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Arizona: Initiative seeks ?civil partnerships?

Posted on January 28, 2009
The East Valley Tribune: A new initiative drive seeks to provide gay Arizonans, denied the right to marry, an alternate option. The proposal filed Tuesday with the Secretary of State?s Office would create ?civil partnerships.? . . . Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, which backed both ballot measures, said her group will oppose [...

?Why I?m Selling My Virginity: The idealization of virginity is a tool to keep women in their place?

Posted on January 28, 2009
Twenty-two year old Natalie Dylan, who has been making headlines for auctioning off her virginity, has this post on AlterNet. She recently earned her Bachelor’s degree in “Women’s Studies” and writes: I recently received my highest bid so far: a cool $3...

Egypt: ?Judge tells Christian: ?I would kill you??

Posted on January 28, 2009
WorldNetDaily: A woman arrested at the Cairo airport because her identity card described her as a Christian has been threatened for her faith by the judge in her case, according to a new report. Makkar, formerly known as Zainab Said Abdel-Aziz, was accused of carrying forged government documents, because she identified herself as a Christian...

Senate Defeats Pro-Life Amendment to Restore Mexico City Policy on Abortion

Posted on January 28, 2009
LifeNews: “On Wednesday, members of the U.S. Senate defeated an amendment sponsored by pro-life members to restore the Mexico City Policy that President Barack Obama rescinded last week. The policy prevents taxpayers from funding groups like Planned Parenthood that promote or perform abortions overseas ...

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Lutheran School not liable for ousting lesbian students; their lawyer vows to appeal

Posted on January 28, 2009
The ABA Journal reports: “. . . The lawyer for the girls, Kirk Hanson, vowed to appeal. He told the newspaper the ruling allowed private schools to discriminate as long as they cited religious beliefs as the reason.” The Religion Clause Blog carries this related post: California Court Holds Lutheran High School Not Covered By Unruh [...

Holder Wins Judiciary Committee Approval

Posted on January 28, 2009
The ABA Journal reports: “The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Eric Holder to become attorney general. The vote was 17-2, reports The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times. A full Senate vote could come as early as tomorrow.” Visit Site » Share This

Robert Peters: Social Costs of Pornography

Posted on January 28, 2009
Robert Peters of Morality in Media has published this six page paper discussing the Social Costs of Pornography. Warning the paper discusses contains a frank discussion of the topic and is not suitable for all audiences. Share This

Missouri Catholic Bishop: Satan?s influence behind culture of death, pro-lifers beware of trap

Posted on January 28, 2009
LifeSiteNews carries this commentary by Bishop Robert J. Hermann of St. Louis. It includes these excerpts: . . . Yes, we can thank one-half of our Catholics for bailing out on their faith! After almost 50 years of having 50 percent of Catholics abandoning their Catholic identity, we cannot expect to turn this culture around by [...

Spanish Supreme Court Deadlocked Over Allowing Families to Opt Out of Homosexual Indoctrination Program

Posted on January 28, 2009
LifeSiteNews: “The Spanish Supreme Court has been deadlocked for two days over whether or not to permit parents to remove their children from a government civics program that indoctrinates students with homosexual ideology . . .” Visit Site » Share This

House Republicans Push Counter-Proposal on Stimulus

Posted on January 28, 2009
Fox News: “Far from rolling over, House Republican leaders are trying to win concessions from President Obama over the massive economic stimulus package and have proffered a bill of their own to put on the negotiating table. The counter-package would shift focus entirely [...

Socialists seek to redefine marriage in Portugal

Posted on January 28, 2009
LifeSiteNews: The leader of Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party, Jose Socrates, has announced his support for homosexual ?marriage,” sparking controversy and protest throughout the country and within the Socialist Party (PS) itself . . . The Secretary of the Catholic Episcopal Conference of Portugal, P...

Republican Congressman clarifies his ?back off? comments to Rush Limbaugh

Posted on January 28, 2009
Congressman Phil Gingrey, MD (R-GA) has issued this statement in response to a Politico report that portrayed him as telling Rush Limbaugh to “back off.” The statement begins: Because of the high volume of phone calls and correspondence received by my office since the Politico article ran, I wanted to take a moment to speak [...

$335M for STD prevention in so called ?stimulus? bill

Posted on January 28, 2009
Drudge Report: “Democrats may have eliminated provisions on birth control and sod for the National Mall in the “job stimulus” — but buried on page 147 of the bill is stimulation for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases! ...

Democrats Launch Petition Against Rush Limbaugh

Posted on January 28, 2009
CNSNews: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched an online petition for readers to express their outrage at conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh for saying last week that he wanted President Barack Obama to fail . . . On Tuesday, in a note at the top of his Web site, Limbaugh responded to the Democrats’ petition: “I [...

U. of Wisconsin Hospital: Opponents pledge opposition to plan for abortion clinic

Posted on January 28, 2009
"The collateral damage from this is worse than anyone expects," said Dr. William Evans . . . Julaine Appling of the Wisconsin Family Council called the groups an "unprecedented coalition" that is "determined . . . that such a plan will not happen . . .

School District?s Discriminatory Policy Prompts Federal Lawsuit by Christian Group

Posted on January 28, 2009
Liberty Counsel has issued this press release on the Standard Newswire that begins: Liberty Counsel filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Georgia (CEF) against Cobb County School District, which has a discriminatory policy against religious groups...

Stimulus Bill Includes Funds for Faith-Based Initiative

Posted on January 28, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog: “Among the many items in the proposed economic stimulus bill, HR 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is a provision for funding of $100 million for grants to faith-based organization through the Compassion Capital Fund [at pg...

UK: Police will not target offenders against law on violent porn

Posted on January 28, 2009
Guardian: Officers will not actively target members of the public to track down those who own violent pornography banned under a new law, police chiefs admitted yesterday. The law, which comes into effect today, was passed in response to a three-year campaign by the mother of the teacher Jane Longhurst, who was murdered by a man obsessed [...

Eight Former SGs Endorse Kagan

Posted on January 28, 2009
The Blog of the Legal Times: “The eight most recent solicitors general — including immediate predecessors Gregory Garre and Paul Clement — have joined in a letter giving strong backing to Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, President Obama’s pick for the only position in government whose occupant is required by statute to be ‘learned [...

2nd Circuit: The 2nd Amendment doesn?t restrict states

Posted on January 28, 2009
How Appealing reports on the ruling: Maloney v. Cuomo, No. 07-0581 (2nd Cir. Jan 28, 2009). Visit Site » Share This

Georgia: Associates Are Feeling the Big Chill

Posted on January 28, 2009
Fulton County Daily Report: “After three consecutive years of raising associate pay, many of Atlanta’s big firms have slammed on the brakes. Some have reduced or deferred annual raises, while others have frozen associates’ base compensation at 2008 levels as economic conditions continue to deteriorate...

3rd Circuit: Hearing on Pittsburgh ordinance restricting pro-life speech outside abortion clinics

Posted on January 28, 2009
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman will be available for media interviews Wednesday following a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Brown v. City of Pittsburgh. ADF attorneys are representing a nurse who is challenging a Pittsburgh ordinance that prohibits speech in specified zones outside abortion clinics.

ADF will ask NY High Court to overturn ruling recognizing foreign same-sex ?marriages?

Posted on January 28, 2009
?We see this as a dangerous trend in which the people of New York are being forced to recognize -- and subsidize -- all kinds of out-of-state unions which their legislature has not chosen to recognize,? Alliance Defense Fund attorney Jim Campbell said ...

?Everything but marriage? bill for WA gay couples?

Posted on January 28, 2009
AP on the Seattle Times: “Washington state would offer same-sex couples all the rights and benefits given to heterosexual married couples under a measure that was introduced Tuesday in the Legislature . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Lesbians fight state adoption laws

Posted on January 28, 2009
One News Now: A lesbian couple is taking an adoption case to West Virginia’s Supreme Court. A 14-month-old girl was temporarily placed in foster care with two lesbians after her mother’s parental rights were terminated because of substance abuse problems, according to an Alliance Defense Fund press release ...

Antiabortion Medical Groups File Motions Objecting To Lawsuits Against HHS Provider ?Conscience? Rule

Posted on January 28, 2009
Medical News Today: Attorneys representing three antiabortion medical groups — the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, the Catholic Medical Association and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists — on Wednesday filed motions in the U...

Some State Department Workers Want Benefits for Same-Sex Partners

Posted on January 28, 2009
Citizen Link: More than 2,000 government employees involved in foreign policy are calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to provide benefits to same-sex partners, The Washington Post reported . . . Jim Campbell, litigation counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, called it “just another attempt by leftist organizations to further the homosexual agenda and to undermine [...

Ban on free speech (a.k.a. talkin? Jesus) gone

Posted on January 28, 2009
WorldNetDaily: A college’s ban on free speech ? except for two selected hours per week ? has been eliminated in a settlement with the Alliance Defense Fund, which took up the cause on behalf of a student threatened with arrest and expulsion for sharing the story of Jesus...

Senator Warns White House Will ?Create Crisis? and ?Panic? to Push Stimulus

Posted on January 28, 2009
Business and Media Institute: Is the new Obama administration taking cues from the Bush administration to get Congress to act? It certainly seemed that way to, South Carolina?s junior Republican senator, Jim DeMint. DeMint, speaking Jan. 27 at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D...

House GOP member to Rush: Back off

Posted on January 28, 2009
Politico: Rush Limbaugh may command a large following, but his caustic comments Monday about the GOP?s congressional leadership have at least one Republican House member defending his colleagues . . . Asked to respond to Gingrey, Limbaugh, in an email to Politico, wrote: “...

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