Religion & Law

ADF: Ground won, lost against pro-abortion groups in suits challenging Ariz. law protecting women, children

Posted on September 30, 2009
Federal court denies Tucson Women?s Center attempt to stop act protecting women, state court allows Planned Parenthood assault on new state law that fully informs women.

EEOC nominee signed radical marriage manifesto that praised polygamy

Posted on September 30, 2009
Catholic News Agency: "A law professor [Chai Feldblum] nominated by President Obama to become a commissioner for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was a signatory to a radical 2006 manifesto which endorsed polygamous households and argued traditional marriage should not be privileged 'above all others...

Judie Brown: Forsythe?s dilemma on personhood ? legal positivism

Posted on September 30, 2009
Judie Brown, president and co-founder of American Life League, responds to Clarke Forsythe, senior legal counsel at Americans United for Life, on personhood amendments and the correct interpretation of Roe v. Wade.

Montana Superintendent Rejects Notices of Intent to Homeschool

Posted on September 29, 2009
HSLDA: "Home School Legal Defense Association assisted eight member families in Butte at the beginning of this school year when the county superintendent of schools rejected their notice of intent. In a letter sent to each of the families, the superintendent stated that she was unable to 'register' the children to be homeschooled because of insufficient information contained in the notices of intent...

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Malta: ?Gay rights activists ask MPs to discuss same-sex marriages?

Posted on September 29, 2009
Times of Malta: "MGRM activists yesterday greeted parliamentarians returning to the House after the summer recess with an appeal to discuss same-sex marriage, also handing out copies of a speech by left-wing Spanish Prime Minister Josè Luis Rodriguez Zapatero...

Council of Europe to Vote on Pro-Abortion Report on the Same Day Ireland Votes on Lisbon

Posted on September 29, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "On Friday this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will vote on a pro-abortion report that says that all states should offer abortion by 2015."

Florida Bishops Oppose Personhood Amendment

Posted on September 29, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "The Conference, which serves as the official public policy voice of the Florida bishops, released an email alert Friday afternoon, alerting supporters that, 'although the bishops of Florida clearly share the desire for our state laws to recognize all life from its very beginning to natural end, after careful consideration and deliberation with legal counsel, the bishops do not support this current amendment effort...

Vatican reacts to UN criticisms over clergy sex scandal; It was homosexual abuse not pedophilia

Posted on September 29, 2009
The Guardian: "The Vatican has lashed out at criticism over its handling of its paedophilia crisis by saying the Catholic church was 'busy cleaning its own house' and that the problems with clerical sex abuse in other churches were as big, if not bigger...

?Gays in military subject to contradiction?

Posted on September 29, 2009
Virginian-Pilot: "Debates over allowing gay men and women to serve in the military quickly get complicated. That's because there are two seemingly contradictory regulations governing gay military service: the policy known as 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' and the federal law declaring homosexuality incompatible with military service...

Atlanta mayoral candidates lobby for ?gay vote,? call for investigation of the police

Posted on September 29, 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution: "All four leading mayoral candidates ? Lisa Borders, Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed and Jesse Spikes ? sent statements urging city officials to conduct a fair investigation into the Sept. 10 raid at the Atlanta Eagle and punish any police officers found to have violated the bar patrons? civil rights...

U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director: ENDA is keystone for homosexual Congressional agenda

Posted on September 29, 2009
"It is the keystone that holds up the whole bunch, and so we need to focus our energies and attention there' . . ."

Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly to Vote on Pro-Abortion Report Friday

Posted on September 29, 2009
LifeNews: "The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will hold a debate on vote on Friday on a report that pro-life groups tell LifeNews.com. The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) and the British pro-life group SPUC are asking for calls and emails in advance of the vote...

Fertility Clinics in California, Louisiana Face Lawsuits Over Destroying Embryos

Posted on September 29, 2009
LifeNews: "The lawsuits highlight the problems of fertility clinics having such a direct control over the life and death of people in their earliest days."

California pro-lifers launch Personhood Amendment campaign

Posted on September 29, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "California has joined the race to recognize human rights and personhood for all human beings from the biological beginning of development. Some of the state's most outspoken pro-life advocates submitted the California Human Rights Amendment to Attorney General Jerry Brown following a press conference Monday in Sacramento...

New sexual activity rules enacted at Tufts

Posted on September 29, 2009
U.S. News & World Report "Paper Trail" blog: "Tufts University has taken a bold step toward regulating sexual activity in dorm rooms. The school, whose main campus is in Medford, Mass., instituted a new policy for students with roommates in on-campus housing: No sex while the other roommate is in the room, and no sexual activity should interfere with a roommate's privacy, study, or sleep...

Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Option Amendment

Posted on September 29, 2009
Washington Post: "The Senate Finance Committee voted down a government-run 'public option' as part an overhaul of the nation's health-care system Tuesday, rejecting the first of two amendments offered by Democrats."

Ben Bull on TruNews with Rick Wiles: Boissoin and Int?l Threats to Religious Liberty

Posted on September 29, 2009
Ben Bull, ADF Chief Counsel and Director of Global Activities, appeared on TruNews with Rick Wiles to discuss efforts in Canada to muzzle a pastor through "hate crime" allegations, because he spoke against homosexual behavior. The MP3 runs just over 16 minutes...

David French on the Michael Medved Show: The ?Church of the Left? in public schools

Posted on September 29, 2009
David French, Director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, appeared on the Michael Medved Show to discuss leftist indoctrination in public schools. The MP3 runs just under 15 minutes.

Suing over crosses on government land: Joe Infranco v. Erwin Cherminsky

Posted on September 29, 2009
LA Times: "Joseph Infranco says it would be ludicrous to infer an endorsement of religion from a cross-shaped memorial. Erwin Chemerinsky says religious symbols belong in homes and places of worship, not on publicly owned property."

Tennessee: ACLU responds to religious activity in public schools

Posted on September 29, 2009
WRCB: "The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee (ACLU-TN) sent out their 'Know Your Rights: Religion in Public Schools - A Guide for Administrators and Teachers' to public school superintendents across the state in response to concerns about religious activities in Tennessee public schools...

LSU student group plans for ?Blasphemy Day?

Posted on September 29, 2009
The Daily Reveille: "The organization Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics will participate in Blasphemy Day International for the first time this year. Matthew Shepherd, AHA president, said the organization?s main goal in Wednesday?s event is to promote freedom of speech, not to offend religious groups...

Netherlands: Religious schools can still ban homosexual teachers

Posted on September 29, 2009
Dutch News: "Religious schools will be able to continue refusing to employ homosexual teachers, despite home affairs ministry plans to amend discrimination laws, it emerged on Tuesday . . . The Netherlands has dozens of fundamentalist Christian schools which oppose homosexuality on Biblical principles...

2010 National Religious Freedom Moot Court Announced

Posted on September 29, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: "George Washington University Law School has announced the 2010 National Religious Freedom Moot Court to be held February 5-6, 2010 in Washington, DC."

British Girl Dies After Cervical Cancer Vaccine

Posted on September 29, 2009
CNSNews: "British health officials temporarily suspended a vaccination program in an English city Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after being vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer."

United Nations Human Rights Body Considers Divisive Report on Israel and Gaza

Posted on September 29, 2009
CNSNews: "A showdown is looming in Geneva as the United Nation's main human rights institution grapples with an explosive report accusing Israel of war crimes and laying the groundwork for its possible referral to the International Criminal Court."

2nd Circuit: ?Inmate?s Right to Free Exercise of Religion Clarified?

Posted on September 29, 2009
Law.com (NY Law J.): " . . . a federal appeals court has ruled that a prisoner who founded a religion that requires martial arts sparring but forbids eating meat or appearing nude in front of non-members was properly barred from leading a prison congregation...

Cross Dispute Takes Attorney on an Unexpected Journal

Posted on September 29, 2009
How Appealing carries this article by Lawrence Hurley from the Daily Journal: “When Los Angeles-based American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Peter J. Eliasberg first heard about a controversial cross erected on federal land, it didn’t seem like a case that would end up at the U...

SCOTUS Blog Petitions to Watch

Posted on September 29, 2009
The most recent edition of SCOTUS Blog's Petitions to Watch is available here. The list includes this entry: Docket: 09-154 Title: Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. et al. v. Division of Legislative Information Services of the Florida Office of Legislative Services et al...

2008-2009 William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Winner Announced

Posted on September 29, 2009
ADF is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2008-2009 William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition is Michael J. O?Connor. ADF extends special congratulations to Michael. He will receive a cash award in the amount of $2,500.00.

Legislation could expand assisted suicide to New Hampshire, surrounding states

Posted on September 29, 2009
LifeNews: "New Hampshire state Representative Charles Weed is introducing a measure that would not only expand assisted suicide to New Hampshire but allow it for residents of surrounding states. The language of the Weed amendment would turn the Granite State into a suicide haven...

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