Religion & Law

Kentucky: School choice would bring quality ? and accountability

Posted on September 04, 2009
Jim Waters writes at the Bluegrass Institute: "For the first time in history, lawmakers and education officials in Frankfort indicate they are considering charter schools as an alternative for Kentucky students mired in failing schools ? and that?s a lot of students...

?Cleveland gay partner registry foes sue?

Posted on September 04, 2009
OnTopMag: "Foes of Cleveland's gay-inclusive domestic partnership registry have sued the city to have it closed . . . Cincinnati attorney David R. Langdon filed the suit together with Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund attorneys on behalf of Dorothy McGuire, who represents the group Cleveland Taxpayers for the Ohio Constitution...

House libs to introduce Marriage Act repeal

Posted on September 04, 2009
". . . liberals, led by Jerry Nadler, who represents Manhattan's West side and chairs the Judiciary Committee's Constitution subcommittee, are working on a repeal bill that could be at the 'Dear Colleague' stage within weeks."

AZ: Catholic churches sue Phoenix for right to ring their bells

Posted on September 04, 2009
Courthouse News Service: "Three churches say Phoenix is unconstitutionally prohibiting them from ringing their bells . . . 'The bells represent a means of religious worship for the churches,' [Erik] Stanley said. 'They show the community the church is there, and for the Catholic churches they are also a reminder to pray...

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Home-schooler ordered to attend public school

Posted on September 04, 2009
Washington Times: "A New Hampshire court ordered a home-schooled Christian girl to attend a public school this week after a judge criticized the 'rigidity' of her mother's religious views . . . Douglas Napier, senior ADF counsel, suggested the court has a bias against Christianity ...

Polish Catholic group wants to criminalize IVF

Posted on September 04, 2009
CathNews: "A proposed legislation drafted by Polish Catholic citizens' group Contra In Vitro, calling for the criminalisation of in vitro fertilisation, will be tabled in Poland's parliament next week."

Proposed Spanish abortion reforms offer least protection for unborn in Europe

Posted on September 04, 2009
Catholic News Agency: "A study by the Spanish organization Derecho a Vivir (Right to Life) has revealed that the law on abortion proposed by the Zapatero government would make Spain the European country with the least protection for the unborn and pregnant women...

China?s national flag to go up in White House on Sept 20

Posted on September 04, 2009
China Daily: "The national flag of the People's Republic of China (PRC) will be hoisted at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on September 20, media reported Sunday."

NH: Court refuses to block ruling over girl?s schooling

Posted on September 04, 2009
Citizen of Laconia: "Family Division Justice Lucinda Sadler on Monday sided with the recommendations of Marital Master Michael Garner and rejected a motion to stay the child's attendance at public school, which started on Tuesday . . . The Alliance Defense Fund had asked that a July 14 order requiring the child to attend public grade school be reconsidered and asked for a stay in the interim...

Muslim prayers to surround U.S. Capitol

Posted on September 04, 2009
Washington Times: "On Sept. 25, Dar ul Islam, a mosque in Elizabeth, N.J., is slating a massive Friday 'jummah' prayer event at the west front of the U.S. Capitol; on the very site that President Obama gave his inauguration speech not so long ago."

Yale, North Dakota Top US News List of Judicial Clerk Feeder Law Schools

Posted on September 04, 2009
ABA Journal: "Aspiring lawyers yearning to clerk for a judge may want to consider law school at the University of North Dakota or the University of Wyoming. Both were among the top five on a U.S. News & World Report list of law schools with the highest percentages of graduates who go on to clerk for federal judges...

?Obama May Need Sense of Crisis to Revive Health-Care Overhaul?

Posted on September 04, 2009
Bloomberg: "President Barack Obama returns to Washington next week in search of one thing that can revive his health-care overhaul: a sense of crisis."

California: Tehachapi to take up invocations challenge

Posted on September 04, 2009
Tehachapi News: "The Sept. 8 City Council agenda indicates that the council members apparently have been challenged legally about the invocations that open each meeting. Item No. 4 under 'closed session? says, ?Conference with Legal Counsel regarding Threat of Litigation from Freedom From Religion Foundation per Government Code Section 54956...

Presidential Proclamation: National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2009

Posted on September 04, 2009
White House THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release [...]

PepsiCo supports ?gay pride? group

Posted on September 04, 2009
Baptist Press: "PepsiCo was instrumental in forming Chicago's 'Citywide Pride,' a coalition of companies partnering during Pride Month (June) to celebrate diversity in the workplace."

Czechs practicing euthanasia, doctors say

Posted on September 04, 2009
Baptist Press: "Euthanasia is being practiced in the Czech Republic, even though it is against the law, some doctors have acknowledged."

Street preacher wins free speech case

Posted on September 04, 2009
Baptist Press: "Jesse Morrell, a 24-year-old with a ministry of traveling to college campuses to preach the Gospel, has won a settlement with the city of New Haven, Conn., to resume calling students to repentance on the streets near Yale University . ...

Planned Parenthood of Indiana closing 5 clinics

Posted on September 04, 2009
Indianapolis Star: "Planned Parenthood of Indiana will close five of its 34 clinics across the state due to changes in the way federal funding is allocated for care to its centers."

Catholic church sues Phoenix for right to ring church bells

Posted on September 04, 2009
Phoenix New Times: "In June, a Catholic bishop was sentenced to three years of probation and 10 days in jail (suspended) for violating a noise ordinance by ringing church bells in a Phoenix neighborhood . . . 'The bells represent a means of religious worship for the churches,' Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, tells Courthouse News Service...

Poland: Pro-abortion politicians risk excommunication

Posted on September 04, 2009
Polskie Radio (audio available)"Polish bishops are reminding Catholic politicians that if they support abortion, they risk excommunication from the Church." Hat tip: Catholic Culture News

Texas: Fort Worth Diversity Task Force recommends domestic partnerships, transgender protections

Posted on September 04, 2009
Dallas Voice: "The Fort Worth City Manager?s Diversity Task Force has endorsed the Human Rights Commission?s earlier recommendation that the city offer domestic partnership benefits to city employees."

Charter School Model Law Proposed

Posted on September 04, 2009
North Carolina Family Policy Council: "A national education advocacy group is promoting a new model charter school law aimed at helping states create 'more and better public charter schools based upon the lessons learned from experience, research and analysis...

Mike Johnson on Reality Check Radio: ?The child is not the mere creature of the state?

Posted on September 04, 2009
ADF attorney Mike Johnson appeared on Reality Check Radio with Mike and Clairie Monokian to discuss this: NH court orders home-schooled child into government-run school The MP3 runs just over 8 minutes.

Mike Johnson and Kelly Shackelford on Point of View Radio: Crosses in the Desert, Campaign Finance at the Supreme Court, and the Attack on Homeschooling in NH

Posted on September 04, 2009
Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund and Kelly Shackelford of the Liberty Legal Institute appeared on Point of View Radio with Kerby Anderson and Penna Dexter to discuss the New Hampshire case involving a homeschooler ordered to public school. They also discuss pending campaign finance litigation at the U...

Canada: ?Battle of the Catholic Stations: Salt and Light?s Fr. Rosica Rips EWTN?s Raymond Arroyo over Kennedy Funeral?

Posted on September 04, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "However, the war of words has escalated to new heights with the latest blogpost of Fr. Thomas Rosica, the President and CEO of Canada's Salt & Light TV network. Fr. Rosica took a swing at pro-life activists generally, and his US counterpart specifically for daring to criticize Cardinal O'Malley's decision to participate in and allow the Kennedy funeral extravaganza...

David Cortman on American Family Radio with Bryan Fischer: Classical Curriculum Charter School can?t study the Bible; how about Greek gods?

Posted on September 04, 2009
ADF attorney David Cortman appeared on American Family Radio Focal Point with Bryan Fischer to discuss Idaho's censorship of the Bible as a text in a classical curriculum at a Charter School in in Nampa, Idaho. The MP3 runs just under 13 minutes. ADF Media information page: ADF to Idaho Public Charter School Commission: Bible is not a banned book

?Gay, bisexual men 50 times more likely to have HIV?

Posted on September 04, 2009
Washington Blade: "Gay and bisexual men account for half of new HIV infections in the U.S. and have AIDS at a rate more than 50 times greater than other groups, according to Centers for Disease Control & Prevention data presented at the National HIV Prevention Conference this week in Atlanta...

NY Senate: ?Gay marriage in the post-coup era?

Posted on September 04, 2009
New York Daily News: "As far as I can tell, nothing has changed in the vote tally. There are still as many as six Democrats likely to vote "no" on marriage, and advocates continue to insist they will be able to make up with the difference with moderate Republicans, although none have so far publicly said as much...

US Treasury eases Cuba family travel restrictions

Posted on September 04, 2009
Jurist: "The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday lifted travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba."

Five Christians killed in Pakistan

Posted on September 04, 2009
Catholic News Agency: "Vatican Radio reported Thursday that five Christians were gunned down in the Pakistani city of Quetta on August 28, according to local media reports. The latest attack by Muslim extremists follows the massacre of in the city of Gojra, where several Christians were killed and more than 100 homes were ransacked...

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