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Hindu chaplain delivers prayer in Colo. House

Posted on February 18, 2009
KRDO.com: “A Hindu chaplain delivered the morning prayer in the House on Tuesday in what is believed to be a first for the chamber.” Visit Site » Share This

Texas bill would mandate pre-abortion ultrasounds

Posted on February 18, 2009
KVUE: “State representative Frank Corte from San Antonio has proposed a bill that would require a doctor to perform an ultrasound at least two hours before a woman has an abortion. The bill reads that the image must be shown to the pregnant woman, and if a heartbeat if present, it must be made audible [...

?Lambda Legal files brief in Ga. gay father?s child custody case?

Posted on February 18, 2009
The Southern Voice reports: Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in the Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday arguing that a restriction in a gay father?s Fayette County child custody arrangement should be dismissed. Eric Mongerson, who took his case before the state?s highest court in January, is challenging a clause which prohibits him from “exposing his children to [...

ACORN Pushes Return of Fairness Doctrine

Posted on February 18, 2009
Human Events: “What Democrats fear most, and what many conservatives value most highly, is talk radio. Its political punch is conservatives? biggest weapon in the war of ideas. And, naturally, ACORN wants to kill it by restoring the old ‘fairness doctrine...

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Axelrod: Stem cell order coming soon from Obama

Posted on February 18, 2009
AP: “Expect an executive order soon from President Barack Obama on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. That’s the word from White House adviser David Axelrod . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Evangelical church leaders detained in China

Posted on February 18, 2009
AP: “More than 60 worshippers have been detained following the February 11th police raids of a private evangelical seminar in Nanyang city.” Visit Site » Share This

?College junior becomes South Carolina?s first openly gay elected official?

Posted on February 18, 2009
Gay Politics reports: “College of Charleston junior Nick Shalosky recently became South Carolina?s first openly gay elected official, winning a seat on the Charleston County District 20 Constituent School Board at the age of 21.” The report indicates he won with a mere 22 votes...

Fairbanks School board adds gender identity to to discrimination policy

Posted on February 18, 2009
NewsMiner.com reports: “The Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board voted Tuesday night to include gender identity in its nondiscrimination and harassment policies, after members of the school board listened to public comments both supporting and disagreeing with the policy change...

?Libraries put Bible on top shelf in a sop to Muslims?

Posted on February 18, 2009
Daily Mail: Librarians are being told to move the Bible to the top shelf to avoid giving offence to followers of Islam. Muslims have complained of finding the Koran on lower shelves, saying it should be put above commonplace things. So officials have responded with guidance, backed by ministers, that all holy books should be treated equally and [...

Family Group Rallies for Traditional Marriage in Maine

Posted on February 18, 2009
AP: “Opponents of same-sex marriage turned out in force at a rally at the Augusta Civic Center as the Maine Legislature prepares to take up a bill to legalize such unions . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Is There Freedom from Homosexuality?

Posted on February 18, 2009
Citizen Link: “Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out team is taking a message of hope to Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. The one-day conference proclaims that freedom from same-sex attractions is possible.” Visit Site » Share This

Seven States Have Launched Efforts for Personhood Rights for Pre-born - Even More Expected in 2009

Posted on February 18, 2009
Christian Newswire: “Personhood USA is pleased to announce that since the beginning of the new year, Seven different States have started efforts for the personhood of pre-born children. In addition, Rep. Duncan Hunter has introduced H.R. 881, the Right to Life Act , on the federal level, propelling the personhood movement forward...

Salt Lake to offer domestic partner benefits

Posted on February 18, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune: “The County Council voted 6-3 on Tuesday to extend health insurance, dental coverage, extended funeral leave, life insurance and a variety of other protections to unmarried partners or other ‘adult designees’ of county employees...

Root of nation?s economic crisis is moral crisis

Posted on February 18, 2009
One News Now: A travesty of justice has occurred in Oakland, California. But realities surrounding this local issue point to how the economic crisis in our nation is symptomatic of and flows from a deeper fundamental moral crisis. A black pastor awaits sentencing, which could amount to two years in prison and $4,000 in fines, for standing [...

Bill proposed to allow same-sex divorce in RI

Posted on February 18, 2009
AP: “Same-sex couples would be allowed to divorce in Rhode Island under legislation introduced in the General Assembly.” Visit Site » Share This

Wisconsin governor calls for domestic partnerships

Posted on February 18, 2009
The Journal Sentinel: “The governor called for a domestic partner classification and offering limited legal protections for same-sex couples, such as allowing domestic partners to take family and medical leave to care for a seriously ill partner, make end-of-life decisions and add health care coverage...

2 top Ohio Democrats running for US Senate

Posted on February 18, 2009
AP: . . . Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, who largely beat back Republican legal challenges over the way she oversaw the presidential election in November, announced her run for the Senate seat on a campaign Web site. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, who was elected in 2006, told supporters in an e-mail Tuesday that he had decided [...

Holder: US a nation of cowards on racial matters

Posted on February 18, 2009
AP: “Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid discussing awkward racial issues . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

High school play canceled over possible objections to ?gay? content

Posted on February 18, 2009
LA Times: Drama students at Corona del Mar High School were excited to push the envelope with a spring production of the Bohemian love story “Rent.” But the drama teacher at the Newport Beach school says the principal told him to cancel the show because she disapproved of the gay characters in the musical ...

Kansan?s discharge heightens debate on ?don?t ask, don?t tell? policy

Posted on February 17, 2009
Kansas City Star: ” . . . Brian is the only gay person to be discharged from the Kansas Army National Guard under the ‘don?t ask, don?t tell’ policy, which was introduced during the Clinton administration in 1993 and which the military began implementing in 1994...

Huey Elected Head of Harvard Law Review

Posted on February 17, 2009
Harvard Crimson: The Harvard Law Review, one of the nation?s most prestigious legal journals, elected second-year law student Joanna N. Huey ?06 as its 123rd president earlier this month. Huey was chosen in a closed process from a pool of self-nominated candidates that traditionally includes some of the Law School?s top students ...

Yale Law School hosts Internet speech conference - student blogs

Posted on February 17, 2009
Yale Daily News: “A case pitting Connecticut public school administrators against a high school student?s personal blog took center stage at a Yale Law School conference on free speech over the weekend. The case, Doninger v. Niehoff . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Opening prayers under attack again in Wisc.

Posted on February 17, 2009
OneNewsNow: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is again asking the Wisconsin legislature to stop opening their meetings with prayer. Julaine Appling, CEO of the Wisconsin Family Council, says the letter the atheist group sent to the assembly speaker claims that the prayer violates the United States Constitution ...

Oklahoma: Legislative committee approves Ten Commandments display

Posted on February 17, 2009
One News Now: “A plan to erect a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of Oklahoma’s State Capitol has cleared a state House committee.” Visit Site » Share This

Second Amendment: Heller sequels move along in the Courts

Posted on February 17, 2009
SCOTUS Blog reports: “On a pace that very likely will put them in the Supreme Court at its next Term, three significant test cases on the scope of the Second Amendment ? the ?gun rights? Amendment ? are moving along in the lower courts. Briefing on the core question of whether state and local governments must [...

So-called Fairness Doctrine refuses to die

Posted on February 17, 2009
Citizen Link: You either ought to have the Fairness Doctrine, or we ought to have more balance on the other side,? former President Bill Clinton said last week . . . Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action, said: “The idea that serious politicians would try to take [...

The Coming Law Firm Hiring Crisis

Posted on February 17, 2009
The American Lawyer: . . . If nothing changes, this fall the same law firms that recently laid off lawyers will start welcoming large groups of new lawyers, whom they will pay too well and for whom they will have too little work. If the layoffs were about saving money in a downturn, the new hires [...

UK: Students need to know Bible?s ?great stories?, poet laureate says

Posted on February 17, 2009
The Guardian: Children should be taught the Bible throughout their education because it is an “essential piece of cultural luggage” without which they will struggle to fully understand literature, according to the poet laureate, Andrew Motion...

Student sues LA college over right to give marriage speech

Posted on February 17, 2009
AP: Jonathan Lopez says a public speaking professor berated him in class for making a speech opposing same-sex marriage. He says the professor wouldn’t allow him to finish and called him a “fascist.” Lopez is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization...

?Lambda Legal and ARCW File Federal Lawsuit on Behalf of HIV Positive Woman Denied Surgery by Healthcare Provider?

Posted on February 17, 2009
Lambda Legal: “Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit today in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on behalf of Melody Rose, a 35-year-old Wisconsin woman who was denied surgery to remove her gallbladder because she has HIV ...

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