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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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GOP Should Remove ?Traditional Marriage? Plank from Party Platform, Whitman Says

Posted on April 20, 2009
CNSNews: "The government should have no say about marriage, and the plank in the Republican Party platform that calls for preserving marriage between a man and a woman should be scrapped, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R) told CNSNews...

Vermont: House panel wants education in sexting bill

Posted on April 20, 2009
Boston Globe (AP): "Members of the Judiciary Committee in the Vermont House say they want education to be part of the effort to crack down on the sending of sexually explicit cell phone messages between teenagers."

How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write

Posted on April 20, 2009
Steven Johnson writes at the Wall Street Journal: "Every genuinely revolutionary technology implants some kind of 'aha' moment in your memory -- the moment where you flip a switch and something magical happens, something that tells you in an instant that the rules have changed forever...

Ireland: ?Rally calls for gay marriage rights not in proposed Bill?

Posted on April 20, 2009
The Irish Times: "SAME SEX marriage rights, not civil partnership was the call to the Government by over 600 members of the gay and lesbian community and their supporters at a rally held in Dublin city centre yesterday."

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Nate Kellum on WallBuilders Live: Why are schools taking extraordinary steps to eliminate God?

Posted on April 20, 2009
ADF attorney Nate Kellum appeared on WallBuilders Live to discuss the issue and others. The mp3 file runs just over nine minutes. The ADF National Litigation Academy is mentioned during the interview. Click here for more information.

Christian Students to Break Silence with ?Day of Truth?

Posted on April 20, 2009
Christian Today: "Held each year since 2005, the Day of Truth was established to 'counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda and [express] an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective,' according to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), the Christian legal group that sponsors the annual event...

9th Circuit rules 2nd Amendment guarantees are incorporated against the states

Posted on April 20, 2009
Eugene Volokh has this post at the Volokh Conspiracy discussing the ruling in Nordyke v. King, No. 07-15763 (9th Cir. Apr. 20, 2009). He writes: The panel instead follows the Supreme Court's "selective incorporation" cases under the Due Process Clause, and concludes that the right to bear arms "ranks as fundamental, meaning 'necessary to an Anglo-American regime of ordered liberty...

Supreme Court to consider ban on sale or possession of photos or videos of animals being harmed or mutilating one another

Posted on April 20, 2009
How Appealing links to several reports discussing the case.

Miss California loses for supporting marriage between a man and woman

Posted on April 20, 2009
". . . And you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman . . . ?

?Students stand up against gay movement?

Posted on April 17, 2009
Baptist Press: "But the Day of Silence is not just being promoted in California, said Alliance Defense Fund attorney David Cortman. "It's not limited to any geographic region," he said. " ... We've seen where teachers actively promote the Day of Silence, where they permit the distribution of Day of Silence flyers in homeroom class, where they actively participate in the Day of Silence...

Students Take a Stand on Day of Truth

Posted on April 17, 2009
CitizenLink: "Students across the country will stand against the homosexual agenda on Monday, the fifth annual Day of Truth. The initiative, which is sponsored by Exodus International and the Alliance Defense Fund, comes three days after the pro-homosexual Day of Silence...

College Settles Lawsuit, Allows Free Speech on Campus

Posted on April 17, 2009
CitizenLink: ?Christians shouldn?t be arrested for expressing their beliefs on public college campuses,? said ADF-allied attorney Frederick Nelson of the American Liberties Institute. ?We are pleased the college will allow free speech on its campuses in accord with the First Amendment...

ACLU tells county school board to nix pre-meeting prayers

Posted on April 17, 2009
Maryland Gazette: "The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland has asked the Prince George's County school board stop its regular board prayer at the start of each board meeting, claiming the practice violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution...

Vatican decries reaction to pope?s condom remarks

Posted on April 17, 2009
AP: "The Vatican on Friday denounced the criticisms of the pope's comments about condoms and AIDS during his trip to Africa, saying they marked an unprecedented attempt to intimidate him into silence."

British Medical Journal study reveals treatment discrimination as ?quality of life? supplants ?equality of life? ethic

Posted on April 17, 2009
British Medical Journal: "Older people are less likely to receive drug treatment after a stroke compared to younger people, despite the fact that treatment is equally effective, finds a study published on bmj.com today."

American River College student leaders declare opposition to ?gay rights? rally

Posted on April 17, 2009
Sacramento Bee: "Student leaders at American River College passed a resolution Thursday opposing today's nationally organized demonstration in support of gay rights."

Social conservatives have been fighting the wrong battle, should focus on ?sexual immorality?

Posted on April 17, 2009
A blogger at the Iowa Defense Alliance writes: "I realized that we would never ?win? the battle over gay marriage if we don?t first ?win? the battle over the sexual immorality that is rampant among heterosexuals in our country, including our children...

U.S. Jamaicans decry homosexual boycott of Jamaican products

Posted on April 17, 2009
CaribWorldNews: But Jamaicans CWNN spoke with say the action is outrageous. `Who are they to be imposing their beliefs on us and boycotting Jamaican products?` questioned D.C.-based national Ann Walters. `How is that going to change how people in Jamaica view homosexuality? [sic...

Faith-based council to focus on economy, abortion, dialogue, and abortion

Posted on April 17, 2009
Religion News Service: "The council is charged with helping shape policy in four areas?economic recovery, abortion reduction, interfaith dialogue and responsible fatherhood."

USAID asks Obama for huge spike in contraceptives funding

Posted on April 17, 2009
Washington Whispers: "With President Bush out of the way, supporters of USAID's family planning program overseas are urging President Obama to triple the annual budget to $1.5 billion and end the Republican-backed "gag rule" that barred U.S. assistance to groups engaged in abortion-related services...

Thomas More Society Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Allow ?Choose Life? Illinois License Plates

Posted on April 17, 2009
Christian Newswire: "Today the Chicago-based Thomas More Society filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse a decision prohibiting the issuance and sale of "Choose Life" specialty license plates in Illinois. "

GOP Displays Intramural Feud on Judges

Posted on April 17, 2009
CQ Politics: "Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania told a Republican lawyers group Friday their party should take the filibuster off the table as an option against President Obama's judicial nominations."

The human dignity conspiracy

Posted on April 17, 2009
First Principles: "The special concern . . . is that modern biotechnology will destroy the social conditions and natural capabilities that make a dignified �human life possible?a concern more classical than Christian."

Today is ?Day of Silence? in schools?focuses On LGBT bullying

Posted on April 17, 2009
Religion Clause: "Alliance Defense Fund wants Christian students to participate in a counter-event on April 20-- the "Day of Truth." Students will wear T-shirts and pass out cards urging gay students to explore changing their sexual orientation."

Court Says Statute Protects Church Property Sought For Use As Sidewalk

Posted on April 17, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: "In City of Jordan v. Church of St. John the Baptist of Jordan, (MN Ct. App., April 14, 2009), a Minnesota Court of Appeals interpreted a Minnesota statute that protects churches from certain takings by eminent domain."

Obama?s ?common ground? on abortion nowhere to be found

Posted on April 17, 2009
One News Now: "A member of President Obama's faith-based advisory council says President Obama has yet to show any signs that he plans to follow through on his pledge to find 'common ground' on the issue of abortion."

Oklahoma Passes Bill On Use of Historical Religious References In Classrooms

Posted on April 17, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: "The Oklahoma state Senate on Wednesday passed by a vote of 40-7 a bill that had already been approved by the House (in an 88-5 vote) which will permit public schools to use religious references from a wide array of historical documents in classrooms and school events...

NY: Coach Can Proceed With Discrimination Claim Against Jewish School

Posted on April 17, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: "In Flynn v Rabbi Haskel Lookstein Middle School of Ramaz, (NY Sup. Ct., April 14, 2009), a New York state trial court held that Kevin Flynn, the former coordinator of athletics for a New York Jewish day school, stated a prima facie case of religious discrimination and could proceed to discovery...

Child marriage case showcases deep splits in Saudi society

Posted on April 17, 2009
GlobalPost: "The refusal of a Saudi judge to annul a marriage contract that weds an 8-year-old girl to a man in his late 40s has brought into sharp relief the tribal and religious forces complicating this country?s march to modernity."

Vt. gov.: No to decriminalizing teen sexting

Posted on April 17, 2009
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas says he doesn't want to change Vermont's laws to lessen the potential penalties for teenagers who use their cell phones to send sexually explicit pictures and messages. The House is considering a Senate-passed bill . . . "

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