Religion & Law

Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of Student?s Strip Search

Posted on March 24, 2009
ABA Journal: "The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 21 in a suit that contends a strip search of a 13-year-old student violated the Fourth Amendment. Savana Redding stayed home for months after the search by a school nurse and secretary, the New York Times reports...

SC Legislator: ?I?m hurting public education, because public education is hurting our kids?

Posted on March 24, 2009
?All of us have been defending the system,? Ford said. ?It's time to stop. I'm not pussyfooting with this anymore.?

An End In Sight For The Minnesota Senate Race?

Posted on March 24, 2009
CBS: "Could an end be in sight for the stalled Minnesota Senate race between incumbent Norm Coleman and his Democratic opponent, former comedian Al Franken? After more than four months of recounts and deliberations, the Minnesota court hearing the appeal could announce a decision as late as next week CBS News? Political Director Steve Chaggaris reports...

Alberta Considers Making Parents? Control over Education a ?Human Right?

Posted on March 24, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "The Alberta government will consider changes to its human rights law to give parents more control over what their children will be taught in school, according to a Calgary Sun report."

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U.K. Embryo Authority Warns IVF Children Have 30% Higher Risk of Genetic Abnormality

Posted on March 24, 2009
LifeSiteNews: "The British government's embryo research authority has warned potential parents that children conceived artificially through in vitro fertilization have a thirty percent higher risk of genetic abnormalities."

1 patron, 2 female employees shot at RI strip club

Posted on March 24, 2009
Boston Globe (AP): "Two female workers and a male customer were shot and injured inside the lobby of a hotel and strip club early Tuesday, and police issued a warrant for the suspect's arrest."

Patrick J. Buchanan: The Weimar Solution

Posted on March 24, 2009
Patrick J. Buchanan writes at Townhall: "The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency,' said Lord Keynes. Ben Bernanke disagrees."

Democrats review nomination process

Posted on March 24, 2009
Boston Globe: "The Democratic Party is launching a review of the nominating process that served Barack Obama so well last year, and given that those leading the process are all Obama loyalists, any revisions for 2012 almost certainly won't stand in the way of his renomination...

?Original Sin: Scalia Unplugged?

Posted on March 24, 2009
Andrew Cohen has posted this attack piece on CBS that includes this excerpt: ?Are you a champion of a lost cause,? Robinson sympathetically asked. ?I?m not optimistic,? Scalia responded with all the drama of a television preacher. ?I?ll put it that way...

Same-sex marriage bills gain in N.E.: Vt. Senate passes plan; votes set in N.H., Maine

Posted on March 24, 2009
Boston Globe: "In a special session, the Vermont Senate yesterday voted to legalize same-sex marriage. Later this week, a similar bill is scheduled for a vote in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Next month a legislative panel in Maine will hold a hearing on a bill to allow gay couples to marry, just as lawmakers did last month in Rhode Island...

Liberty Counsel Files Final Brief in Florida Bar Case Regarding Homosexual Adoption

Posted on March 24, 2009
Liberty Counsel: "Today Liberty Counsel filed a Reply Brief at the Florida Supreme Court, in which it argued that The Florida Bar should remain neutral in the homosexual adoption controversy."

UK: Homosexual couple sue Christian hotel owners for refusing them a double room

Posted on March 24, 2009
Telegraph: "Martyn Hall, who lives with civil partner Steven Preddy, has lodged a county court claim for £5,000 in damages, alleging 'direct discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation' against the hotel owners, Peter and Hazelmary Bull. The pair, from Bristol, booked a room at the Chymorvah Private Hotel in Marazion, Cornwall, last September, but when they arrived were told that only married heterosexual couples could stay in the same room...

Christian valedictorian case headed for Supreme Court

Posted on March 24, 2009
a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=463166">One News Now: "Attorneys for a high school valedictorian whose microphone was turned off when she began sharing her Christian faith say they'll appeal her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Rutherford Institute is representing Brittany McComb, whose lawsuit against school officials was dismissed Friday by the Ninth U...

9th Circuit: Immigration judges wrongly denied asylum to Chinese Christians

Posted on March 24, 2009
"The immigration judge in the lead case of three consolidated appeals rejected asylum finding the aliens were complaining of treatment for prosecution of criminal acts in China, not persecution for political beliefs."

British Court To Hear Challenge to Ban On Hindu Funeral Pyres

Posted on March 24, 2009
Religion Clause Blog: "In Britain, a high court today begins a 3-day hearing in a challenge by an elderly Hindu man to Newcastle's ban on open-air cremations. Both the Guardian and the Telegraph report on the test case brought by the founder of the Anglo-Asian Friendship Society...

NY: Schumer comes out in favor of marriage redefinition

Posted on March 24, 2009
NY Times (AP): "Senator Charles E. Schumer said on Monday that he now supports gay marriage. 'It?s time. Equality is something that has always been a hallmark of America and no group should be deprived of it,' Mr. Schumer said in a statement. 'New York, which has always been at the forefront on issues of equality, is appropriately poised to take a lead on this issue...

Obama faces Notre Dame backlash

Posted on March 24, 2009
MSNBC: "'Obama choice unacceptable,' read one headline, and 'Obama a disgrace' shouted another. The point of contention? The president?s record on issues related to abortion, the majority of which clash with the strict anti-abortion stance of the Catholic Church...

Nevada Gambling Regulators Uncomfortable with Sex

Posted on March 24, 2009
Online Casino Advisory: "The Nevada Gaming Control Board has put a stop to gambling at the longest-established gay bar in Las Vegas. Regulators have pulled the gambling license at Snick's Bar due to reports of sex acts among the customers at the lounge ...

Settlement lets Christian preach in public square

Posted on March 24, 2009
CBS 9 (AP): "The Alliance Defense Fund filed suit on behalf of Kevin Borden in July to challenge Modesto?s attempts to block him from preaching in the city?s public square on Saturday evenings."

ADF poised to defend three pro-life bills signed by Utah governor

Posted on March 24, 2009
Free Christian Press: "Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have sent letters to Utah Reps. Paul Ray and Carl Wimmer offering free legal representation to defend key abortion law amendments from any legal attacks waged by pro-abortion advocacy groups."

Two great groups

Posted on March 24, 2009
Ben Wetmore.com: "It may seem, assuming anyone reads this with any regularity or consistency, that I am overly critical of nonprofits and conservative groups. There are two great groups I want to mention, though, the Alliance Defense Fund and Americans United for Life...

Lawsuit Ignores Voters? Verdict On Parenting

Posted on March 24, 2009
Evangelical Christian Forums: "Alliance Defense Fund will be helping Arkansas retain a constitutional amendment approved by voters. The amendment limits who can adopt children and who can be a foster parent."

Utah AG rejects ADF?s defense offer - kind of

Posted on March 24, 2009
Sheena Mcfarland reports in The Salt Lake Tribune: "The Alliance Defense Fund sent letters to Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, and Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, offering free legal defense for Wimmer's HB22, which requires physicians to tell women seeking abortions of the option for fetal anesthesia, and Ray's HB90, which defines viability and redefines the health of a mother...

Should the Obama conscience rules seek to protect persons or provide benefits

Posted on March 24, 2009
Christopher O. Tollefsen writing at Public Discourse: "But two classes of protection deserve to take priority among the state?s ends. The first and absolute priority is the protection of all human beings within the state?s borders from violence and assault...

New York Choose Life License Plate Lawsuit Moving Ahead in Coming Weeks

Posted on March 24, 2009
LifeNews: "Saying its free speech rights were denied, Children First filed suit with assistance from Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and, in January 2005, a federal judge ruled it had sufficiently argued its First Amendment rights would be violated."

Since when is it wrong to have a Moment of Silence?

Posted on March 24, 2009
Domestic Divapalooza: David Cortman, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said no student is compelled to pray under the Texas law. ?A moment of silence is not a government endorsement of religion just because someone might use the time for prayer,? he said...

Wisconsin: Local police cite strip club for allowing underage drinking

Posted on March 24, 2009
Fond du Lac Reporter: "Police issued underage drinking, drug and loitering citations on March 20 during a tavern check of The Other Place, 208 N. Main St."

Blackstone Fellow Wins Jones Day?s $10,000 Swope Antitrust Writing Prize

Posted on March 24, 2009
Jones Day has issued this press release that begins: "Law student Anthony J. Alt today won the William E. Swope Antitrust Prize. The writing competition sponsored by international law firm Jones Day awards a $10,000 first prize for an essay illustrating the fact-intensive approach to antitrust analysis pioneered by Mr...

West Virginia: Strip Club Owners Arrested For Allegedly Hiring an Underage Dancer

Posted on March 24, 2009
WBOY.com: "The owners of a Harrison County strip club are facing charges after sheriff's deputies say they found a 17 year old girl working at the club."

David French: Ninth Circuit ruling on Christian student groups lacks common-sense and is legally ?out of step?

Posted on March 24, 2009
David French writes at the National Review Phi Beta Cons Blog: "Last Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in Christian Legal Society v. Kane, where the primary issue at oral argument was whether the panel was bound by the Ninth Circuit's high-school ruling and must also limit the free-association rights of university students...

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