsel Nate Kellum said about the dispute . . . 'Banning Christmas displays is clearly out of sync with the beliefs of the American people, common sense, and the Constitution,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster...

Sen. Harry Reid to force vote on TSA nominee

Posted on December 30, 2009
LA Times: "Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) objected, temporarily halting the confirmation, as part of his opposition to unionizing the TSA, which he believes Obama will push. "

A Federal Appeals Court Wrongly Allows A Public High School to Ban Message T-Shirts

Posted on December 30, 2009
Julie Hilden writes at Findlaw: "Can a public high school ban its students from wearing T-shirts bearing printed messages, unless those messages support the school or its teams, clubs, or activities? A Texas case raises this interesting question and the high school student who brought that case, Pete Palmer, would like to see the case go all the way to the U...

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Iran police still holding 300 over Sunday protests

Posted on December 30, 2009
Google News (AFP): "Iranian police said on Wednesday that they are still holding 300 of the 500 "rioters" they arrested at the weekend when opposition supporters staged protests during a Shiite religious commemoration."

?Hundreds of thousands at pro-government rallies in Iran?

Posted on December 30, 2009
Reuters: "Hundreds of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Wednesday, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing opposition leaders of causing unrest in the Islamic state."

Baltimore Law Aims to Undermine Charitable Work of Pregnancy Resource Centers, Say Pro-life Activists

Posted on December 30, 2009
CNSNews: "A bill passed by the Baltimore City Council in November and signed into law on Dec. 4 will require pregnancy resource centers operating within the city to post signs stating what services the facilities do not offer. Signs -- to be posted outside the centers -- must state that they do not provide or give referrals for abortion or contraceptives...

Schwarzenegger names 9 Bay Area judges

Posted on December 30, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filled nine Superior Court judgeships today in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties."

Rep. George Radanovich (R-Calif.) to retire

Posted on December 30, 2009
The Hill: "Rep. George Radanovich (R-Calif.) is set to announce Tuesday that he will not seek reelection, according to House Republican aide."

Pastor in Teen Convert Case Denies He Intentionally Broke Law

Posted on December 30, 2009
Christian Post: "The Florida pastor who sheltered runaway teen convert Rifqa Bary formally denied Tuesday that he knowingly broke the law to hide the Muslim-turned-Christian girl from Ohio."

Japan: Panel eyes law for limiting parental rights to curb child abuses+

Posted on December 30, 2009
AP: "A study group of government officials and scholars is preparing a report that calls for establishing a legal provision to restrict parental rights as a way to curb child abuses, sources familiar about an outline of the report said Wednesday."

Can Crist Survive a Right-Wing Uprising in Florida?

Posted on December 29, 2009
TIME: "The new poll has Crist and Rubio even at 43 points, a 10-point swing for both men since last August. It's a sign, says Aubrey Jewett, a Florida politics expert at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, that "political gravity has caught up with Crist," who until last summer had had approval ratings near 70%, but to many Floridians now seems at a loss about how to jump-start jobs...

?Gay marriage? in Argentina is 1st in Latin America

Posted on December 29, 2009
"Argentina's Constitution is silent on whether marriage must be between a man and a woman, effectively leaving the matter to provincial and city officials . . . "

Infamous ?Wardrobe Malfunction? Case Heading Back to 3rd Circuit

Posted on December 29, 2009
Law.com (Legal Intelligencer): "It has been nearly eight months since the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to take a second look at the case and to consider reinstating the $550,000 in fines that the Federal Communications Commission imposed on CBS over Jackson's breast-baring performance...

A better ?tale? than Tiger?s: Pensions for part-time legislators must stop

Posted on December 29, 2009
Jim Waters writes at the Bluegrass Institute: "What other part-time worker do you know that gets a fully funded pension financed by taxpayers, especially after just 20 years?"

Do the ACLU and privacy activists share the blame for Christmas Day attack?

Posted on December 29, 2009
Linking to the LA Times, the Hot Air Blog reports on the ACLU's role in opposing no-fly lists. Gabriel Schoenfeld writes at the LA Times: "We will never know whether fierce criticism from the left had any direct effect on the processing of Abdulmutallab's file, but the political environment is important to consider going forward...

Religious liberty, ?gay rights? clash in 2 prominent cases

Posted on December 29, 2009
Baptist Press: "Religious liberty suffered a setback in the U.S. but won a victory in Canada in December in two closely watched cases involving the legal tug-of-war between religious rights and 'gay rights' . . . Attorneys allied with the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group, are involved in both cases ...

Study: Home-schooled children excel as adults

Posted on December 29, 2009
Christian Post: "Despite what many might believe, a vast majority of home-schooled children say they have plenty of opportunities for socialization with other children and, as adults, come to excel in all measured areas of adult life, according to a new study...

California Science Center is sued for canceling a film promoting intelligent design

Posted on December 29, 2009
LA Times: "A lawsuit alleges that the state-owned center improperly bowed to pressure from the Smithsonian Institution, as well as e-mailed complaints from USC professors and others. It contends that the center violated both the 1st Amendment and a contract to rent the museum's Imax Theater when it canceled the screening of 'Darwin's Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record...

Va. lawmaker targets police prayer policy

Posted on December 29, 2009
Associated Press: "A state legislator is renewing his effort to undo an administrative order requiring Virginia State Police chaplains to deliver non-denominational prayers at official events. Del. Charles W. Carrico, a retired state trooper, claims the 2008 directive from State Police Superintendent W...

Rosa DeLauro, key pro-abortion Dem, makes case for Senate abortion language

Posted on December 29, 2009
Huffington Post: "'There are some questions I still have,' DeLauro said. 'And that's why I want to see this side-by-side with the language. It's not Stupak-Pitts [the House's language]. So, it's already [an improvement]. And it would appear to be current law...

Reflecting on a decade of stem cell research

Posted on December 29, 2009
NPR: "Some say they hold the potential for medical miracles. Others claim they are a moral abomination. Either way, human embryonic stem cells captured headlines during the past decade in a way few areas of scientific research have before."

Patrick J. Buchanan: Is America?s decline irreversible?

Posted on December 29, 2009
"At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the question is not whether we will preside over the creation of a New World Order, but whether America?s decline is irreversible."

?Malawi gay couple to face court after engagement?

Posted on December 29, 2009
BBC News: "Two gay men arrested in Malawi after getting engaged are to be charged with gross public indecency, police say. 'We arrested them because they committed an offence; homosexuality in Malawi is illegal,' police spokesman Davie Chingwalu told the BBC...

New American Every 14 Seconds Pushes Population to 308 Million

Posted on December 29, 2009
Business Week (Bloomberg): 'The majority of the increase is due to natural increase - - new births in the United States -- and we also have new people coming in through international migration, just under 900,000' this year, said Kennedy-Puthoff."

Malaysian Christians await high court ruling on ?Allah? case

Posted on December 29, 2009
Christian Post: "Malaysia?s high court is expected to announce its decision this week on a case contesting whether the government of the predominantly Muslim country can bar Christian groups from referring to God as 'Allah' . . . Earlier this month, Court Justice Lau Been Lan set Dec...

Nancy Pelosi: Free Will Trumps Catholic Church?s Pro-Life Teachings on Abortion

Posted on December 29, 2009
LifeNews: "The rift between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Catholic Church will likely grow thanks to new comments the abortion advocate made. Pelosi said in a new interview that the 'free will' of women wanting abortions outweighs pro-life Catholic teachings ...

New Research Shows Sex in Movies Doesn?t Lead to Box-Office Success

Posted on December 29, 2009
Culture and Media Institute: "Studio executives might want to make a New Year?s resolution to show less skin in their movies. A December 29 CNN article reported that a recent study found that 'sex and nudity failed to positively affect a film?s popularity among viewers or critics and did not guarantee big box office receipts...

Dutch measures may lead to marriage redefinition in islands

Posted on December 29, 2009
TheDailyHerald: "Married and registered gay couples will obtain legal protection against discrimination by government agencies in the BES islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba after the islands have obtained their new status as public entities in the Dutch Kingdom...

Turkish Court Seeks to Link Murder of Christians to ?Cage Plan?

Posted on December 29, 2009
Christian Post: "Malatya?s Third Criminal Court on Friday took further steps to connect the murders of three Christians in southeastern Turkey to a Turkish military plan to destabilize the pro-Islamic government."

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