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Oregon: Tribes same-sex ?marriage? law takes effect

Posted on May 22, 2009
Bill Graves reports in The Oregonian: "A Coquille Indian Tribe law allowing same-sex marriage took effect this week, and two women plan to marry Sunday on the tribe's Coos Bay reservation."

Planned Parenthood reporting rise in abortions at its clinics

Posted on May 22, 2009
Kimi Yoshino reports in the LA Times: "As the economy worsens, some Planned Parenthood clinics are reporting a record number of abortions. Other women's health agencies say they are experiencing heavier call volumes, more visits and more requests for abortion funding...

NH: Two Votes Equal One Big Victory on Marriage

Posted on May 22, 2009
Family Research Council: "While the state waits on Lynch to hold up his end of the bargain, the bill on religious exemptions now heads to conference. The Speaker and Senate President (both Democrats) will be responsible for appointing the members to the conference committee...

New York: Charter school teachers say union is against them

Posted on May 22, 2009
EdNews.org: "This time the picket was on the other side of the fence. Teachers from the Charter School for Applied Technologies in the Town of Tonawanda took to the picket line Monday, demanding more representation ? from their own union."

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Religious Liberty = Homophobia?

Posted on May 22, 2009
The Catholic League: "Leading the fight for gay marriage in New Hampshire is Rep. Steve Vaillancourt. He proves, beyond any shadow of a doubt, why champions of religious liberty must resist gay marriage: he worked to kill the bill because it insulated religious institutions from its reach...

California: City Scraps Sign Ordinance in Response to Church Lawsuit

Posted on May 22, 2009
Pacific Justice Institute: ". . . Pastor Jim Nimmons painted the word 'Eternity' on the church's roof, intending to prompt locals to ponder where they would spend eternity. A few months later, the City slapped the church with a fine and nuisance order, charging criminal violation of sign ordinances...

?Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine?

Posted on May 22, 2009
Harvard Science: "Chaplains are just one of the ways in which hospitals and religion cross-pollinate ? but, says sociologist Cadge, a current fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, this cross-pollination can sometimes be a tricky business...

Bill Saunders Joins Americans United for Life, Set to Expand Efforts to Protect Human Life Internationally

Posted on May 22, 2009
Americans United for Life: "William L. 'Bill' Saunders today joined Americans United for Life (AUL) as Senior Counsel. Mr. Saunders will be leading the development of an international edition of AUL?s definitive legal guide Defending Life, and contributing to AUL?s work on bioethics, rights of conscience, and end of life issues...

State prisons are major breeding ground for Islamic radicalization

Posted on May 22, 2009
The New York Daily News reports: "The four men accused of plotting to blow up synagogues and shoot down a plane all did stretches in state prisons - a major breeding ground for Islamic radicalization."

United Church of Christ splitting over same-sex ?marriage?

Posted on May 22, 2009
Jim Auchmutey writing in the Wall Street Journal: "The UCC is known as one of the more liberal Protestant denominations. Center Congregational's members, by contrast, are generally conservative. Over the years they sometimes groused about the liberal positions that the UCC adopted at its biennial General Synod, but there was no reason to get too upset...

Nurse wins conscience ruling from state Supreme Court

Posted on May 22, 2009
WorldNetDaily reports: "'The hospital acted unlawfully when it refused to make a reasonable accommodation for Ms. Lemly and instead terminated her fulltime position,' said Brian Arabie, a Lake Charles attorney who is allied with the ADF and is working on the case ...

Fighting for free-speech rights in NY

Posted on May 22, 2009
OneNewsNow reports: "Susan Mendelson of Jews for Jesus simply wanted to distribute literature and talk to people in a city park. Brett Harvey, an attorney with Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), explains what happened. 'The city of Oyster Bay said you have to come to us to get a permit first just to have a conversation in a public park -- and that simply is unconstitutional,' he notes...

Bring on the Baby Boom

Posted on May 22, 2009
Laura Vanderkam writes at USA Today: "Our pop culture has a relentless fascination with babies. So perhaps it's no surprise that across the developed world, the U.S. is the outlier, with a higher fertility rate. Why that's a good thing."

Francis Beckwith to Brian Leiter: Christian colleges have the right to hire according to their faith

Posted on May 22, 2009
Francis Beckwith writing at his What's Wrong With the World blog: "Professor Leiter is mistaken that I support discrimination against gay philosophers. What I support is the right of Christian colleges and universities to be treated with equal regard and respect within the community of academic institutions...

Canadian legislation proposes assisted-suicide on demand

Posted on May 22, 2009
At Secondhand Smoke, Wesley Smith reports on Canadian assisted suicide legislation.

Population lobby targets Dominican Republic pro-life reforms

Posted on May 22, 2009
C-FAM reports: "The International Women?s Health Coalition (IWHC), backed by European nations, major foundations and the UN Population Fund, has launched an aggressive campaign to thwart proposed Article 30, which would protect human life ?from conception...

Louisiana: PFLAG to rally on Capitol steps against HB517 freedom of conscience bill

Posted on May 22, 2009
The Independent Weekly: "The bill is widely seen as an attempt to shield pharmacists from liability for refusing on moral/religious grounds to dispense Plan B ? the so-called 'morning after pill' ? a high-dose contraceptive that can prevent a pregnancy if taken within hours after sex...

The Community Defense Reporter Online: Protecting Children and Their Neighborhoods

Posted on May 22, 2009
The May 2009 edition of the Community Defense Reporter is now Community Defense Counsel.

Kenner sets rules for adult bookstores

Posted on May 22, 2009
The Times-Picayune: "An enthusiastic Kenner City Council Thursday stepped up regulation of sexually oriented businesses with a 29-page ordinance governing such things as hours of operations and eliminating doors on viewing booths at adult bookstores. The hope, Kenner council members said, is to combat crime and unhealthiness...

?Church pays little of Ireland?s child-abuse bill?

Posted on May 22, 2009
AP: "The Irish government expects to dole out more than euro1.1 billion ($1.6 billion) in legal costs and compensation to 14,000 people molested, beaten or terrorized while under church care from the 1930s to 1990s - a long-buried scandal brought into full light this week with the publication of a 2,600-page investigation...

?Support your local bigot?: Religious Liberty = Homophobia?

Posted on May 22, 2009
"Why do you want to accommodate bigots? The issue is now being squarely presented in New Hampshire . . . "

Same-sex laws jeopardize religious freedom, experts say; ?

Posted on May 22, 2009
Baptist Press: "While a pastor's right to preach against same-sex 'marriage' may not be threatened by its legalization, many other religious activities may be in jeopardy, the general counsel for the American Jewish Congress told National Public Radio...

KidZui Firefox Add-on helps make the Internet ?kid-safe?

Posted on May 22, 2009
For a description of Kidzui's new "kid-safe" Firefox Add-on, visit the Community Defense Counsel.

Video: Ben Bull featured in CBN News National Press Club debate recap

Posted on May 22, 2009
CBN News video coverage of the National Press Club pulpit free speech debate featuring Ben Bull.

Wash. state has first death under new suicide law

Posted on May 22, 2009
AP: "A 66-year-old woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to die under Washington state's new assisted suicide law, an advocacy group said Friday."

Texas ACLU investigating distribution of Bibles in class

Posted on May 22, 2009
Times Record News: "The Wichita Falls Independent School District is one of six Texas public school districts asked Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas to disclose all information about distribution of Gideon Bibles and other religious information on its schools? grounds...

Spain?s ?Disastrous? Contraceptive Policies have Resulted in the Oldest European Population

Posted on May 22, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "A report by Spain's Institute for Family Policy says that Spain, with one of the western world's lowest birth rates and a high average life expectancy, is now the most rapidly aging country in the European Union. The Institute's head, Eduardo Hertfelder, told media that the government's 'dreadful' contraceptive policies are having a 'catastrophic effect...

ADF Alliance Alert publication schedule: Memorial Day

Posted on May 22, 2009
The ADF Alliance Alert will not be published on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009.

Filibuster Could Block Extreme Pro-Abort Obama Justice Pick Dawn Johnsen

Posted on May 22, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "Criticism continues to pour in from pro-life lawmakers over the radical pro-abortion views of Dawn Johnsen, Obama's pick to head the Office of Legal Counsel, who reportedly does not have enough votes to overcome a Republican filibuster in the Senate...

A Recess Appointment for Johnsen?

Posted on May 22, 2009
Jonathan Adler poses this question at the Volokh Conspiracy: "With the Senate recessed over the Memorial Day break, will President Obama name stalled nominee Dawn Johnsen to head the Office of Legal Counsel through a recess appointment."

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