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EU Approves Resolution to Force Abortion, Same-Sex ?Marriage? on Member States

Posted on January 15, 2009
A resolution has been passed today at the European Union that proposes to standardise among all member states the legal status of same-sex relationships.

Frontrunners for Obama DOJ Positions

Posted on January 15, 2009
Orin Kerr has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy identifying the names of prospective heads of various DOJ divisions in the Obama Administration. Visit Site » Share This

Ministerial Exception Leads To Dismissal of Charity?s Claim Against Bishop

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Community Economic Development, Inc. v. Cote, 2008 Conn. Super. LEXIS 3112 (CT Super., Dec. 1, 2008), a Connecticut state trial court applied the ‘ministerial exception’ to dismiss a claim against the Catholic bishop of Norwalk (CT) by a charity devoted to raising for the poor in Tanzania ...

Hate crimes showdown looming in PA

Posted on January 15, 2009
OneNewsNow.com: “. . . Although the Pennsylvania state legislature has not convened, at least one state senator has asked colleagues to pass a hate crimes law with the addition of sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, and mental and physical disability language ...

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Cornyn urges Hutchison to stay, keep Texas seat red

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Hill reports: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is under tremendous pressure from her party to stay in the Senate while she runs for governor, and she appears prepared to do just that. Texans are already lining up to replace Hutchison, but a spate of recent GOP retirements, along with the likelihood that Senate Democrats will be [...

GOP senators target two Obama nominees

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Hill reports: “Partisan lines have formed around President-elect Obama?s two most embattled Cabinet picks, with Eric Holder and Tim Geithner facing increasing criticism from Republicans . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Michael Stokes Paulsen: The Minnesota Recount Was Unconstitutional

Posted on January 15, 2009
Michael Stokes Paulsen writes in the Wall Street Journal: You would think people would learn. The recount in the contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for a seat in the U.S. Senate isn’t just embarrassing. It is unconstitutional . . . Indeed, the controlling Supreme Court decision is none other than Bush v...

USCCB Calls ACLU Suit Against Health and Human Services Meritless, Affront to Religious Liberty

Posted on January 15, 2009
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued this press release published on the PR Newswire. It concludes: . . . It is ironic that this lawsuit purports to advance religious liberty. This claim is without merit. ACLU’s theory is that by declining to fund abortion and contraceptives HHS violates the separation of church and [...

NJ: Newton council to stop reciting Lord?s Prayer after complaint

Posted on January 15, 2009
NJ.com: For nearly 60 years, Newton’s town council started its meetings by reciting the Lord’s Prayer. Council members felt the passage gave them guidance and inspiration. That tradition ended this week after the council’s attorney advised members they should heed a request by a resident, an avowed atheist, to stop the practice ...

Retail Employer Can Fire Transgender Employee for Violating ?Dress Code?

Posted on January 15, 2009
Leonard Link:� “Chief Judge Robert L. Miller of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana ruled on January 5 that an employer who discharged a gender-transitioning (male-to-female) retail sales employee for letting her hair grow longer than the employer deemed appropriate for men and using make-up, had not violated the ban on [...

Colorado Episcopal bishop ordains partnered lesbian as priest

Posted on January 15, 2009
CNA: “Controversy within the Episcopal Church renewed on Saturday as the Episcopal Bishop of Colorado Robert O’Neill ordained a ?partnered? lesbian as an Episcopal priest . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Canada: ?Polygamist leader: arrest is religious persecution?

Posted on January 15, 2009
The International Herald Tribune reports: “The leader of a polygamous community in western Canada said Thursday the charges against him for practicing polygamy amounted to religious�persecution . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Christian girls in Pakistan rescued from sex slavery

Posted on January 15, 2009
Baptist Press: “Two Christian girls in Pakistan have been rescued after more than a month of captivity as sex slaves to Muslim lawyers in Karachi . . . “� There was also an effort to forcibly convert the girls to Islam.� See the report for more details...

Federal judge upholds ?God? references in Inauguration

Posted on January 15, 2009
AP: “A federal judge has refused to stop President-elect Barack Obama from using the words “so help me God” when he takes the oath of office Tuesday . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

What?s Next for the Pro-Life Movement?

Posted on January 15, 2009
Jay Sekulow of ACLJ, Randall Terry of Operation Rescue, and the Rev. Thomas Weese of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University appeared on NPR’s Talk of the Nation to discuss this question. Audio is not available until 6 pm EST. Visit Site » Share This

Chart: Percentage of federal clerks from top law schools

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Federal Appellate Judicial Clerks Blog has posted this chart showing the number of clerks from the top law schools. Click the chart to enlarge. Visit Site » Share This

Vatican says US seminaries dealing with homosexuality

Posted on January 15, 2009
AP: “A Vatican office that evaluated U.S. Roman Catholic seminaries says the schools have made improvements in halting what they call ‘homosexual behavior’ among students . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

?Christian Cross Does Not Honor All Deceased Veterans, Americans United Tells Federal Appeals Court?

Posted on January 15, 2009
Americans U. for Separation of Church and State: The Christian cross is not an appropriate symbol to memorialize deceased veterans of many different faith perspectives and should not be displayed on government property, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has told a federal appeals court...

Is Social Conservatism Necessary?

Posted on January 15, 2009
James Kalb writes on Taki’s Magazine: . . . The social issues weren?t issues for Eisenhower because they weren?t public issues at all then. Nobody in public life favored abortion or homosexuality, and people thought of Christianity and the more-or-less traditional family as good things we should all support...

Ore City, Texas: Sex shop restrictions under consideration

Posted on January 15, 2009
News-Journal.com reports: . . . The City Council on Tuesday night tabled discussion on a proposed ordinance that would prohibit adult-oriented businesses, including strip clubs, adult video stores, body piercing shops and tattoo parlors, from locating within 500 feet of a residential area, including churches and school, and within 600 feet of another adult-oriented business...

Florida: Chiefland agrees to sex shop restrictions

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Chiefland Citizen: “Adult entertainment businesses locating in Chiefland will have to erect an 8-foot fence around the property and be at least 500 feet away from areas county-zoned residential areas and 1,000 feet away from city-zoned recreational, public, educational, day care and church sites ...

Seven states sue to block health worker rights of conscience

Posted on January 15, 2009
Seven states and two advocacy groups today asked a federal court to block a controversial new federal regulation that protects health workers who refuse to provide care that they find objectionable.

Are we close to socialism?

Posted on January 15, 2009
Robert Hayes writes in the Hattiesburg American: Is America heading toward socialism? That’s a popular talking point on the mainstream media, but what does the average person in the Pine Belt think about socialism, communism, or any “ism” for that matter? ...

ADF Brief: Authority to amend Calif. constitution resides with the people

Posted on January 15, 2009
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4801 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE January 15, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF attorneys submit brief defending Proposition 8 Brief points out that authority to amend constitution in Calif...

?A Dangerous Luxury?: The International Criminal Court?s Dream of Global Justice

Posted on January 15, 2009
Spiegel reports: “The International Criminal Court in The Hague is supposed to bring war criminals to justice, but it has yet to deliver a single verdict. Can international law bring peace to war-torn regions — or does it actually hinder the peace process?” Visit Site » Share This

Does Mexico need a pulpit initiative? Socialists threaten the church

Posted on January 14, 2009
LifeSiteNews reports: The leadership of Mexico’s socialist Social Democratic Party (PSD) has issued a demand to Mexico City’s Cardinal Archbishop Norberto Rivera that he and the Church stop opposing its initiatives to legalize abortion, homosexual “marriage” and euthanasia, or face legal action ...

New York Senate Leader Will Push Radical Bill to Significantly Expand Abortions

Posted on January 14, 2009
LifeNews.com: With Democrats taking over the state Senate following the 2008 elections, the safety net pro-life advocates had to stop a radical pro-abortion bill is gone. Now, Senate Majority [...]

Porn makers surfing the mobile internet wave

Posted on January 14, 2009
Medindia reports: Adult entertainment powerhouse Pink Visual saw visits to its mobile video service soar after Christmas as people turned on new iPhones and tapped into porn . . . “The way people get their porn is changing,” Pink distribution operations manager Kim Kysar said as an annual Adult Entertainment Expo wrapped in Las Vegas on Sunday...

Battle on Cr�ches in Schools Goes to City Hall

Posted on January 14, 2009
"On Wednesday, the battle over whether to allow cr�ches in schools will go to City Hall, as opponents of the Education Department?s policy try to persuade members of the City Council?s education committee to support an effort to overturn the ban on nativity scenes...

Eugenic Euphemisms: Protecting our children from diseases?and ugly truths

Posted on January 14, 2009
First, we said IVF embryos weren't pregnancies. That's technically correct: Pregnancy begins when the embryo implants in the womb. Then we called early embryos "pre-embryos" so we could dismantle them to get stem cells. That was technically incorrect, but we did it because it made us feel better...

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