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Florida man arrested by FBI for child porn

Posted on April 03, 2009
NBC News 2 reports: "Robert Edward Harper, 37, was indicted this week on three counts of possession of online child pornography."

Robert George Answers Doug Kmiec?s Questions on Life Issues

Posted on April 03, 2009
God & Country: "Doug Kmiec recently asked Robby George . . . to respond to his questions on the beginning of life in preparation for a possible public debate between the two Catholic conservatives on embryonic stem cell research. I just got answers from George...

Will the Iowa same-sex ?marriage? decision impact West Virginia?

Posted on April 03, 2009
MetroNews reports: "In the Mountain State, Jeremy Dys with the Family Policy Council of West Virginia says the Iowa ruling should serve as a warning. "How can we now say that that cannot happen here in West Virginia? We've seen it in Iowa, Connecticut, California, Massachusetts...

Indiana police arrest eight dancers at strip club

Posted on April 03, 2009
WFIE reports: "Over the weekend, Indiana State Excise Police said they charged seven dancers with indecent exposure."

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Strip club proposed near Illiopolis

Posted on April 03, 2009
Bruce Rushton reports in the State Journal-Register: "A former tavern near Illiopolis might become an exotic-dancing club under a proposal now before a Sangamon County zoning board."

Commissioners adopt moratorium on 14 land uses

Posted on April 03, 2009
Mark Barret reports in the Citizen-Times: "Buncombe County commissioners unanimously approved this afternoon a moratorium on 14 types of businesses [including sexually oriented businesses] designed to last until the county can re-adopt its zoning ordinance...

Poll: Most N.C. voters back marriage amendment

Posted on April 03, 2009
WRAL.com reports: "A poll commissioned by the North Carolina Family Policy Council found that almost three-quarters of registered voters would likely support an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting gay marriage." The study is available here.

Texas House committee holds debate on allowing Choose Life license plates

Posted on April 03, 2009
Steven Ertelt reports at LifeNews: "Under a bill that received a committee debate in the legislature on Thursday, Texas could become the latest state to offer Choose Life license plates. Gov. Rick Perry has been supporting the plates, which could generate significant funds for pregnancy centers based on sales proceeds...

Parents? sexuality influences adoption choices

Posted on April 03, 2009
ScienceDaily reports: "A couple's sexual orientation determines whether or not they prefer to adopt a boy or a girl. Gay men are more likely to have a gender preference for their adopted child whereas heterosexual men are the least likely. What's more, couples in heterosexual relationships are more likely to prefer girls than people in same-gender relationships, according to Dr...

Child-sex industry no stranger to Cheyenne

Posted on April 03, 2009
Baylie Evans writing in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle: "Commercial exploitation of children, or the selling of children for sex, is happening here."

?North Dakota House defeats anti-discrimination bill?

Posted on April 03, 2009
AP: "North Dakota's House has defeated a proposal to prohibit discrimination against gays and lesbians, with opponents saying it would unfairly extend state protection to a "lifestyle choice." Representatives voted 54-34 to reject the measure. It sought to ban discrimination in housing, employment and credit on the basis of a person's sexual orientation...

Congress resurrecting ?hate crimes? plan?

Posted on April 03, 2009
Bob Unruh, writing at WorldNetDaily: "Christian organizations are warning constituents of a potential stealth attack on their faith in Congress with the launch of another "hate crimes" law, similar to a previous measure adopted with only minutes' notice...

Judges Nominated For 4th and 2nd Circuit Vacancies

Posted on April 03, 2009
Religion Clause reports on President Obama's nominees for the 4th and 2nd Circuits: Maryland U.S. District Court Judge Andre M. Davis and New York U.S. District Court Judge Gerald E. Lynch.

Historic landmark limits are not substantial burden under RLUIPA

Posted on April 03, 2009
Religion Clause: "In Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church v. City of Peoria, Illinois, (CD IL, March 31, 2009), an Illinois federal district court rejected a church's RLUIPA claim. The Church, some years ago, purchased an adjacent building which was subsequently designated as an historic landmark...

Former NFL Coach Tony Dungy invited to join White House Faith Council

Posted on April 02, 2009
U.S. News: "The soft-spoken Dungy sparked controversy in 2007 by endorsing an Indiana ballot initiative to ban gay marriage and similar legal arrangements for gay couples. "I feel like telling people when they look at this issue of same-sex marriage ...

Dean of Episcopal Divinity School calls abortion ?a blessing?

Posted on April 02, 2009
Katherine Ragsdale: "And when a woman becomes pregnant within a loving, supportive, respectful relationship; has every option open to her; decides she does not wish to bear a child; and has access to a safe, affordable abortion - there is not a tragedy in sight -- only blessing...

Idaho appeals court throws out city?s curfew law

Posted on April 02, 2009
The Associated Press reports: "Doe?s attorney, David Heida, argued before the court in January that the city rule barring youngsters under 18 from being out between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. violates the First Amendment because it doesn?t allow an exception for free-speech activities, like midnight church services or attending late-running city council meetings...

Prayer at Chicago community policing meetings did not violate Establishment Clause

Posted on April 02, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: "In Kaplan v. City of Chicago, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25573 (ND IL, March 27, 2009), a former police officer complained that beat meetings she attended opened and closed with Christian prayers. An Illinois federal district court rejected her Establishment Clause challenge...

Court enjoins Georgia?s ban on sex offenders as church volunteers

Posted on April 02, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: "In Whitaker v. Perdue, (ND GA, March 30, 2009), a Georgia federal district court issued a preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of provisions in Georgia's sex offender law to the extent that it restricts registered sex offenders from engaging in volunteer activities at churches...

Holy See proposes alternative to new U.S. population policy

Posted on April 02, 2009
CNA reports: "Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered a strongly worded speech yesterday, sharply criticizing the ?population reduction? mentality defended by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a Planned Parenthood gala last Friday...

ADF: FAA agrees to stop censoring religious speech

Posted on April 02, 2009
A Federal Aviation Administration employee disciplined for discussing his religious views on homosexual behavior while at work will no longer face punishment.

Iowa same-sex ?marriage? ruling expected Friday

Posted on April 02, 2009
"The court said . . . the written ruling would be issued at 8:30 a.m. on Friday on the Iowa Supreme Court's Web site. The court has been reviewing a lower court's ruling that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriages."

Iraqi Christians have ?great hope? in ?tragic? situation, Kirkuk archbishop says

Posted on April 02, 2009
The Catholic News Agency reports: "The archbishop said it was ?a scandal? that the human rights of Christians in Iraq were being ignored. Noting that Christians, too, are full citizens of the country, he said that they had been living in the country for 2,000 years and if they were finally expelled an important part of the culture and history of Iraq would also be lost...

Texas House to vote on sexually oriented business tax

Posted on April 02, 2009
Jason Embry reporting at Statesman.com: "On the House calendar today is House Bill 982, authored by Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, and others. It would impose a 10 percent gross-receipts tax on admissions fees at adult-oriented business. It also would repeal a $5 admissions charge at strip clubs that Rep...

Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act Receives Broad Bipartisan and Coalition Support

Posted on April 02, 2009
Intellectual Conservative: "No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life is worthless, least of all because a child isn't of the preferred sex or race. Planned Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger, may have approved of such barbarities, but we believe most Americans don't...

New York?s Highest Court Will Hear Same-Sex ?Marriage? Case

Posted on April 02, 2009
CitizenLink: ?New York state and local officials shouldn?t recognize the laws of foreign jurisdictions when they conflict with state law,? said Brian Raum, senior legal counsel for ADF. ?These officials have overstepped their authority in order to forward the agenda of special interest groups...

?Semantics rule gay marriage debate?

Posted on April 02, 2009
David Gram reports in the AP: "The Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group based in Scottsdale, Ariz., issued a news release this week in which it put quotation marks around the word marriage in the phrase "same-sex 'marriage'." It does the same with civil unions, questioning the legitimacy of the state's existing system of legal recognition for same-sex couples...

ACLU defends teens charged in ?sexting? scandal

Posted on April 02, 2009

Atlanta student fights school to establish Christian club

Posted on April 02, 2009
OneNewsNow reports: "Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is representing a mother and her son, who attends Sutton Middle School and wants to establish a Student to Student Club (STS). ADF senior legal counsel David Cortman explains. "For six months our client has been attempting in every manner possible merely to start a student Bible club," he says...

Evangelical German family seeks U.S. asylum to homeschool kids

Posted on April 02, 2009
Aaron J. Leichman reports in the Christian Post: "HSLDA, with support from the Alliance Defense Fund, has hired immigration attorney Will Humble of Houston to handle the Romeikes? case. According to ADF, Germany is the only European country that has outright criminal bans on homeschooling...

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