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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Yuba College settles, ends two-hour per week ?free speech? policy

Posted on January 26, 2009
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom secured a settlement with Yuba Community College Friday on behalf of a student, putting an end to a campus policy that requires students to obtain a permit to exercise "free speech" during two allotted hours per week.

Extreme Associates ?obscenity case begs question: Whose standard??

Posted on January 26, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: So what community standards should be used to determine if a crime was committed? . . . The trial of Extreme Associates begins March 16 before U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster — more than five years after the original indictment was brought on charges that the owners of the company, Robert Zicari, and his [...

Arguments in place as Prop. 8 hearing nears

Posted on January 26, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle: In thousands of pages, the combatants in the Proposition 8 fight have made their case to the state Supreme Court. On one side: the people’s right to amend their Constitution and define marriage. On the other side: the courts’ duty to protect minorities, such as gays and lesbians, from the tyranny of the majority [...

Obama nominates S.F. lawyer for Justice post

Posted on January 26, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle: Tony West, a high-powered San Francisco lawyer whose clients have ranged from corporate giants to “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh, has been nominated by President Obama as an assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s Civil Division...

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?Are People Born Gay??

Posted on January 26, 2009
Opposing views: The clash between gay activists and proponents of traditional society seem to grow more heated with every headline. While those in the gay and lesbian community insist that their way of life is perfectly natural and entitles them to equal rights, there are others who contend that the homosexual lifestyle is merely a choice [...

30% increase at some agencies: Women selling their eggs for as much as $10k

Posted on January 26, 2009
WPRI.com: “The number of women asking about donating their eggs has jumped by about 30 percent at some egg-donor agencies . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

If there is a Supreme Court appointment this summer?.

Posted on January 26, 2009
Tom Goldstein writing on the SCOTUS Blog: “The three obvious candidates are Elena Kagan (SG), Sonia Sotomayor (CA2), and Diane Wood (CA7). The sleeper candidate is Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Illinois: Students? Moment of Silence Revoked

Posted on January 26, 2009
CBN: Public school students in Illinois will no longer be allowed to take a moment of silence at the start of classes, a judge has ruled. This week, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman struck down the state’s mandatory moment of silence law, calling it “a subtle effort to force students at impressionable ages to contemplate religion...

Arkansas AG objects to group?s request to intervene

Posted on January 26, 2009
Texarkana Gazette: Attorney General Dustin McDaniel no longer wants supporters of a new law aimed at banning gays from adopting or fostering children to join a case challenging the ban. Earlier this month, McDaniel told The Associated Press that he would welcome supporters of the ban who want to intervene in the lawsuit...

Recession Batters Law Firms, Triggering Layoffs, Closings

Posted on January 26, 2009
The WSJ: “After upending a succession of U.S. industries, the recession has arrived for U.S. law firms, which have long seen themselves as partially insulated from economic downturns . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Pelosi: Contraception is economic stimulus; kids burden the Treasury

Posted on January 26, 2009
"Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now . . . one of those - one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government...

Japan: ?Workers urged: Go home and multiply?

Posted on January 26, 2009
Japan in the midst of an unprecedented recession, so corporations are being asked to work toward fixing another major problem: the country's low birthrate . . .

Vatican official accuses Obama of ?arrogance?

Posted on January 26, 2009
AFP: A senior Vatican official on Saturday attacked US President Barack Obama for “arrogance” for overturning a ban on state funding for family-planning groups that carry out or facilitate abortions overseas. It is “the arrogance of someone who believes they are right, in signing a decree which will open the door to abortion and thus to [...

Text of Executive Order: ?Mexico City Policy and Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning?

Posted on January 26, 2009
The White House has published the text of the Executive order lifting the Mexico City Policy. It is copied below. __________________ MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT:�Mexico City Policy and Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U...

No Tax Break for Father of Children Conceived Through Gestational Surrogacy

Posted on January 26, 2009
Leonard Link reports: “The United States Tax Court gave an unwelcome Christmas present to William Magdalin, who was appealing the Internal Revenue Service?s refusal to allow his medical deduction for expenses incurred in the conception and birth of his two children by gestational surrogacy...

APA: ?Bisexuality Not a Transitional Phase Among Women?

Posted on January 26, 2009
APA: "10-Year Study of Women Helps Establish Bisexuality as Distinct Sexual Orientation; Debunks Stereotype that Bisexual Women Can't Commit To Long-Term Relationships"

Massachusetts: Attorney General approves bylaws restricting strip clubs in Mendon

Posted on January 26, 2009
Milford Daily News: Bylaw amendments proposed by Mendon residents to restrict adult entertainment venues were met with approval from the attorney general’s office last week. Residents voted unanimously last October, to restrict strip clubs through several different measures...

Colorado: The culture wars in Grand Junction and Mesa County

Posted on January 26, 2009
The Grand Junction Sentinel carries this letter by Bill Grant that begins: With both Mesa County and the city of Grand Junction embroiled in conflicts involving First Amendment issues, our area has succeeded in attracting the attention of the nation?s primary organization of moral police...

?Sixteen openly gay presidential appointees thus far?

Posted on January 26, 2009
Gay Politics provides this listing of Obama’s “openly gay” presidential appointees. Visit Site » Share This

Road to Super Bowl XLIII flanked by 43 strip clubs

Posted on January 26, 2009
AP: “In fact, there are, by one count, 43 strip clubs in the Tampa metropolitan area ? one for each Super Bowl. And the week of Super Bowl XLIII is to Tampa’s naughty nightlife what Black Friday is to America’s shopping malls . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

White House: Birth Control Funding in Stimulus Bill Was Not Obama?s Idea

Posted on January 26, 2009
Obama will be meeting with House and Senate Republican leaders on Capitol Hill Tuesday at noon, in what White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said is a serious attempt to get ideas from the opposing party . . .

ENDA, Illinois, and President Obama

Posted on January 26, 2009
Greg Baylor has this post discussing whether or not President Obama is likely to support a religious exemption in proposed ENDA legislation. Visit Site » Share This

Georgia: PTC limits sex shops to industrial zoning

Posted on January 26, 2009
TheCitizen.com: If a business such as Starship Enterprise tried to locate in Peachtree City, its options would be limited by zoning laws. By city ordinance, any store selling adult sex toys would be considered a ?sexually oriented business.? Visit Site » Share This

Maine: Religious freedom at center of pot case

Posted on January 26, 2009
SunJournal.com reports: Arguing that he uses marijuana for religious reasons, a 48-year-old Mexican man has filed suit against the state and two law enforcement agencies, charging violation of his constitutional rights . . . Hutchinson charges the agencies with violating his right to free exercise of his religion under the First Amendment of the U...

Thousands Urge Obama to Uphold Traditional Marriage

Posted on January 26, 2009
Christian Post: Thousands of traditional marriage supporters have contacted President Obama to voice opposition to his plan to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. Almost immediately after the inaugural ceremony, the new administration updated the Whitehouse...

?NYCLU Releases Updated Guide for New York Same-Sex Couples Married Out of State?

Posted on January 26, 2009
The NYCLU has issued this press release that reports: Lambda Legal, Empire State Pride Agenda, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union have released a guide outlining government protections and obligations for same-sex couples in New York who married out of state...

UK Bill retains prohibition against Catholic monarchs

Posted on January 23, 2009
BBC: A fresh attempt is to be made to reform a 308-year-old law which bars the monarch from marrying a Catholic. Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris will present a bill to parliament in a bid to change the Act of Settlement. He also wants to end the discrimination against female heirs to the throne, but his [...

Wisconsin teen charged with hate crime for church break-in

Posted on January 23, 2009
Catholic Culture: “An 18-year-old has been charged with a hate crime in connection with a break-in at a Wisconsin parish this weekend . . . the teen is accused of scratching a pentagram onto a wooden table in the church.” Visit Site » Share This

Winning Back College Campuses

Posted on January 23, 2009
Karin Agness writes on Townhall: “The Obama Campaign dominated college campuses this fall . . . But the youth vote is not a lost cause for conservatives. Ronald Reagan won it in 1984 and a conservative candidate can win it again. College campuses are a major battleground in the war of ideas and this election [...

Q+A: What is the Mexico City Policy or Global Gag Rule?

Posted on January 23, 2009
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on Friday on U.S. government funding for clinics or groups which provide abortion services or counseling for the procedure overseas. The restrictions have been dubbed the “Global Gag Rule” by critics...

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