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Maggie Gallagher: Trading Civil Unions for Religous-Liberty Protection?

Posted on February 23, 2009
Maggie Gallagher writes at National Review Online: The New York Times published an op-ed by David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch, proposing a Big New Idea: Federal recognition of state-level civil unions and same-sex marriage but if and only if those states offer substantive religious-liberty protection ? and the federal government offers substantive religious-liberty protection, too ...

NY: Strip club sign stirs new conflict between town, operator

Posted on February 23, 2009
The Courier: The man who threatened to sue the town of Corning early last year for rejecting his proposal to open a strip club on River Road is again at odds with town officials. Wayne Swartz was charged recently with violating the town’s sign ordinance...

Florida: 18 year old stripper missing after leaving club

Posted on February 23, 2009
Tampabay.com: Deputies began searching for Kylee Jean Copeland, 18, after she left her job as a dancer and waitress at the Showgirls strip club at 4210 US Highway 92 about 3:20 a.m. Saturday. Copeland hadn’t made contact with her family, which was caring for her 6-month-old son, since that time, Callaway said...

Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Sex Trafficking Charges

Posted on February 23, 2009
PR Newswire: Leonard Fox a/k/a Anton a/k/a “Daddy” pleaded guilty today to a federal civil rights charge for sex trafficking of minors, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Lawrence J...

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Virginia: Sex investigations uncover tales of suffering

Posted on February 23, 2009
Tamara Dietrich writes at The Daily Press: This local case seems straightforward enough. Three illegal immigrants ? two men and a woman ? charged with running brothels from 2006-2008 in which three other illegal immigrants ? identified in the indictment only as MRR, MJMA and NES ? sold their bodies in 15-minute installments, using playing cards [...

Virginia Senate Kills Prayer ?In Jesus Name?

Posted on February 23, 2009
Christian Newswire: “On Monday the Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted 8-6-1 along party lines to kill a pro-faith bill, HB2314, which would have restored the rights of Virginia State Police Chaplains to pray publicly ‘in Jesus name...

?Barney Frank Online Gambling Bill May Reveal Republican Future?

Posted on February 23, 2009
Online Casino Advisory: The Presidential election this past fall revealed a rift between the two main components of the Republican Party, and the response to a Democratic bill legalizing online gambling may indicate which branch will control the Party’s future...

California: ?Marriage ruling gave gay people legal protection?

Posted on February 23, 2009
Greg Moran writes at the San Diego Union Tribune: Tucked deep within the state Supreme Court’s sweeping decision in May that struck down same-sex-marriage bans for a time is a single sentence that will have a significant effect for years ? regardless of any new turns in the same-sex-marriage debate...

R.I. legislators to take up annual marriage debate

Posted on February 23, 2009
The Providence Journal: This year?s renewed drive for same-sex marriage has once again pitted Democrat against Democrat and Republican against Republican at the State House in a seemingly intractable conflict over fundamental beliefs, while middle-grounders ? such as the new state Senate president and the only Republican so far to announce his interest in running for [...

Child prostitutes rescued in US 29 cities

Posted on February 23, 2009
BBC: US authorities have rescued nearly 50 child prostitutes - some as young as 13 - in a nationwide operation against the trafficking of children for sex. More than 570 suspects were arrested during the action, which took place over three nights. FBI agents and local police forces were involved in the operations which spanned some 29 cities...

Georgia: Sex shop owners say new law would hurt

Posted on February 23, 2009
Coastal Courier: Tru Playas owner Calvin Barrett said his thriving 10-year-old business will be severely impaired if he?s required to comply with the Liberty County commissioners? proposed changes in the county?s adult entertainment ordinance. ?If you change that ordinance ? within six months to a year, my doors will be closed,? Barrett said...

Excluding religion excludes more than religion

Posted on February 23, 2009
This Article contends that excluding apparently religious perspectives from public debate may inadvertently exclude non-religious perspectives as well, consequently impoverishing public discussion. This contention is demonstrated through an examination of the current debate over embryonic stem cell research, in which the pro-life position is often declared unacceptably religious...

WV: ?Gay, lesbians fight for civil protections?

Posted on February 23, 2009
The Charleston Gazette: The cause made headway last year, when the state Senate unanimously passed a bill that would have added sexual orientation, “actual or perceived,” to the state’s human rights laws. Current legislation covers age, race, gender, religion and other characteristics...

Colo. Senate gives initial OK to same-sex benefits

Posted on February 23, 2009
AP: “Senate Bill 88 must pass another vote before it can be sent to the House. he state Senate has given initial backing to extending health insurance benefits to the same-sex partners of state employees.” Visit Site » Share This

Bad news for Internet pornographers: 6th Circuit upholds record keeping requirements

Posted on February 20, 2009
. . . the 6th Circuit sitting en banc has upheld § 2257 of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 . . . which requires porn producers to create and maintain? records relating to their depictions . . .

Maggie Gallagher: Bristol Palin Speaks on Abstinence

Posted on February 20, 2009
Maggie Gallagher writes at Yahoo News: Is abstinence “realistic”? According to a rash of headlines, Gov. Sarah Palin’s 18-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, says “no.” Thus (the media gleefully report) the young thing repudiates her famous mother’s conservative values while speaking to Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren...

Stock Market Gives Obama?s First Month An ?F?

Posted on February 20, 2009
Liz Peek writes at the Women on the Web site that stock markets are responding very negatively to actions by the Obama Administration. She writes: The White House scramble has led to creeping fear that we?re dealing with the Junior Varsity. I?ve even heard people pining for former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson ? hard to imagine, [...

Va. prayer bill raises debate over church and state

Posted on February 20, 2009
Washington Post via AZ Central: So Carrico, who now represents Grayson County as a member of the House of Delegates, said he felt he had to act after Virginia State Police chaplains were ordered last summer to give only generic prayers at public events, a ruling several interpreted as a ban on uttering “Jesus...

?Openly gay congressman? from Colorado sets forth radical agenda

Posted on February 20, 2009
Dallas Voice: “Openly gay U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has set some ambitious goals for his first term in Congress, including passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, a repeal of ‘don?t ask, don?t tell’ and the addition of domestic partner benefits for federal employees...

Utah: ?Comments about gays cost lawmaker his chairmanship?

Posted on February 20, 2009
"A Utah state senator was kicked off a judicial committee he chaired on Friday after comparing gay activists to radical Muslims."

Wisconsin governor proposes same-sex partnerships

Posted on February 20, 2009
AP: “Same-sex couples could form domestic partnerships and receive dozens of the same legal benefits as married people under a proposal by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle.” Visit Site » Share This

China: ?Women rebel over forced abortions: Anger at the regime?s extreme birth control regime is growing?

Posted on February 20, 2009
Times Online: “Abuses of women’s reproductive rights, some of which break China’s own laws, are provoking outrage as Chinese public opinion wakes up to the persistence of forced abortion, compulsory sterilisation and even infanticide ...

Lawmakers Gird for Next Abortion Battle

Posted on February 20, 2009
Fox News: “Lawmakers from both political parties are fighting to maintain anti-abortion measures called riders that are added to spending bills to prevent taxpayer money from being spent on funding abortions in the U.S. or abroad.” Visit Site » Share This

Groups spotlight DOJ nominee?s porn ties

Posted on February 20, 2009
Michael Foust writes at Baptist Press: With the Senate in recess until Monday, pro-family groups are ratcheting up their opposition to Department of Justice nominee David Ogden, whose previous legal representation of pornographers and opposition to some child porn laws should make him unfit, they say, for the position...

9th Circuit strikes down Cal. ban on sale or rental of violent video games to minors

Posted on February 20, 2009
The Ninth Circuit has struck down a California law that sought to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.

Florida: ?Gay Activists and Planned Parenthood Public Oppose Judge Alan Lawson?

Posted on February 20, 2009
Florida Family Action via RedCounty.org: Florida’s leading gay activist organization, Equality Florida, along with other liberal and homosexual advocacy groups, are strongly lobbying Governor Crist against appointing Judge Alan Lawson, who most conservatives believe is the most qualified candidate...

Nationwide Battle over Marriage Continues

Posted on February 20, 2009
Citizen Link: Three states voted in November to define marriage in their constitutions as the union of one man and one woman. But family advocates have had little time to celebrate. Across the nation, a new wave of legislation is threatening the definition of marriage...

National Right to Life Academy: The Opportunity of a Lifetime

Posted on February 20, 2009
National Right Life to News with Views: Since 2007 National Right to Life Committee has been the home of the most rigorous and comprehensive pro-life training available. Termed by some as a “pro-life educational boot camp,” the curriculum of the National Right to Life Academy presents students with a demanding but engaging challenge...

?ACLU lawsuit contends Pa. man free to choose hell?

Posted on February 20, 2009
AP: “The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has sued on behalf of a man whose company name ? ‘I Choose Hell Productions’ ? was rejected by the state.” Related: Producer Says Pennsylvania Business Name Statute Violates 1st Amendment Visit Site » Share This

UK: Head teacher rebukes pupil for telling classmate she would go to hell without Jesus

Posted on February 20, 2009
". . . a student at Landscore Primary School in Crediton, upset a classmate by telling her that she would 'go to hell; if she did not believe in God and Jesus . . . "

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