Religion & Law

CA Medical Board Revokes Abortionist Nolan Jones? License

Posted on March 31, 2009
LifesiteNews: "The California Medical Board has revoked the medical license of abortionist Nolan Jones, effective on April 20, 2009. According to the order, Jones falsified the medical records of two non-abortion patients, and violated his probation on other charges...

Three More Bishops, Rush Limbaugh Join Chorus of Condemnation for ND Scandal

Posted on March 31, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "Another archbishop and two more U.S. bishops have swelled the ranks of Catholics and conservatives who are expressing criticism of the University of Notre Dame's invitation to President Obama to give the school's commencement address and receive an honorary law degree May 17...

Patrick J. Buchanan: Is Notre Dame Still Catholic?

Posted on March 31, 2009
Patrick J. Buchanan writes at CNSNews: "Is Notre Dame still a repository, teacher and exemplar of eternal truths about God and Man, right and wrong, whose mission is to convey and defend those truths in a hostile world? Or has Notre Dame joined the secularists in their endless scavenger hunt to seek and find truth in the marketplace of ideas?"

Church program aims to rid gay men of same-sex attraction

Posted on March 31, 2009
Sacramento Bee: "The group gathers weekly, but not to discuss their struggle to overcome addictions to alcohol, drugs or gambling. The group's stated purpose is to rid themselves of unwanted same-sex temptations. There are about 200 similar groups in the United States...

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Marine Commandant polls his generals on ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell?

Posted on March 31, 2009
The Marine Corps Times: "Commandant Gen. James Conway is polling his generals on the controversial 'don?t ask, don?t tell' policy. In a March 13 'P4' ? personal-for message ? to all 82 of his general officers, Conway asks four questions, including this one: 'How strongly should we, as an institution, challenge the ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell? policy?'?

Center for AZ Policy opposes gambling expansion

Posted on March 31, 2009
Today, the Center for Arizona Policy has prepared this fact sheet and forwarded

German family seeks US asylum to homeschool kids

Posted on March 31, 2009
". . . [Uwe Romeike] He had to pay fines equivalent to hundreds of dollars for his decision, and he's afraid that if he returns to Germany, police will arrest him and government authorities will take away his children, who range in age from 11 to 3."

ADF attorney to participate in press conference on Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act

Posted on March 31, 2009
lliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden will participate in a press conference Tuesday regarding the introduction of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act by Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona. The bill would prohibit knowingly performing, or soliciting funding for, race- or sex-selection abortions.

Morocco takes action against Shiites, Christians, advocates of homosexual behavior

Posted on March 31, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: "AFP reported last week that the Moroccan government has begun a campaign to counter activities that are seen as contrary to the "moral and religious values" of Moroccan society . . . According to Earth Times yesterday, the government campaign has now spread to countering Christian activities...

The Texas Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act and the Establishment Clause

Posted on March 31, 2009
UC Davis Law Review: "At the same time, state policymakers should mandate and fund training on religion-clause issues for teachers and other school officials in order to advance a better understanding of these issues. Further, given the important role religion has played and continues to play in shaping ideas and institutions in our nation and world, schools must do more to find constitutional ways to ensure that the topic of religion is discussed, not dodged, in public education...

Parents urged to pull children from school on homosexual-advocacy day

Posted on March 31, 2009
The Christian Examiner reports: ?Day of Truth students have the same constitutional right to express their viewpoint as any other student,? said ADF senior legal counsel Mike Johnson. ?Unfortunately, despite using buzzwords like ?tolerance? and ?diversity,? many schools have censored students who want to peacefully express a Christian viewpoint...

EU pressed adoption of ?gender identity? bill in Serbia

Posted on March 31, 2009
Pro-Life Philippines Foundation: "Alliance Defense Fund lawyer Roger Kiska told reporters that the law creates a category of rights far broader than any currently in force in the various nations of the EU. It also conflicts with Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guaranties freedom of thought, conscience and religion...

Ontario Expands Permissible Religious References On Personalized Plates

Posted on March 31, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: "In Canada, Ontario's Ministry of Transportation announced last week that it was revising its personalized license plate program to permit religious titles to be used on personalized plates."

ADF: Vt. governor on firm ground to veto same-sex ?marriage? bill

Posted on March 31, 2009
ADF Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks. ?All non-partisan research and plain common sense tells us that children need a mom and dad, so the issue is bigger than a ?personal relationship.? In the end, the question is this: Which parent doesn?t matter: a mom or a dad??

Massachusetts: 3 Minors Arrested For Alleged Sex Video

Posted on March 31, 2009
TheBostonChannel.com: "Police in Holbrook are investigating charges against three minors who allegedly created a video of two of them having sexual intercourse while the third recorded it, then distributed the video to junior high students."

Decision-Making after Ultrasound Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormality

Posted on March 31, 2009
Reproductive Health Matters Supplement: "This essay explores the context of both clinical and parental decision-making after ultrasound diagnosis of fetal abnormality, with emphasis on the Dutch situation."

All Things Not Being Equal: Reconciling Student Religious Expression in the Public Schools

Posted on March 31, 2009
UC Davis Law Review: "This Article explores these competing strands of First Amendment law and proposes how to reconcile student religious expression within the public schools with the jurisprudence."

Teaching Freedom: Exclusionary Rights of Student Groups

Posted on March 31, 2009
UC Davis Law Review: "In sum, forcing faith-based student organizations to abide by school or university nondiscrimination policies does not significantly advance equality and nondiscrimination rights for sexual minorities."

Toward a More Principled Judicial Review of Legislative Science

Posted on March 31, 2009
Courts increasingly confront legislative enactments made in light of scientific uncertainty. Even so, the degree of deference appropriate to this type of judicial review is a moving target, seemingly determined on an ad hoc, unprincipled basis.

ACLU Welcomes U.S. Decision To Join U.N. Human Rights Council

Posted on March 31, 2009
ACLU: "The American Civil Liberties Union today welcomed an announcement from the Obama administration that the United States will join the United Nations Human Rights Council, reversing a Bush administration decision to shun the top U.N. human rights body...

NY?s highest court agrees to hear same-sex ?marriage? recognition suits

Posted on March 31, 2009
". . . attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund in lawsuits against officials who have attempted to recognize out-of-state same-sex 'marriages' in contradiction to state law."

5th Circuit: No birth certificate now for 2 ?dads?

Posted on March 31, 2009
Times-Picayune: "There's a hold on an order to put both fathers' names on the birth certificate of a boy born in Shreveport and adopted in New York State by a gay couple."

Louisiana: Strip club fight sends Longville man to hospital

Posted on March 31, 2009
KPLCTV.com: "A Longville man remains hospitalized following a pounding at a local strip club. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's officials say 19-year-old Chad Heath was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Indiana: Suspected bank robber nabbed at strip club

Posted on March 31, 2009
IndyStar.com: "A man wanted for a Far Southside bank robbery was arrested at an Eastside strip club on Monday afternoon. Joseph Dimaggio, 24, was at Brad's Brass Flamingo, 4011 Southeastern Ave., when he was picked up by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department...

DNC chair infuriates abortion backers over choose life plates

Posted on March 31, 2009
The Politico: "Tim Kaine, the Virginia governor and President Barack Obama's hand-picked choice as the head of the Democratic National Committee, infuriated abortion-rights groups Monday by signing legislation that gives abortion foes a long-sought victory...

Hillary Clinton: ?I admire Margaret Sanger enormously?

Posted on March 31, 2009
Hillary Clinton: "The 20th century reproductive rights movement, really embodied in the life and leadership of Margaret Sanger, was one of the most transformational in the entire history of the human race."

Don Feder: Hate-crimes laws are fascism

Posted on March 31, 2009
Don Feder writing at FrontPageMagazine: "When asked if fascism could ever come to America, Huey Long (the Depression-era governor of Louisiana) replied, ?Sure, only here they?ll call it anti-fascism.? Hate-crimes laws are fascism in the guise of protecting minorities...

Q&A with Michael Novak: George Washington Urged American Governors to Imitate Christ

Posted on March 31, 2009
Terence P. Jeffrey interviews Michael Novak at CNSNews: "At the close of the American Revolution in 1783, Gen. George Washington composed a circular letter to the governors of all the states urging them to imitate 'that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion...

MIM President Bob Peters: Evidence Shows ?Adult? Pornographers? Pro-Child Pose is a Diversion

Posted on March 31, 2009
Morality in Media reports on the Christian Newswire: In a 12,000-word reference piece posted to Morality in Media's www.obscenitycrimes.org website ("Current News"), MIM President Robert Peters examines evidence that the proliferation of "adult pornography" (actual minors not depicted) on the Internet is contributing to sexual abuse of children and to other harms and asserts that the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is a front organization for adult pornographers who are "attempting to divert attention from their harmful and often illegal businesses and to portray themselves as responsible corporate citizens...

New Attorney Ethics Standards to Take Effect in New York

Posted on March 31, 2009
Joel Stashenko writes at NY Law Journal: "Ralph Halpern, also a member of the State Bar committee, said the new rules 1.6 and 3.3 requiring lawyers to reveal client falsehoods 'clashes with the common-law concept of the lawyer-client confidentiality.' He predicted the validity of the new requirement would be litigated in the courts...

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