Religion & Law

CA High Court Upholds Prop 8 Marriage Amendment

Posted on May 26, 2009
CBN News reports: "The California Supreme Court upheld the voter-passed marriage amendment, Tuesday, even as it ruled that the tens of thousands of gay marriages performed last year will remain valid . . . 'The court seemed to indicate that the position put forth by the challengers of Prop 8 was a radical legal position that they were not going to adopt,' Jim Campbell, with the Alliance Defense Fund, said...

Church Sermons Targeted by IRS

Posted on May 26, 2009
Robert M. Engstrom writing at Human Events: "Bull said government law cannot even determine exactly when a person becomes a candidate, but the IRS will judge the use of 'code words' in pulpit speech and recognize transgressions of the tax-exempt regulations when they see it...

Univ. violates student?s rights in ?gay? counseling case

Posted on May 26, 2009
OneNewsNow reports: "A letter has been sent from Eastern Michigan University (EMU) to lawmakers, denying claims that university officials participated in religious discrimination toward a graduate student . . . The Alliance Defense Fund has since filed suit against EMU on her behalf...

ADF: Calif. Supreme Court upholds right of voters to amend the constitution, protect marriage

Posted on May 26, 2009
?By allowing the previously-issued same-sex ?marriage? licenses to remain valid, the court is perpetuating the problem that it itself created. And it?s doing this despite the clear vote of the people . . . . ? Nimocks said.

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Why We Should Ignore the ?Octomom?

Posted on May 26, 2009
Northwestern University Law Review: "Examining national and international multiple-birth rates, as well as similar limits in other countries, I argue that government-mandated embryo-transfer limits would produce fewer benefits and higher costs in the United States than proponents assume...

Religion, Ethics, Law and Human Rights in Obstetric Research

Posted on May 26, 2009
O&G Magazine: "Prior to viability, the rights of the woman have tended to dominate and after viability, the State has more interest in protecting the vulnerable fetus. This distinction is more than a matter of convenience. It reflects the fact that no superior court has accorded full legal personality to a fetus, chiefly because the fetus lacks the interests and capacities that are normally associated with human existence...

Why Homosexual Behavior Is More like Consensual Incest and Polyamory than Race or Gender - Part 2

Posted on May 26, 2009
Robert A.J. Gagnon writes at the Christian Post: "At the very end of Part 1, I noted that homosexual intercourse, like incest, is problematic because of the excessive embodied (formal, structural) sameness of the participants; moreover, that problems with procreation for both incest and homosexual behavior are merely symptoms of this root problem of excessive structural identity...

The Following Initial Statement can be Attributed to Andrew Pugno, General Counsel of ProtectMarriage.com

Posted on May 26, 2009
Christian Newswire: "Twice, voters have decided that marriage in California should be only between a man and a woman. We are extremely pleased that the Supreme Court has acknowledged the right of voters to define marriage in the California Constitution...

The radical homosexual agenda & the threat to religious liberty

Posted on May 26, 2009
Barrett Duke writes at Baptist Press: "People of faith are on a collision course with the radical homosexual agenda. It is inevitable. In order for the radical homosexual agenda to be fully implemented, people of faith are going to have to be silenced and marginalized...

Nebraska ultrasound bill reaches final reading

Posted on May 26, 2009
Family First: A bill which would give women the chance to see an ultrasound before having an abortion has advanced to Final Reading (the last round of debate) in the Nebraska legislature. LB 675 would do the following . . .

The Four Likely Lines of Attack Against Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on May 26, 2009
ABA Journal: Ideologues are likely to advance four lines of attack against federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor when confirmation hearings are held, likely in the third week of July, according to a frequent U.S. Supreme Court litigator . . . "

Prop. 8: Schwarzenegger says he?ll carry out court?s ruling; San Francisco crowd disappointed

Posted on May 26, 2009
LA Times: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said this morning that he would carry out the Supreme Court's ruling backing Proposition 8 but that he believes gay couples should have the right to marry and would obtain it someday through an initiative or the courts...

Jordan Lorence and Craig Parshall on Chris Fabry Live: The Sotomayor nomination

Posted on May 26, 2009
ADF attorney Jordan Lorence appeared with Craig Parshall of the National Religious Broadcasters appeared on Chris Fabry Live to discuss the nomination of Sonyia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. The MP3 runs just under 19 minutes.

Uruguayan socialists prepare same-sex ?marriage? legislation

Posted on May 26, 2009
Matthew Cullinan Hoffman reports at LifeSiteNews: "A senator from Uruguay's ruling 'Broad Front' coalition says that if the grouping of socialist political parties wins the national elections in October it will introduce legislation to create 'homosexual marriage...

Conn. school district considers Muslim holidays

Posted on May 26, 2009
Associated Press: "A Connecticut school district representing two towns is considering a proposal to close schools on two Muslim holidays."

?New poll says New Yorkers want gay marriage brought to vote?

Posted on May 26, 2009
Kenneth Lovett reports in the New York Daily News: "Nearly eight of 10 New Yorkers say the state Senate should put a bill legalizing gay marriage up for a vote regardless of whether there's enough support to pass it, a new poll released Tuesday shows...

Playboy on Sale for $300M

Posted on May 26, 2009
Scott Mayerowitz reports at ABC: "It appears that the iconic magazine is being shopped around, with potential bidders being asked around $300 million for the publication. The market capitalization of the company's stock is hovering around $100 million...

The Dallas Principles: A new manifesto to advance ?LGBT? goals

Posted on May 22, 2009
"And last weekend, a diverse group of gay activists, bloggers, Democratic Party organizers and fundraisers from across the country came together in Dallas to discuss how to more aggressively advance their agenda."

Texas ?family planning clinics? fighting for funding

Posted on May 22, 2009
Emily Ramshaw reports in the Dallas Morning News: "Over the last four years, lawmakers have diverted millions of dollars from the specialty clinics such as Planned Parenthood to expand family-planning services at community health centers, which provide a broader range of services...

How Joe Biden Wrecked the Judicial Confirmation Process

Posted on May 22, 2009
At the Wall Street Journal, Collin Levy discusses how VP Joe Biden has been instrumental in helping poison the judicial nominations process.

Sotomayor, Moreno in Talks For Souter Seat

Posted on May 22, 2009
How Appealing provides this link to the Daily Journal article by Laura Ernde and Lawrence Hurley who write: "Having already reportedly interviewed 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood, the White House has also been in contact with another frontrunner, Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd Circuit, and long-shot contender Justice Carlos R...

Pending British Equality Bill Creates Only Narrow Exemption For Religious Objections

Posted on May 22, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports on recent developments new “Equality Bill” and its impositions on religious freedom. Visit Site »

Kansas Governor urged to veto Planned Parenthood funding removal

Posted on May 22, 2009
Medical News Today reports: "Supporters of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri are urging Gov. Mark Parkinson (D) to veto a provision in a budget bill (H.B. 2373) that would eliminate the group's funding, the

WV: Kanawha schools seek to punish any refusal to participate in mandatory sexual orientation training

Posted on May 22, 2009
The Charleston Gazette: “In a related matter, school board member Bill Raglin argued that if employees don’t complete the training by the end of the year, he should be docked his salary until he finishes it. Board members agreed Thursday to Superintendent Ron Duerring’s motion that 61 employees who didn’t complete the online training be [...

Muslims protest alleged defacement of Quran

Posted on May 22, 2009
AP: "Authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of Muslims in central Athens on Friday as they protested a Greek policeman's alleged defacement of a Quran owned by an Iraqi immigrant."

UK?s Green Party urges end to European same-sex ?marriage? bans

Posted on May 22, 2009
Green Party press release: "In the run-up to the 4 June European elections, the Green Party's two MEPs, Caroline Lucas (South East England) and Jean Lambert (London), are backing calls for an end to the ban on same-sex marriage in the UK and other EU member states...

California parents riled by homosexual agenda in elementary curriculum

Posted on May 22, 2009
Katie Landan reports at Fox News: "A group of parents in a California school district say they are being bullied by school administrators into accepting a new curriculum that addresses bullying, respect and acceptance -- and that includes compulsory lessons about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community that will be taught to children as young as 5 years old...

California marriage ruling to be released on Tuesday at 10 am

Posted on May 22, 2009
The California Supreme Court's official announcement is here.

Bill to define marriage in DC introduced in House

Posted on May 22, 2009
One News Now: "More than 30 members of Congress have joined hundreds of pastors in an effort to define marriage in the District of Columbia as the union of a man and a woman."

New Oklahoma law will facilitate child porn investigations

Posted on May 22, 2009
Tulsa World: "Congratulations to Rep. Pam Peterson, Tulsa Police Sgt. Tim Stadler and everyone else involved in House Bill 1460. The bill ? signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Brad Henry will make it simpler for police to get subpoenas to force open computer records of suspected child pornographers...

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