Religion & Law

India: Christian killed in Orissa, shows continued violence

Posted on February 25, 2009
Indian Catholic: A Baptist lay leader was allegedly murdered in Orissa, which some Church people say is proof that anti-Christian violence continues. The body of Hrudyananda Nayak, 45, was found in the jungle near Rudangia, his village in Kandhamal district, officials of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Catholic archdiocese confirmed on Feb...

Luxembourg: pro-lifers seek referendum to avert legal euthanasia

Posted on February 25, 2009
Catholic Culture reports: “Pro-life activists in Luxembourg have launched a drive for a nationwide referendum that could forestall the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. After last week’s parliamentary approval of a bill allowing the practice ...

Utah: Singapore math bill moves forward

Posted on February 25, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune: SB159 » A bill that would give schools money to teach math using the Singapore method cleared another hurdle on Tuesday. The bill, SB159, passed its initial Senate floor vote 23-3 Tuesday. It now has to pass in the Senate one more time before moving to the House ...

Committee deadlocks on Hawaii same-sex unions bill as thousands protest

Posted on February 25, 2009
"A state Senate committee voted 3-3 early Wednesday on a bill that would allow same-sex civil unions, a split that normally would stall the legislation but in this case was not expected to prevent it from advancing."

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Vatican Denounces Plan to Inseminate Woman with Comatose Husband?s Sperm

Posted on February 25, 2009
LifeSiteNews: Vatican officials are denouncing plans to artificially inseminate a woman with the sperm of her comatose husband. Dr. Severino Antinori, who has made a name for himself internationally by doing in vitro fertilizations for women in their 60s, as well as promoting human cloning, now says he will artificially inseminate a woman whose husband is lying [...

Montana Senate OKs Legislation to Revive Parental Notification Law on Abortion

Posted on February 25, 2009
LifeNews: “The Montana state Senate on Tuesday signed off on legislation that would revive the state’s parental notification law on abortion. Montana law requires parents to be notified before a minor has an abortion but a 1999 State District Court ruling found it unconstitutional ...

South Carolina House Passes 24-Hour Abortion Wait Bill, Born Alive Measure

Posted on February 25, 2009
LifeNews: “The South Carolina state House on Tuesday passed a bill that requires abortion businesses to give women a 24-hour reflection period before an abortion as soon as Wednesday. [...]

Democrats Shut Down Pro-Life Move to Stop UNFPA-Forced Abortion Funding

Posted on February 25, 2009
LifeNews: “Democratic Party leaders in the House of Representatives shut down an attempt by a leading pro-life congressman to fix a budget bill that authorizes funding to a group that has supported forced abortions in China. Rep. Chris Smith hoped to amend the omnibus budget bill to strip UNFPA funding...

Jim Campbell on KNKT radio: New Mexico?s Domestic Partner Bill

Posted on February 25, 2009
ADF attorney Jim Campbell appeared on KNKT radio (ABQ Connect) to discuss New Mexico’s pending domestic partnerships bill. The mp3 file is here and runs just under 7 minutes. Related: ACLU uses YouTube to argue its case on domestic partnerships A Real Compromise on the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: An Invitation to Rauch and Blankenhorn Hawaii: Consequences of Civil Unions and [...

ACLU uses YouTube to argue its case on domestic partnerships

Posted on February 25, 2009
The New Mexico Independent reports: “One group in favor of domestic partnership legislation has taken a creative route in advocating for the legislation in New Mexico. The American Civil Liberties Union has created several short videos of New Mexicans explaining why they would benefit from domestic partnership...

A New Tradition for Obama?s Presidential Events: Opening With a Vetted Prayer

Posted on February 25, 2009
Dan Gilgoff writes at his US News & World Report Blog: “Though invocations have long been commonplace at presidential inaugurations and certain events like graduations or religious services at which presidents are guests, the practice of commissioning and vetting prayers for presidential rallies is unprecedented in modern history, according to religion and politics experts...

Senate Will Vote on Constitutionally Controversial Bill Allowing a Non-State to Have a Member in the House of Representatives

Posted on February 25, 2009
CNSNews: “The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to allow floor debate on a bill that would grant the District of Columbia a full-fledged congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Pro-lifers Call HHS Candidate Sebelius ?The Most Pro-Abortion Governor in the Country?

Posted on February 25, 2009
CNSNews: “Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), the leading candidate to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is ‘the most pro-abortion governor in the country,’ according to pro-lifers.” Visit Site » Share This

Congressmen Say Clinton?s China Trip Remarks ?Debased Human Rights?

Posted on February 25, 2009
CNSNews: ?Last week, the Obama administration effectively dismissed, devalued and debased human rights ? especially women?s rights ? in the People?s Republic of China,? Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said at a press conference Tuesday. Visit Site » Share This

Specter Tries to Explore Kagan?s Constitutional Views

Posted on February 25, 2009
The Blog of the Legal Times: . . . Kagan?s answers to Specter (pdf) and other senators appear in about 30 pages released Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to vote Thursday on her nomination. While the Harvard law dean largely declined to specify her own views, a few answers stand out...

?A right to forgo treatment?

Posted on February 25, 2009
Yale Kamisar writes at the National Law Journal: . . . Removing a person’s feeding tube may look like ? and strike many people as no different than ? physician-assisted suicide or even euthanasia. But I submit that there is ample authority for the view that it is neither...

2Ls seeing far fewer offers for summer associate positions

Posted on February 25, 2009
The National Law Journal: The National Association for Law Placement has confirmed what many frustrated law students already know: Getting a foot in the door of the legal industry is especially tough right now. A NALP survey of 2008 law firm recruiting found that law firms offered fewer summer associate positions to current 2Ls for 2009, and [...

Supreme Court rules for Utah city with Ten Commandments monument

Posted on February 25, 2009
"The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that a small religious group cannot force a city in Utah to place a granite marker in a local park that already is home to a Ten Commandments display."

Montana Supreme Court Considers Groundbreaking Same-Sex Rights Case

Posted on February 25, 2009
. . . after a same-sex relationship . . . fell apart in 2006, a district judge awarded property and even child custody rights to Kulstad, even though Maniaci was the sole owner of the couple's residence and sole legal parent of two adopted children . ...

Hawaii: Consequences of Civil Unions and the Governmental Elevation of Same-sex Relationships

Posted on February 25, 2009
The Civil Union bill (HB 444) has passed through the House of Representatives and will now go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for debate and vote. The bill, for all intents and purposes will place Hawaii one step closer to legalizing same sex marriage in Hawaii.

U.S. Supreme Court delivers blow to Tribal casinos

Posted on February 25, 2009
"The US Supreme Court delivered a crippling setback yesterday to the Mashpee Wampanoag in Massachusetts and many other tribes across the nation that are seeking to build casinos, ruling that the federal government cannot place land into trust for newly recognized tribes ...

San Francisco Chronicle in danger of closing

Posted on February 25, 2009
AP on Yahoo News: “The San Francisco Chronicle joined the lengthening list of imperiled newspapers Tuesday as its owner set out to purge the payroll and slash other expenses in a last-ditch effort to reverse years of heavy losses.” Visit Site » Share This

ADF Attorney to present at U. of Iowa College of Law marriage symposium

Posted on February 25, 2009
ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND MEDIA ADVISORY February 25, 2009 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF attorney available to media following symposium on Iowa same-sex ?marriage? case ADF attorneys represent state lawmakers defending marriage WHO: ADF Legal Counsel Austin R...

Afterword Exploring the Frontiers of Law, Religion, and Family Life

Posted on February 25, 2009
Over the past seven years, the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University has had the privilege of leading two major research projects on sex, marriage, family, and children. Our first major project, on ?Sex, Marriage, and Family and the Religions of the Book? (2001-2006), involved eighteen Emory Senior Fellows under the principal direction of Visiting Woodruff Professor Don S...

Religion, Education, and the Primacy of the Family

Posted on February 25, 2009
African America, since the days of slavery, has been sustained largely by two institutions: the family and the black church. Aird has talked a great deal about the family. I will talk a little about the family, but, mostly, I will focus on the interaction between the African-American family and the African-American church.

Washington Times: Porn corrupts America

Posted on February 25, 2009
The Washington Times: Pornography is a major workplace problem in contemporary American society - and yet few private employers or government managers are willing to talk about it for fear of seeming prudish, or blindly trusting their employees, or being accused of infringing on individual liberties...

Nine Christians Killed in Nigeria

Posted on February 25, 2009
Voice of the Martyrs relaying information from the Barnabas Fund: “An outbreak of violence between Muslims and Christians in the capital of Bauchi province in Northern Nigeria has left at least eleven people dead. Nine of the victims are said to be Christians, six of whom were shot and three killed with machetes ...

U. of Baltimore Law School: Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference

Posted on February 25, 2009
The U. of Baltimore Law School has posted information on the Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference scheduled for March 6, 2009. Visit Site » Share This

NC: Marriage Amendment Bill Introduced

Posted on February 25, 2009
The NC Family Policy Council reports: “Today, legislators, in conjunction with the NC4Marriage Coalition, introduced the House and Senate versions of bills that would allow North Carolina citizens to vote on a Marriage Protection Amendment to include the definition of marriage in the state as the union between one man and one woman ...

Civil unions vs. marriage: the European experience

Posted on February 25, 2009
Rob Vischer quoting Aidan O’Neill writes at the Mirror of Justice Blog on how civil unions have impacted marriage in Europe: The result has been ? predictably ? that it has been taken up with fervour by unrelated opposite sex couples who wish to have some mutual rights and responsibilities but could do without the expense [...

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