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Los Angeles: Fertility clinic halts delivery of designer babies

Posted on March 12, 2009
Fox News reports: The Fertility Institutes in Los Angeles, which last month said it would soon help couples select a baby's gender and physical traits when undergoing a form of fertility treatment, has announced it will no longer proceed with the project.

Liberal 9th Circuit Judges Rebel over ?Cert Petition? Dissents in En Banc Denials

Posted on March 12, 2009
ABA Journal: Judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are engaging in a war of pointed concurrences and sometimes snarky dissents to decisions denying en banc review . . .

Three Christians killed in Eritrea for refusing to denounce faith

Posted on March 12, 2009
Christian Today: International Christian Concern (ICC) reports that three Christians have been tortured and killed in Eritrea for refusing to denounce their faith.

Texas: Laredo sets up HIV testing for at local sex shops for girls as young as 15

Posted on March 12, 2009
Pro 8 News reports: "City officials offered free HIV testing at City Limits adult store to girls as young as 15 and say they have a good reason."

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?Critics say sex ed ineffective? in sex saturated culture

Posted on March 12, 2009
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports: "At a presentation of the Philadelphia Natural Family Planning Network (PNFPN) Saturday at Our Lady of Good Council Trinity parish, parents, students and others got a multifaceted view of sex as the young commonly learn about it...

Vatican Meeting: Americans Bring Case to Replace D.C. Archbishop

Posted on March 12, 2009
Operation Rescue reports on the Christian Newswire: "Randall Terry, Operation Rescue Founder, led a delegation of nine pro-life leaders in an unprecedented series of meetings with Vatican officials from March 2-6 in Rome."

Proposal to strike ?marriage? from California law

Posted on March 12, 2009
"California's top election official says supporters can start collecting signatures for a proposed ballot measure to strike the word 'marriage' from all state laws."

Tenn. man charged with possessing child porn photos

Posted on March 12, 2009
The Leaf Chronicle reports: "A Clarksville man has been charged with possessing more than 100 pornographic images depicting children."

Justice Souter describes ?annual intellectual lobotomy? during court term

Posted on March 12, 2009
Tony Mauro, writing in the Legal Times: Robert Bork once said serving on the Supreme Court would be "an intellectual feast." . . . by contrast, Justice David Souter said he undergoes a "sort of annual intellectual lobotomy" when the Supreme Court term begins ...

Arizona House approves pro-life bill

Posted on March 12, 2009
Howard Fischer, reporting in the East Valley Tribune: The state House voted 36-18 this afternoon to impose new restrictions on abortion. HB 2564 would require a 24-hour waiting period before a woman could terminate a pregnancy. During that time, the woman would have to be told “the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics” of the unborn child at [...

Utah lawmakers OK bill on ?sexting?

Posted on March 12, 2009
The Associated Press reports: "Utah lawmakers have agreed to lessen the penalty for minors who send or receive nude pictures through their cell phones, called 'sexting.'"

NY stripper tax introduced

Posted on March 11, 2009
NY Post:� A Brooklyn assemblyman introduced a bill yesterday that would require patrons to pay the state $10 every time they visit a strip club or topless joint. Felix Ortiz, a Democrat, said the flesh fee could raise as much as $500 million for victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual abuse and child prostitution ...

Gary McCaleb on the Jody Hice Show: Ideological Judicial and DOJ Appointments

Posted on March 11, 2009
ADF attorney Gary McCaleb appeared on the Jody Hice Show to discuss some of the Judicial and Department of Justice Nominations now pending before the Senate.� The mp3 file runs just under 17 minutes. Visit Site » Share This

Europeans Debate Castration of Sex Offenders

Posted on March 11, 2009
NY Times: “Whether castration can help rehabilitate violent sex offenders has come under new scrutiny after the Council of Europe?s anti-torture committee last month called surgical castration ‘invasive, irreversible and mutilating’ and demanded that the Czech Republic stop offering the procedure to violent sex offenders...

Liberty Counsel Argues High School Valedictorian Case at Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Posted on March 11, 2009
Liberty Counsel: “Liberty Counsel argued today at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Erica Corder, a high school valedictorian who was forced to publicly apologize for sharing her Christian faith during her 30-second message at graduation...

Indiana House passes controversial ?diversity and multicultural? teacher training bill

Posted on March 11, 2009
The American Family Association of Indiana reports that on February 25th, the Indiana House of Representatives “passed a controversial “cultural competency” bill by a narrow, one-vote margin, with the Democratic Speaker of the House casting the 51st vote necessary to pass the legislation...

?American Courts on Marriage: Is Marriage Discriminatory?

Posted on March 11, 2009
Over the past ten years, at least nine other state and federal courts (excluding cases still pending on appeal) have ruled that marriage laws are not discriminatory, but have a rational basis in ?responsible procreation.?

David Cortman on Wallbuilders Live: Student gatherings for religious purposes at school

Posted on March 11, 2009
ADF attorney David Cortman appeared on Wallbuilders Live with Rick Green to discuss the right of students to gather on school premises for Bible Clubs and other religious purposes. The mp3 runs just over 12 minutes. Related ADF press release: NY school district refuses to recognize Bible club Visit Site » Share This

Jeremy Tedesco on Wallbuilders Live: The right of Christian student groups to choose Christian leaders

Posted on March 11, 2009
ADF attorney Jeremy Tedesco appeared on Wallbuilders Live with Rick Green to discuss a case involving the right of Christian student groups to choose Christian officers.� The mp3 runs just under 12 minutes.� ADF press release:�ADF attorneys appeal ruling against student groups at San Diego State University Visit Site » Share This

FRC Action Urges Senators to Vote No on Ogden Confirmation

Posted on March 11, 2009
FRC Action: Tomorrow, the United States Senate is scheduled to vote on the confirmation of David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General. Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins released the following statement urging the full Senate to reject David Ogden’s confirmation...

Wisconsin: ACLU watching library?s handling of ?gay-themed? books

Posted on March 11, 2009
GMToday: “The Milwaukee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says that when the West Bend Community Memorial Library Board takes up the complaint filed over gay-themed books in the Library’s young adult collection, it should follow young adult policies that ensure materials are accessible, inclusive and appropriate for young readers...

Textbooks ?whitewashing? Islamic extremism

Posted on March 11, 2009
One News Now: “Amid concerns that history textbooks are downplaying the important role of Christianity in America’s founding comes a report that Islam extremism is being treated with kid gloves in some of those textbooks.” Visit Site » Share This

.XXX Proposal Heads to Arbitration

Posted on March 11, 2009
Warning: The link is provided below for researchers, but the site may contain graphic or pornographic materials. Rhett Pardon reports at XBIZNewswire (20090310): ICM Registry?s Stuart Lawley is hopeful that his top-level domain .XXX proposal will get a green light through arbitration...

ACLU angry at military judge for releasing Islamic rants of Gitmo detainees

Posted on March 11, 2009
Andy McCarthy writes at National Review: �Al Qaeda’s lawyers at the ACLU are in a froth because the military judge presiding over the war-crimes commission case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other terrorists accepted and made public their “Islamic Response” to the government’s allegations ? a diatribe in which they proudly admit that they [...

President Obama Names Abortion Backer to New Foreign Women?s Issues Post

Posted on March 11, 2009
LifeNews: “The Obama administration recently announced the creation of a new foreign policy position to focus on women’s issues.�Melanne Verveer, an abortion advocate who served as chief of staff to former First Lady Hillary Clinton, will occupy the new post ...

Florida Gov appoints Planned Parenthood backed judge to Supreme Court

Posted on March 11, 2009
Florida Family Policy Council President: "The Governor?s decision today is both stunning and profoundly disappointing . . . one which will entrench the Florida High Court back into a 5-2 left leaning majority for at least the next decade . . . "

Senate-Backed ?Stimulus? Bill Contains Birth Control Bailout for Planned Parenthood

Posted on March 11, 2009
LifeNews: “The so-called economic stimulus bill the Senate approved on Tuesday contains a bailout package for Planned Parenthood that will give the abortion giant hundreds of millions of dollars to promote birth control. “ Visit Site » Share This

Obama?s Carefully Crafted Cloning Contradiction

Posted on March 11, 2009
Terence P. Jeffrey writes at CNSNews:� President Obama has shown himself to be a master of what I have called carefully crafted self-contradictions?statements intended to convey one impression to casual listeners but that on close examination turn out to mean quite the opposite...

Eight Republicans Vote for Pork-Laden Spending Bill; Three Democrats Vote No

Posted on March 11, 2009
CNSNews:� . . . The Republicans who helped pass the spending bill ? which is padded with pork-barrel spending — are Sens. Richard Shelby of Alabama, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Olympia Snowe of Maine, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Kit Bond of Missouri, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee...

HBO, Mormons square off over airing of sacred rite

Posted on March 11, 2009
AP: “HBO on Tuesday defended its plans to depict a sacred Mormon temple ceremony in an upcoming episode of ‘Big Love.’�The drama about a Utah polygamous family will show an endowment ceremony Sunday . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

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