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Mexican State of Colima Amends Constitution to Protect Right to Life from Conception, 19-0

Posted on February 19, 2009
LifeSiteNews: “In an overwhelming 19-0 vote, legislators in the state of Colima, Mexico, decided Tuesday to amend the state’s constitution to protect the right to life ‘from the moment of conception.’” Visit Site » Share This

5th Circuit Holds No Damage Claims Permitted In Prisoner RLUIPA Suits

Posted on February 19, 2009
Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Sossamon v. Lone Star State of Texas, (5th Cir., Feb. 18, 2009), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a suit for damages (as opposed to injunctive and declaratory relief) is not available under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act...

Federally funded ad campaign holds up value of marriage

Posted on February 19, 2009
USA Today: . . . The average age at first marriage is now almost 26 for women and 28 for men. And a growing percentage of Americans aren’t marrying at all: Provisional federal statistics released Tuesday report 7.1 marriages per 1,000 people in 2008, down from 10 per 1,000 in 1986...

?Poll: Half of NJ voters support gay marriage?

Posted on February 19, 2009
AP: “The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll released Wednesday finds that 48 percent of New Jersey residents favor gay marriage, with 43 percent opposed. “ Visit Site » Share This

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Japanese woman impregnated with wrong egg gets abortion

Posted on February 19, 2009
"The woman, who is in her 20s, aborted the pregnancy when she was told of the potential mix-up at the government-run hospital in Kagawa prefecture . . . "

New Jersey police try to squelch public evangelism

Posted on February 19, 2009
One News Now: Wildwood, New Jersey, now faces a lawsuit over alleged free-speech violations. Joel Oster (ADF)Alliance Defense Fund attorney Joel Oster filed the lawsuit in federal court. “Our client, Eric Wollod, was simply trying to pass on religious literature and share his faith on a public sidewalk, and he was shut down by the local [...

Czech president compares EU to Soviet Union

Posted on February 19, 2009
AP: “The European Union has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday.” Visit Site » Share This

Playboy posts steep quarterly loss

Posted on February 19, 2009
Dow Jones Newswires: Playboy Enterprises Inc. posted a steep quarterly loss Wednesday due to a $157 million charge, which primarily reflects the tumbling value of its television assets. The results came amid a wrenching transition for the adult-entertainment company, which is slashing costs and overhauling its operations to cope with both an advertising downturn and the erosion [...

States? Rights and the Growing Rebellion ? A Status Report

Posted on February 19, 2009
Family Security Matters: One of the inevitable consequences of the last 75 years of Democrat rule in Washington ? augmented by a decade or more of gutless rule by Republican presidents and congressional majorities who thought they could win hearts and minds by imitating Democrats ? is a quiet rebellion within that basic building block of our [...

An Offer Republican Governors Can Refuse: Refusing Federal Funds and Conditions

Posted on February 19, 2009
Jack Balkin writes at the Balkinization Blog: News reports suggest that Governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Rick Perry of Texas are contemplating turning down billions of dollars to their states in the new stimulus package because they don’t like the conditions attached...

Federal Govt Drafts Guidelines Expecting Obama?s Embryonic Stem Cell Decision

Posted on February 19, 2009
LifeNews: “The federal government is moving ahead with drafting the guidelines that will be put in place once President Barack Obama makes his decision to force taxpayers to fund [...]

More Than 13 Million Abortions a Year in China, 55 Percent of Women Have One

Posted on February 19, 2009
LifeNews: “While House officials say President Barack Obama will name pro-abortion Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who has been criticized for refusing to limit late-term abortions, as the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Department.” Visit Site » Share This

ADF at the 2009 National Religious Broadcasters Convention ? Dangers of the Fairness Doctrine, Hate Speech, ENDA, and FOCA

Posted on February 19, 2009
Christian Web News: “Americans these days are very focused on issues with the economy, but many are completely unaware of threats to their First Amendment rights. Christian Web News spoke with Erik Stanley of the Alliance Defense Fund - ADF at the 2009 National Religious Broadcasters Convention ? NRB about the dangers of the Fairness [...

WA: Porn tax bill rejected without a hearing

Posted on February 19, 2009
Larry Flynt and other porn industry moguls can rest easily knowing that a bill to add an 18.5 percent sales tax to adult entertainment materials has been shot down before it even got a hearing in the Legislature.

Kinsburg, CA: Rules governing sexually oriented businesses amended

Posted on February 19, 2009
There was one amendment and one addition recommended by the Commission. The addition was to define and classify an adult entertainment establishment. The amendment added adult entertainment establishments to the list of approved uses in the light industrial zone district.

Pro-abortion KS Gov. Sebelius is pick for HHS

Posted on February 19, 2009
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, an early Obama ally with a record of working across party lines, is emerging as the president?s top choice for secretary of health and human services, advisers said Wednesday.

The government and marriage: ?divorced from reality?

Posted on February 19, 2009
Demands to redefine marriage to include homosexual couples are inconceivable apart from the redefinition of marriage already effected by heterosexuals through divorce.

Man With Pro-Life Anti-Obama Sign Pulled Over, Faces Police, Secret Service

Posted on February 19, 2009
LifeNews: An Oklahoma man with a homemade sign on his vehicle was pulled over and harassed by police for allegedly making a threat against the president. Chip Harrison said he [...]

Ave Maria School of Law wins approval for move to Florida

Posted on February 19, 2009
The ABA's "acquiescence," which allows the school to move from Ann Arbor, Mich., to Naples, Fla., means it will retain full accreditation after the relocation, which is slated to occur in early July.

White House Says Obama Opposes Fairness Doctrine

Posted on February 19, 2009
Newsmax: President Barack Obama is against any move to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine, a White House spokesman told Fox News.com Wednesday. “As the president stated during the campaign, he does not believe the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated,” White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said...

Matt Bowman on the Jody Hice Show: Doctors forced to do abortions

Posted on February 19, 2009
ADF attorney Matt Bowman appeared on the Jody Hice show to discuss pro-abortion efforts to force doctors to perform abortions in violation of their consciences. The mp3 file runs just under 15 minutes. Visit Site » Share This

Producer Says Pennsylvania Business Name Statute Violates 1st Amendment

Posted on February 19, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “. . .� 19Pa. Code Sec. 17.5 provides that ‘An association name may not contain words that constitute blasphemy, profane cursing or swearing or that profane the Lord’s name.’ The New York Times reports yesterday that a lawsuit has been filed in federal district court by filmmaker George Kalman challenging [...

Professor in Speech Class Refuses to Grade Student?s Presentation

Posted on February 19, 2009
The Volokh Conspiracy has this post discussing the Lopez case. It begins: Professor in Speech Class Refuses to Grade Student’s Presentation, apparently because of the religious nature of the student’s presentation, the student’s expression of opposition for same-sex marriage in the presentation, or both...

?Far-left ideologies? of four Justice nominees a concern

Posted on February 19, 2009
One News Now: Ogden, Kagan, Johnsen, & Perrelli — what sounds like a law firm is actually a group of individuals who Americans should not want taking up office space in the Department of Justice. That’s according to the�Alliance Defense Fund ...

The Super Judge: How fast will Obama embrace the International Criminal Court?

Posted on February 19, 2009
Srdja Trifkovi writes at Takimag: With the ascension of Barack Obama in Washington, the proponents of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are entertaining fresh hopes that the United States will ratify the 1998 Rome Statutes and join 108 countries that have signed up to the Court thus far...

Rationing Healthcare: Oregon changes its priorities

Posted on February 19, 2009
Abortions rank 41st, indicating that the state considers using public money for abortions more important than treating an ectopic pregnancy . . .

Hindu fundamentalists threaten Catholic schools

Posted on February 19, 2009
CNA: “Catholics in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have expressed their grave concern over threats made against Christian schools by the Hindu fundamentalist group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarti Parishad (Abvp).” Visit Site » Share This

?President Obama names gay man as White House liaison to NEH?

Posted on February 19, 2009
Chris Johnson writes at The Human Rights Campaign Back Story Blog: “. . . Obama fundraiser Jeremy Bernard has been named White House liaison to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) . . . Jeremy Bernard and his partner Rufus Gifford?who was recently named the new finance director at the Democratic National Convention?were early [...

IRAQ: Christian Archbishop Dead

Posted on February 19, 2009
Reality Alert: “Last issue we asked for prayer for Chaldean Archbishop Rahho, who was kidnapped in Iraq. Sadly, he was killed. The death probably was from Shi’ite or Sunni extremists who call the Christians ‘infidels’ and ‘crusaders...

Supreme Court ruling in Spain rejects indoctrination in schools

Posted on February 19, 2009
CNA: “Organizations opposed to Education for the Citizenry are praising four rulings from the Supreme Court which, while they refuse to acknowledge conscientious objection, recognize the essence of the debate and reject any kind of ideological indoctrination in Spanish schools...

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