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Pope decries pessimism about marriage

Posted on January 30, 2009
AP: . . . The pope says that granting too many annulments on the grounds of “psychological incapacity” risks giving people the pessimistic impression that marriage is almost impossible . . . According to Vatican statistics, the Holy See estimated that about 70 percent of all annulment requests worldwide came from the United States in 2002...

State of the States: Importance of Religion

Posted on January 30, 2009
Gallup: “An analysis of more than 350,000 interviews conducted by Gallup in 2008 finds Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas to be the most religious states in the nation. Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts are the least religious states...

Gang of 14 may hold up so-called ?stimulus? bill

Posted on January 30, 2009
Fox News: An influential Senate Democrat said Friday that it’s unclear whether President Obama’s $819 economic stimulus bill will win enough support to pass in the Senate. “I don’t even know how many Democrats will vote for it, as it stands today,” Sen...

Darwin Day Proposal Creates Controversy In Ohio City

Posted on January 30, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Councilwoman Jacquelyn Thompson originally urged that the city declare Feb. 12 to be Darwin Day in Whitehall. After objections were raised, she modified her proposal to declare February as “Science Month” in honor of both Darwin and Galileo (whose birthday is Feb...

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Comments on the Alliance Alert

Posted on January 30, 2009
We welcome comments on the Alliance Alert and we do post opposing opinions.� But, comments should offer insight(s) that further discussion and are relevant to the topic at hand. Comments should also include proper grammar and spelling. Comments that lack charity or include name calling or vulgarity are deleted without explanation...

New Ledbetter Act impacts Title VII religious discrimination claims

Posted on January 30, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports that the newly enacted Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 does affect religious discrimination claims brought pursuant to Title VII: The law amends Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (as well as several other anti-discrimination statutes) so that the statute of limitations period resets every time a person [...

Senate Rejects Helping Unborn Children, Prenant Moms Get Health Care Coverage

Posted on January 30, 2009
LifeNews: “During the Bush administration, President Bush displayed his concern for both mother and unborn child by putting an administrative rule in place allowing states to cover unborn children in the SCHIP program. On Thursday, the Senate rejected an amendment to make that administrative rule national law ...

Judge: Prop 8 donors must be public

Posted on January 30, 2009
A federal judge today denied a request to keep the names of donors to California's marriage amendment secret, saying the public has a right to know who's giving money to state ballot measures.

MN: Zumbro Falls asks court to close Pussycat Cabaret

Posted on January 30, 2009
Post-Bulletin: Zumbro Falls is trying to close a new adult business because it lacks the proper city permits. The Pussycat Cabaret could reopen in a new location after the city writes a new ordinance and if the business gets the proper permits, Mayor Alan VanDeWalker said today...

Lawsuit Filed for Baby Born Alive at Abortion Clinic then Killed and Hidden from Police

Posted on January 30, 2009
"On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, suit was filed in Miami on behalf of Shanice Denise Osbourne, an infant girl who was murdered in July, 2006 . . . "

Texas science debate ends in split decision

Posted on January 30, 2009
The Baptist Press: “The Texas State Board of Education voted to remove language that required students to examine the strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories including evolution, but the board also added amendments calling for students to evaluate key components of the theory ...

Lesbians File Human Rights Complaint against Canadian Physician

Posted on January 30, 2009
Two lesbians, who are legally "married" in Canada, have filed a complaint against Dr. Kamelia Elias . . . alleging she discriminated against them for suggesting they find a physician who has experience with homosexuals . . .

NY: Sunset Park porn shops in scandal

Posted on January 30, 2009
The NY Daily News: “A lawsuit over the city’s sex industry dragged on for eight years before finally going to trial - allowing a glut of porn shops and peep shows to open in Sunset Park . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Was the FDA?s ESCR Human Trial Approval Political Rather Than Scientific?

Posted on January 30, 2009
Wesley Smith writes on Second Hand Smoke: “When the FDA approved Geron’s application to conduct human trials of their embryonic stem cell treatment for acute spinal cord injury, some noted that it might be political, coming as it did within days of the change of the presidential guard...

President Obama Sets Stage for Blacklisting of Non-Union Employees Wanting to Work on Federal Contracts

Posted on January 30, 2009
NRTW: “Flanked by union bosses at a White House ceremony, Obama said ?Welcome back to the White House? and announced sweeping measures which give his Secretary of Labor the power to blackball non-union contractors targeted by union organizers . ...

Specter to Obama: Renominate

Posted on January 30, 2009
Confirm Them: “As reported by our friend Curt Levey, Arlen Specter is now pushing (http://www.committeeforjustice.com/blog/2009/01/specter-to-obama-renomin…) President Obama to renominate up to three Bush judicial nominees: Paul Diamond, Glen Conrad or Peter Keisler ...

Virginia bill targeting pro-life pharmacies shelved

Posted on January 29, 2009
CNA: “DMC Pharmacy, a new pro-life pharmacy in Chantilly, Virginia claims to have been the target of a bill recently introduced into the Virginia House of Delegates. The bill, which was tabled indefinitely, placed restrictions on pharmacies which refuse to prescribe contraceptives ...

Amicus brief argues Prop. 8 prevents ?systemic? church-state conflict

Posted on January 29, 2009
CNA: A coalition of Jewish, Catholic and Protestant organizations has filed an amicus brief asking that Proposition 8 be upheld. The coalition argues that the successful 2008 ballot measure, which overturned a state Supreme Court decision imposing same-sex ?marriage,? prevents widespread church-state conflict...

Pope: The church must not fall into the view that considers marriage almost impossible

Posted on January 29, 2009
CNA reports: Pope Benedict gathered the Roman Rota at the Vatican this morning to mark the end of the judicial year and to speak about marriage annulments involving mental incapacity . . . This issue raised by the Pope dealt with questions surrounding annulment cases that could involve mental incapacity on behalf of one of the spouses [...

Focus on the Family Hosts Marriage Simulcast

Posted on January 29, 2009
Citizen Link: “‘. . . Focus on Marriage’ will take place Saturday, Feb. 28, and will be broadcast live into about 500 churches. Featured speakers will be Beth Moore, Dr. Gary Smalley, Dr. John Trent, Dr. Del Tackett and Gary Thomas. Five-time Dove award winner Jeremy Camp will lead worship ...

Report: Myanmar?s Christians Persecuted

Posted on January 29, 2009
The Christian Post: “The Chin people, Christians living in the remote mountains of northwestern Myanmar, are subject to forced labor, torture, extrajudicial killings and religious persecution by the country’s military regime, a human rights group said Wednesday ...

?Gay rights conference opens in Denver?

Posted on January 29, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune reports on a “gay-rights” conference being held in Denver and sponsored by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. About the conference: http://www.thetaskforce.org/events/creating–change. Visit Site » Share This

NM: Domestic partnerships battle resumes; clears 1st hurdle

Posted on January 29, 2009
Carlsbad Current-Argus: Unmarried couples would get the same rights and privileges as their married counterparts under a bill recommended Wednesday by a Senate Committee.The Senate Public Affairs Committee voted 5-4 to recommend passage of Senate Bill 12, also known as the Domestic Partners Rights & Responsibilities Act ...

Maryland: Berlin council moves to cordon off sex shops

Posted on January 29, 2009
Delmarva Now: The town took its first step toward restricting adult entertainment businesses at Monday’s meeting of the mayor and council . . . Under the proposed law, which can be commented on during a public hearing Feb. 23, a business selling sexually suggestive material would not be allowed within 500 feet of a church, school, park, [...

GLAAD president Neil Giuliano to step down

Posted on January 29, 2009
The president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced Wednesday that he will step down later this year to complete his memoirs and pursue other personal interests.

?Abortion Rights Go Global?

Posted on January 29, 2009
Yet as abortion rights go international, so does the anti-abortion backlash. The globalization of the abortion wars creates some of the same tensions?between universal human rights and community mores, between majority rule and the protection of individual liberty?as Roe v...

NPR: ?Groups Seek To Shield Gay-Marriage Ban Donations?

Posted on January 29, 2009
NPR Morning Edition carries this report that indicates: . . . A judge in Sacramento is being asked to halt the disclosure of the names of donors to two groups that supported Proposition 8, the voter-approved initiative banning gay marriage. Public disclosure, however, is at the core of the campaign finance laws...

SOB industry releases market research study

Posted on January 29, 2009
XBIZ Research, the research and analysis arm of adult entertainment industry media organization XBIZ, has released the official results of the first-ever adult entertainment market research study, offering statistical information on business growth/decline trends as well as top issues of concern impacting adult entertainment companies.

UK: Edinburgh faces probe in row over ?gay adoption?

Posted on January 29, 2009
A review into Edinburgh's adoption policy has been called for after a couple said they had been refused contact with their grandchildren for objecting to them being adopted by a gay couple.

Mexican State of Colima Rejects Legalization of Abortion 19-1

Posted on January 29, 2009
LifeSiteNews.com: The Mexican State of Colima has become the latest to reject an initiative by Mexican socialists to legalize abortion, in a 19-1 vote in the state Congress. The representative who formulated the law, Adolfo Nunez Gonzales of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), attributed his loss to the influence of the Catholic faith in the [...

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