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UK: Bishops fear new Bill could force schools to take down crucifixes

Posted on June 11, 2009
The Catholic Herald: "Catholic schools and care homes could be forced to remove crucifixes and holy pictures from their walls in case they offend atheist cleaners, bishops have warned MPs. They said that under the terms of Equality Minister Harriet Harman's new Equality Bill they could be guilty of harassment if they depicted images 'offensive' to non-Catholics.

Sotomayor?s Mind-Numbing Speeches

Posted on June 11, 2009
Matthew J. Franck writes at National Review Bench Memos: In sum, we can say that Judge Sotomayor has, with few exceptions, given just three or four speeches to public audiences in her career?the same three or four, over and over and over. One of her repeated themes is on the virtue of race-conscious and sex-conscious bias in judging...

Sotomayor ?supported positions far more pro-abortion? than even Roe v. Wade

Posted on June 11, 2009
Americans U. for Life: "An editorial in today?s Washington Times gives alarming evidence of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor?s abortion advocacy, highlighting new details of her involvement with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund ? which repeatedly ?supported positions far more pro-abortion? than even the most extreme U...

Carhart plans to offer 3rd-term abortions in Kan.

Posted on June 11, 2009
AP: Dr. LeRoy Carhart declined to discuss his plans in detail during a telephone interview with The Associated Press, but insisted "there will be a place in Kansas for the later second- and the medically indicated third-trimester patients very soon."

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Maine: Waterville Council debates ban on adult entertainment

Posted on June 11, 2009
Morning Sentinel: "City councilors might soon be faced with deciding if nudity, porn shops, escort services, massage parlors and other forms of adult entertainment should be prohibited downtown. Councilors and Planning Board members debated the issue Tuesday night at a workshop to discuss proposed changes to the zoning ordinance related to all sorts of activity in the city...

On Videos, Sotomayor Says She Was an ?Affirmative Action Baby?

Posted on June 11, 2009
ABA Journal: "Judge Sonia Sotomayor says in videos turned over to the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was an 'affirmative action baby' admitted to Princeton University and Yale Law School despite lower test scores than other classmates."

City Of Miami Passes Domestic Partner Ordinance

Posted on June 11, 2009
CBS: "The passage extends domestic partner benefits to qualifying city employees and gives them equal access to health insurance for their families regardless of sexual orientation."

The Southern Baptist Convention is Finally ?Throwing in the Towel? on Government Schools

Posted on June 11, 2009
Exodus Mandate: Ray Moore of Exodus Mandate expressed his hearty agreement: "Dr. Morris Chapman's clarion call for a major expansion of Christian elementary and secondary schools is an example of bold leadership, not only for the SBC, but for the entire Christian community...

Jan LaRue: Obama?s Moral Slide Rule

Posted on June 11, 2009
Jan LaRue writes at American Thinker: "Mr. President, you admitted that we are ?at war' with enemies ?who [do] not abide any law of war.' Which text in the Constitution protects them but doesn't protect babies?"

Embattled Tax Nominee Advances on Party-Line Vote

Posted on June 11, 2009
Blog of the Legal Times: "Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to move ahead with the nomination of Mary Smith to head the Justice Department?s Tax Division, over Republican objections that Smith lacks significant relevant experience...

Idaho: Same-sex couple, kids denied family rate at pool

Posted on June 10, 2009
AP: "A same-sex couple and their three foster children were denied a reduced admission price to a pool in eastern Idaho because the Lava Hot Springs State Foundation says the five don't fit the definition of a family."

Jordan Lorence on Hugh Hewitt: The Blackstone Fellowship and a marriage battle update

Posted on June 10, 2009
Yesterday, ADF attorney Jordan Lorence appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the marriage battle and the Blackstone Fellowship. The mp3 is online here. Jordan appears in the last third of the broadcast.

UCLA allows student to thank Jesus at graduation

Posted on June 10, 2009
Mercury News (AP) reports: The student affairs adviser for the department objected to the Jesus reference and asked her to substitute it with "I want to thank God" instead, according to the Alliance Defense Fund, a religious-freedom group that took up Popa's cause ...

Citizen Link Video: VFW Cross Under Attack

Posted on June 10, 2009
Citizen Link Turn Signal: The U.S. Supreme Court soon could decide whether an 8-foot memorial cross can remain in the Mojave National Preserve in California. Kelly Shackelford, founder of the Liberty Legal Institute, is on the case.

Vermont School District Funds Gender Program

Posted on June 10, 2009
Citizen Link: "This year, Vermont became the first state to legalize homosexual 'marriage' through the Legislature, which makes it easier for this kind of promotion of homosexuality and 'transgenderism' in public schools."

School Censors Second-Grader’s Talent Show Performance

Posted on June 10, 2009
Pacific Justice Institute: "The parents of a seven-year-old are questioning a school's decision not to allow their daughter to participate in the school talent show all because she - chose a religious song."

Hundreds Watch DC Marriage Referendum Hearing

Posted on June 10, 2009
Washington City Paper: After gaveling the hearing to order this morning, the board heard approximately 90 minutes of testimony from proponents of the referendum. They heard first from Brian Raum, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, a "legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation...

UCLA Flip-Flops: Says Student Can Thank Jesus After All

Posted on June 10, 2009
LifeSiteNews: Christian students shouldn't be silenced when expressing their beliefs at public universities and are entitled to the same rights as all other students," said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Heather Gebelin Hacker. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom had urged officials in a letter Friday afternoon to refrain from violating her free speech rights.

Rejecting Men, Embracing Children

Posted on June 10, 2009
Helen Alvare writes at the Culture of Life Foundation: "The recent news of the nearly 40% out of wedlock birth rate in the United States should pretty much rock our world as citizens and as Catholics. According to the Centers for Disease Control report, this means 1...

“Stop Funding Pro-Abortion Groups in Our Country”: Peru Bishops to Canadian Bishops

Posted on June 10, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "In a May 28 letter, the Bishops Conference of Peru has "formally" requested that the bishops of Canada cease funding pro-abortion groups in Peru via the Canadian Catholic Organization of Development & Peace (D&P)."

“NY Senate fight may lead to gay marriage vote” next week?

Posted on June 10, 2009
The leader of an insurgent coalition of Republicans and two Democratic dissidents says that vote could be as early as next week.

East Timor Legalizes Abortion with the Help of the Canadian Bishops' D&P

Posted on June 10, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "Two of the East Timorese feminist organizations that have been at the forefront of the effort to liberalize the abortion law, and that have come head to head with the country's Catholic bishops in the process, are funded by the Canadian bishops' official development arm, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P)...

11th Circuit: A Second Blush for Dirty Words in Workplace

Posted on June 10, 2009
Fulton Co. Daily Report: "The issue is whether being subjected to sexually charged language at work can give a female employee a cause of action under federal discrimination law when the language isn't directed at the plaintiff specifically but permeates the atmosphere of the workplace ...

Amnesty International Continues Attacks on Dominican Republic Over Abortion

Posted on June 10, 2009
LifeNews: "Amnesty International, the human rights group that disappointed supporters when it adopted a pro-abortion, is continuing its attacks on the Dominican Republic. The group is attacking the Caribbean nation for its proposed protections for unborn children in its draft constitution and in the country's penal law...

Boston Mayor shifts to advocate charter schools: “We’ve got to make real changes”

Posted on June 10, 2009
Boston Globe: "Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who for years has expressed deep reservations about one of the most fundamental innovations in public education, abruptly shifted course yesterday and said he wants to turn the city's poorly performing schools into new charter schools...

Pro-Life Advocates to Protest National Education Association Convention Next Month

Posted on June 10, 2009
LifeNews: "As they have in past years, pro-life advocates will again protest the National Education Association and its pro-abortion policies at its annual convention."

Another successful school-choice program in jeopardy

Posted on June 10, 2009
One News Now: "According to The Wall Street Journal, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program currently provides vouchers to roughly 20,000 low-income students in order for them to attend better-performing schools -- public or private. The extremely popular program has been in existence for 20 years, but now -- thanks to Democratic lawmakers in the state -- the program is in jeopardy...

10 Reasons Why a LGBT March on Washington is a Bad Idea

Posted on June 10, 2009
Bill Browning writes at the Huffington Post: "Chalk this up as one of the worst ideas ever. Speaking at Utah Pride yesterday, Cleve Jones announced plans for a march on Washington on October 11th. Of course, the focus will be on marriage equality. Witness the headline: 'March on Washington for gay marriage rights is being planned for Oct...

D.C. Abortion Funding Ban is in Danger of Being Side-Stepped

Posted on June 10, 2009
CNSNews: Last month, President Obama called for an amendment that would repeal the Dornan Amendment -- a law that bans the appropriation of funding for abortion in the District of Columbia. The amendment would make tax funded abortion legal in D.C.

ACLU Demands Desert Memorial Be Covered by a Bag

Posted on June 10, 2009
Dakota Voice: "In fact, in a move that could only be described as the height of silliness, they have demanded that a bag or box be put over the cross until the case is decided. Apparently they believe anyone who sees the cross will be instantly contaminated by the Christian faith and brutally damaged...

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