Religion & Law

Supreme Court Nominee Vote Scheduled this Week

Posted on August 03, 2009
Citizen Link: "A Rasmussen poll shows only 41 percent support for her confirmation to the Supreme Court." Rasmussen Poll here

TN: Pro-Life Coalition fights Planned Parenthood expansion

Posted on August 03, 2009
VolunteerTV.com: "Planned Parenthood already has a Knoxville location, off Kingston Pike. But the company is planning a new, expanded location on Homberg Drive in Bearden. Members of several churches and neighbor groups have come together to oppose the building...

Teacher, pro-choice group sue to block abortion initiative

Posted on August 03, 2009
KTVA.com: "A local teacher has teamed up with Planned Parenthood to sue and stop the voter initiative that aims to make it illegal for underage girls to get an abortion without parental consent."

Polyamory ? ?ethical non-monogamy? ? and the law

Posted on August 03, 2009
FindLaw: "The law perhaps intersects most with polyamory in the realm of child custody and shared property. Though appearing to offer seemingly unlimited choice and openness, even polyamorous relationships can go south. It is at that time that polyamorists are likely to take a closer look at their legal rights to determine custody arrangements and how property will be divided...

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Obama Said ?I Don?t.? He May Just Mean It.

Posted on August 03, 2009
James Kirchick writing in the Washington Post: "Even if Obama does in fact believe in marriage equality, he hasn't done -- and is unlikely to do -- much to forward the cause. And apart from some toothless sniping from a handful of gay activists and donors, he seems to be getting away with it...

IRS ends audit of Minnesota church in case about sermons

Posted on August 03, 2009
Walking in Wisdom: "The Alliance Defense Fund, a Scottsdale, Ariz., nonprofit group that argues cases on behalf of Christian causes, promised free legal support under its ?Pulpit Initiative? to churches, including Warroad Community Church, that agreed to challenge the federal ban on political speech during sermons about the moral qualifications of candidates seeking political office that were given on Sunday, September 28, of last year...

Assemblies of God may allow women in leadership

Posted on August 03, 2009
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090802/NEWS/908035024/1410?Title=Assemblies-of-God-Meeting-May-Be-Historic

?Florida?s Other Marriage Amendment?

Posted on August 03, 2009
Christianity Today Her.meneutics Blog: "Many states, including Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Maryland, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Arizona, have laws in place that provide economic incentives for couples who attend a specified number of hours of marriage education...

ABA seeks repeal of a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act

Posted on August 03, 2009
"The ABA policy-making House of Delegates passed by an overwhelming voice vote a resolution calling on Congress to repeal a section of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal marital benefits and protections to lawfully married same-sex couples...

More than 700 killed in Nigeria clashes: Red Cross

Posted on August 03, 2009
Boston Globe (Reuters): "Gunbattles raged for days last week as the security forces fought to put down the uprising by members of Boko Haram, a militant movement which wants sharia (Islamic law) to be imposed more widely in Africa's most."

Pakistan: Muslims burn 6 Christians to death after false allegations

Posted on August 03, 2009
CNA: "Religious extremists struck again in Pakistan on Saturday when a violent mob of Muslims looted and burned a Christian neighborhood, killing six Christians by burning them to death. The attacks took place in reaction to a rumor that the Koran was desecrated in a nearby village...

ACLU Asks Florida Court To Protect The Rights Of Pregnant Women To Refuse Medical Care

Posted on August 03, 2009
ACLU: "The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida today filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing the state's decision to force a pregnant woman to remain hospitalized against her will."

?Associated Press Misleads Readers on Abortion, Health Care, and President Obama?

Posted on August 03, 2009
LifeNews: "AP writer Charles Babington wrote a 'fact check' story attempting to make the case that abortion is not included in the health care bills and that President Barack Obama doesn't want it to be included . . . "

Democratic Sen. Nelson to support Sotomayor

Posted on August 03, 2009
Boston Globe (AP): "Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska says he'll support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor when the Senate votes on her confirmation this week."

Wis. jury: Father guilty in prayer death case

Posted on August 03, 2009
AP: "A central Wisconsin man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter by praying instead of seeking medical care was found guilty Saturday of second-degree reckless homicide."

McCain to oppose Sotomayor for Supreme Court

Posted on August 03, 2009
AP: "The Arizona senator calls Sotomayor a judicial activist who tried to walk back from that record during her confirmation hearings."

Obamacare called ?euthanasia bill?

Posted on July 31, 2009
WorldNetDaily: "'In the same way that the bill pushes elderly or the sick toward euthanasia, it is a pill that would cause economic suicide,' said Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel. 'It's a euthanasia bill for America.'"

Irish pro-life crisis pregnancy centers under attack by health minister

Posted on July 31, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "Ireland's health minister and the government-sponsored abortion referral service she helped to create have attacked pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, despite the country's constitutional guarantee of legal protection for the unborn. Calling the pro-life groups 'disingenuous,' the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) accused them of manipulating vulnerable pregnant women into making a decision against abortion...

NPR: 6 GOP Senators To Vote In Favor Of Sotomayor

Posted on July 31, 2009
NPR: "The U.S. Senate vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor may tell us more about the Republican party than it does about the nominee. Just six Republicans have so far announced their support for Sotomayor."

Australia: Rudd presses Labor not to bless ?gay marriages?

Posted on July 31, 2009
Syndey Morning Herald: "THE Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has intervened in the internal push to relax Labor Party policy on civil unions and gay marriage by instructing powerbrokers not to make any changes."

10th Circuit Denies En Banc Review In 10 Commandments Case By 6-6 Vote

Posted on July 31, 2009
. . . two dissenting opinions to the denial of en banc review were filed.

Maine: Another ?gay marriage? repeal brewing

Posted on July 31, 2009
Washington Times: ?'It?s really remarkable how much disdain the legislature and the governor had for traditional marriage,' said Stand for Marriage Maine Campaign Manager Jeff Flint. 'It?s partially reflective of how quickly were able to collect signatures because there was no opportunity for public debate...

U.S. Bishops warn against using ?abortion rights? agenda in health care reform

Posted on July 31, 2009
CNA: "The U.S. Bishops' Pro-life Committee chairman, Cardinal Justin Rigali, is calling on the members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to amend the health care reform legislation so that it will not cover abortion and will protect the consciences of medical personnel ...

Portugal?s high court keeps ?gay marriage? ban

Posted on July 31, 2009
"Portugal's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the country's ban on gay marriage, rejecting a challenge by two lesbians who are seeking to wed."

China: Authorities Abolish House Church in Sichuan; Christians Request Prayer

Posted on July 31, 2009
Christian Newswire: "Authorities abolished the Christian Church of Huaguan Town, a house church in Huaguan town, Nanbu county, Sichuan province, and arrested three church members on June 29, 2009. Since then, house church members have faced heavy persecution and are asking Christians around the world for prayer...

House Measure Proves Healthcare Legislation Will Fund Abortion

Posted on July 31, 2009
FRC Action: "Last night, U.S. Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) introduced an amendment to the Democratic leadership's health care bill, H.R. 3200, that would specifically include abortion in the health care legislation, solidifying the radical pro-abortion nature of this bill...

US signs disabled rights treaty

Posted on July 31, 2009
Boston Globe (AP): "The United States on Thursday signed a U.N. treaty enshrining the rights of the world's 650 million disabled people, saying it symbolized President Barack Obama's commitment to upholding human rights through international agreements...

White House Awards Medal of Freedom to Numerous Pro-Abortion, Homosexualist Personalities

Posted on July 31, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "Several of the famous figures President Obama announced today as recipients of the 2009 Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. honor to civilians, have solidly pro-abortion and homosexualist roots."

?Maine gay marriage opponents submit challenges?

Posted on July 31, 2009
"Leaders of the Stand for Marriage campaign said Friday they collected more than 100,000 signatures of registered Maine voters . . . A November referendum will be held if at least 55,087 signatures are certified by Sept. 4."

Caritas in Iustitia Distributiva

Posted on July 31, 2009
Gabriel E. Vidal writes at the Mises Institute Blog regarding Pope Benedict XVI's latest Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate: "From a classical-liberal, Austrian, and free-market perspective, many will agree with the general framework that the Pope has outlined above, particularly those who accept an Aristotelian, Thomistic, and Rothbardian approach to the ethical foundations of voluntary exchange...

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