Religion & Law

Combating the pro-homosexual agenda in schools

Posted on April 16, 2009
OneNewsNow: "[What TrueTolerance.org] it does is help encounter one-sided, pro-gay messages that are coming in through these events and curriculum -- and it does that by putting at their fingertips tools from legal experts," Cushman explains. "There's a memorandum on the website from one of the biggest legal groups in the nation -- Alliance Defense Fund -- that deals with these issues...

NY Gov. to propose bill legalizing ?gay marriage?

Posted on April 16, 2009
"One case was filed by the Alliance Defense Fund, which is appealing the Court of Appeal's ruling in September that found Paterson was within his right as governor to issue a directive ordering all state agencies to recognize out-of-state gay marriages...

Family Research Council files brief urging Romania to keep prostitution and incest illegal

Posted on April 16, 2009
Family Research Council press release: "The Family Research Council represented by the Alliance Defense Fund released a brief filed with the Romanian Parliament against proposed changes to the criminal code that would legalize prostitution and incest...

The Huck Finn Syndrome in History and Theory: The Origins of Family Privacy

Posted on April 16, 2009
Journal of Law & Family Studies: "This article is concerned with understanding the historical and theoretical origins of the concepts of ?parents rights? and ?family privacy.? Neither is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, but both concepts were among the earliest substantive due process rights recognized by the Supreme Court in the 1920s...

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Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request

Posted on April 16, 2009
CNSNews: "Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram 'IHS'--symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ?because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there...

Heterosexuality and Title VII

Posted on April 16, 2009
Northwestern University Law Review: "Due to the absence of statutory protection for sexual orientation discrimination at the federal level, lesbian and gay plaintiffs frequently lose their sex discrimination and gender-stereotyping claims because of their sexual orientation, with courts relying on reasoning similar to that used by the Second Circuit in Dawson?s case...

The Union War on Charter Schools: As New York shows, they want to kill any education choice.

Posted on April 16, 2009
Jay P. Greene writes at the Wall Street Journal: "On education policy, appeasement is about as ineffective as it is in foreign affairs. Many proponents of school choice, especially Democrats, have tried to appease teachers unions by limiting their support to charter schools while opposing private school vouchers...

The dark history and disturbing present of Planned Parenthood

Posted on April 16, 2009
National Review Online: "Clinton?s speech didn?t set off shock waves among the public because Planned Parenthood is about as American as apple pie at this benighted point in history. Most Democrats and even some Republicans bow at its altar. The religious metaphor is intentional: Sanger referred to a ?religion of birth control? that sought to ?ease the financial load of caring for with public funds ...

Religious freedom doesn?t mean religious silence

Posted on April 16, 2009
Acton Institute: "The rights of conscience, Pope John Paul II once wrote, are the "primary foundation of every authentically free political order." If that is so, then we better redouble our vigilance. Here in the United States, where we fancy ourselves religiously tolerant, recent high-profile cases suggest that First Amendment rights are widely misunderstood...

Homeland Security Report equates ?abortion opponents? with white supremacists

Posted on April 16, 2009
Catholic News Agency: "According to a Homeland Security Report distributed to law enforcement organizations, abortion opponents are as great a threat to national security in the immediate future as white supremacists."

NV domestic partnership legislation advances

Posted on April 16, 2009
Las Vegas Sun: "Nevada is prohibited by its constitution from joining states, most recently Vermont and Iowa, where gay marriage is legal. But legislation is making its way through Carson City that would give same-sex couples who enter domestic partnerships the same benefits as married couples...

Jews for Jesus now free to speak in settlement with City College of San Francisco

Posted on April 16, 2009
After arresting a Jews for Jesus employee for handing out literature on its campus without a permit, the college will now allow access for the ministry to distribute literature and express its Christian message on its campuses without unconstitutional permit requirements.

ADF attorney to argue Mont. parental rights case

Posted on April 16, 2009
?The fundamental rights of parents to raise children the way they see fit should not be threatened by the wishes and desires of a legal stranger,? said Nimocks.

Georgetown students react to White House request to cover Jesus? name

Posted on April 16, 2009
CNA: "Georgetown University?s decision to comply with a White House request to cover up the ?IHS? monogram representing Jesus' name at President Obama?s speech on Wednesday is drawing fire from the Cardinal Newman Society and Georgetown students, who are charging the university with 'sacrificing' its 'Catholic and Jesuit identity...

First Amendment Religious Freedom Under Attack in Connecticut (Again)

Posted on April 16, 2009
Christian Newswire: "Family Institute of Connecticut Action is running newspaper ads statewide to raise awareness about the threats posed by SB 899. The ad can be viewed at www.ctfamily.org. SB 899 claims to make the Connecticut Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage the law...

Albert Mohler: ?When Abortion Collides with Totalitarianism?; China is slaughtering baby girls by the millions

Posted on April 16, 2009
Albert Mohler writes: "A clearer picture of the practice of aborting girl babies is also now available, thanks to the British Medical Journal. The picture is nothing less than horrifying. The arrival of ultrasound technology has made the identification of fetal gender a deadly reality for unborn baby girls...

Germany breaks up child porn ring involving 9,000 people, 90 countries

Posted on April 16, 2009
BBC: "Police in Germany have said they have broken up a child pornography network suspected of involving around 9,000 people in more than 90 countries."

Health advocates tout new model of female condom

Posted on April 16, 2009
AP: "Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases . . . "

Obama-Funded UNFPA to Prevent Pro-Life Advocates From Attending Abortion Conference

Posted on April 16, 2009
LifeNews: "While the international community holds meetings around the world to discuss global progress towards achieving the goals outlined in the 1994 ICPD program, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and pro-abortion non-government organizations (NGOs) are attempting to block pro-life participation from discussions on 'sexual and reproductive health and rights...

2 companies sue Pittsburgh over ?adult? ordinance

Posted on April 16, 2009
Philly.com (AP): "Among other things, the companies argue the ordinance doesn't allow for any districts where strip clubs or other 'adult' businesses can open without prior city approval."

?Adult? superstore challenges Kan. sign law

Posted on April 16, 2009
The Wichita Eagle: "An Abilene adult bookstore has sued Kansas, challenging a statute that restricts sexually-oriented businesses from advertising on outdoor signs near state highways. The Lions Den Adult Superstore filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday against Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six...

Is America Becoming Europe?

Posted on April 16, 2009
Paul Rahe writes at National Review: "Religious Americans who feel threatened by these developments may be inclined to push back, but they are thwarted at every turn. If the present trend continues, they will eventually come to occupy in America the pariah status to which they are to an ever increasing degree consigned in many countries on the continent of Europe...

Regent Alum Advocates for Marriage Restoration in California

Posted on April 16, 2009
Family Restoration Blog at Regent U. by Prof. Lynn Marie Kohm: ?The people of California made their voice clear at the polls; they want marriage to remain as the union between one man and one woman. But this lawsuit is asking the court to nullify the people?s voices, as well as the federal law on marriage,? said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Brian Raum.

Harvard Crimson: Pope is right about condoms in Africa; UN is driven by feminist ideology under guise of science

Posted on April 16, 2009
The financial and political drivers of AIDS research and prevention strategies have an interest in the outcome of any such scientific inquiry . . . "The condom has long been a symbol of freedom and?along with contraception?female emancipation.?

Stamp of Disapproval Sparks First-Class Fight: Courts Weigh Constitutionality of Post Offices Run by Churches

Posted on April 16, 2009
NC Register:"Can religious beliefs be expressed on private property when part of that property is used for doing subcontract work for the government? That is the substance of a case involving a church that contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to provide convenience for local postal customers...

Gary McCaleb on Bott Radio: School Choice and AZ Tuition Tax Credits

Posted on April 16, 2009
ADF Gary McCaleb appeared on the Bott Radio Network with Dick Bott to discuss school choice and Arizona's Tuition Tax Credits. The mp3 runs just over 30 minutes.

Patrick A. Trueman: Vermont?s proposed ?sexting? remedy would make matters worse

Posted on April 16, 2009
Patrick A. Trueman: OneNewsNow has posted this report quoting me on the problem of ?sexting.? The latest on the issue is that the Vermont legislature is considering legalizing sexting for under-18 kids. Think about it: they want to legalize the production of child pornography by children!

Mike Johnson on Knowing the Truth: Homeland Security and Right Wing ?Extremists?

Posted on April 16, 2009
ADF attorney Mike Johnson appeared on Knowing the Truth Radio to discuss the recent report by Homeland Security warning against right wing “extremists.” The mp3 runs just under 11 minutes.   Related: Homeland Security Report equates ?abortion opponents? with white supremacists  US govt faces veteran anger at extremism report

Graffiti: Corrupting the Beauty of God?s Creation

Posted on April 16, 2009
Mike Heath writes at the Maine Family Policy Council: "First, graffiti symbolizes lawlessness and disorder. From the outset, the method in which graffiti is produced is illicit and unlawful. Its techniques are anarchic and without order, as is its finished result...

US govt faces veteran anger at extremism report

Posted on April 15, 2009
Breitbart (AP): "The US Homeland Security Department, under fire for saying US forces returning from the Iraq and Afghan wars were potential right-wing extremist recruits, said Wednesday it honors US veterans."

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