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?Libel Tourism? Threatens Free Speech: How to stop lawsuits against Americans in British courts.

Posted on January 12, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports: “The farce of foreigners suing Americans for defamation in overseas forums, where the law does not sufficiently protect free speech, is so well-known that it has a fitting nickname: libel tourism. And London is its hot destination...

NY: City of Ithaca trying to settle with street preacher

Posted on January 12, 2009
Theithacajournal.com reports: James Deferio of Syracuse alleged in a November civil rights action against the city that Ithaca Police officers told him not to preach on The Commons because the city’s noise ordinance prohibited any noise that could be heard 25 feet from its source...

Fla. conservatives fight transgender restroom rule

Posted on January 12, 2009
The AP reports: A blond girl heads from a playground into a women’s restroom. A scruffy man, lurking outside, darts in behind her. “Your City Commission Made This Legal,” the words on the TV screen read. The dark ad came from opponents of a gender identity provision added last year to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance, which now [...

Indiana: Hate crimes to get more attention in response to demand by leftist groups

Posted on January 12, 2009
The IndyStar reports: Indianapolis police officials have vowed to step up efforts to identify and report hate crimes in response to concerns by local human rights groups. The groups, part of a coalition organized by Indiana Equality, had questioned officers’ awareness of hate crimes and the department’s thoroughness in reporting them ...

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?Gay bishop will open inaugural weekend?

Posted on January 12, 2009
The Politico: “The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who was elected the Episcopal Church?s first openly gay bishop in 2003, will deliver the invocation for Sunday?s kickoff inaugural event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said ...

Germany: ?Will homeschooling parents end up behind bars? Appeals court tosses 1st sentence, orders new trial?

Posted on January 12, 2009
WorldNetDaily reports: “A German appeals court tossed out three-month jail terms issued to a mother and father who homeschool their children, but the ruling also ordered new trials that could leave the parents with similar penalties, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association...

Family advocacy group announces Pepsi boycott

Posted on January 12, 2009
OneNewsNow.com reports: The�American Family Association (AFA) is calling for a boycott of PepsiCo over its support of pro-homosexual groups. In October, AFA twice wrote officials with PepsiCo, requesting a meeting to discuss the company’s role in the culture war...

Porn makers surfing the mobile Internet wave

Posted on January 12, 2009
AFP: “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 . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Having babies is? SEXIST!!!

Posted on January 12, 2009
Wizbang reports: We’ve all heard the eco-warriors talk about the extinction of mankind as a benefit to the planet. Who cares about humans, Gaia must reign supreme! The latest reason to stop with the babymakin’, though, is because it is SEXIST!!!!!!!!!! While of course we’re used to the feminist argument that marriage is just legal slavery or [...

Test-Tube Truths: Couples Tempted by IVF Face a Number of Moral Dilemmas

Posted on January 12, 2009
Kate Bleutt writes in Salvo Magazine: . . . These questions mark the horizons of the strange land we?re all entering, the one in which we?re not even strangers anymore. We?re already living there; high-risk, multiple pregnancies are becoming the norm...

Louisiana: ?Science lessons to stir debate: Evolution teaching rules before board?

Posted on January 12, 2009
2theadvocate.com reports: . . . Last year lawmakers enacted a law to overhaul the way evolution and other controversial science topics are taught in middle and high schools. Now the focus is the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, which is required by the new law to come up with guidelines for local school districts [...

Ore. strip club owner pushes to open business

Posted on January 12, 2009
AP: The owner of a shuttered Springfield strip club is appealing an Oregon Liquor Control Commission decision to deny issuing his business a liquor license. Jack Dugger is the owner of Shakers Bar & Grill. Visit Site » Share This

Bouncer?s Conviction Leaves Strip Club Exposed

Posted on January 12, 2009
An insurer has no duty to indemnify the owner of a strip club for a bouncer's assault (pdf) on a patron because the policy's assault-and-battery exclusion was triggered by the bouncer's conviction on a criminal assault charge, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Obama?s culture war: Conservatives oppose Associate AG Nominee involved in Schiavo?s death

Posted on January 12, 2009
Social conservatives are mobilizing to prevent President-elect Barack Obama's nominee, Thomas Perrelli, from becoming the next U.S. associate attorney general - the No. 3 post at the Justice Department.

China Shuts Down 91 ?Vulgar? Web Sites

Posted on January 12, 2009
FoxNews.com reports: “Ninety-one Web sites that included pornography and vulgar content had been closed down from January 8 to 10,” stated the government run “China” portal (www.china.com.cn), according to Reuters . . . Visit Site » Share This

White House declares success for faith based initiative

Posted on January 12, 2009
The White House, in a report to be released Monday morning, will make a final argument that its office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives has been redeemed from its politics-tainted past . . .

1st Female Chief Justice on Louisiana?s Supreme Court

Posted on January 12, 2009
The ABA Journal reports: “As the longest-serving member of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Justice Catherine “Kitty” Kimball is set to make history today when she becomes the state’s first female chief justice.” Visit Site » Share This

Bringing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity into the Law School Classroom

Posted on January 09, 2009
"Included among the list of 'best practices' to improve the law school climate for LGBT students was a recommendation to incorporate discussions of LGBT issues in non-LGBT courses, such as tax."

Medical Expert Says that Contraceptive Pill is Causing Global Rise in Male Infertility

Posted on January 09, 2009
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “. . . Female hormones from birth control pills, which enter the water supply through urination, are being blamed for declining sperm counts in human and animal populations, the growth of female sex organs in male fish, breast growth in young men, and early onset of puberty in young girls ...

Illinois House votes to impeach Gov. Blagojevich

Posted on January 09, 2009
CBS2Chicago.com reports: In a dramatic display of anger and solidarity over a political scandal that has made Illinois a national laughingstock, lawmakers on Friday voted 114-1 to impeach disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich . . . The 69-page draft report outlines all the criminal charges against Blagojevich, including his alleged plan to sell the U...

Porn industry seeks federal bailout

Posted on January 09, 2009
Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.

Mother Refuses All Further ?Parental? Visits with Daughter by Former Lesbian Partner

Posted on January 09, 2009
Miller's decision, which is in direct defiance of numerous court orders, may result in heavy fines, jail time, and loss of custody of her six year old child to lesbian Janet Jenkins . . .

Austria: Co-Creator of the Pill Laments Resulting Demographic ?Horror Scenario?

Posted on January 09, 2009
LifeSiteNews: An Austrian chemist who helped spearhead the creation of the earliest contraceptive pill has expressed dismay at the severance of sexuality and reproduction made possible by widespread use of the pill, and has warned against the impending demographic disaster from plummeting birth rates ...

Mississippi Bill Would Require Disclaimer Stickers In Biology Textbooks

Posted on January 09, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog: “As state legislatures reconvene, anti-evolution bills again begin to be introduced. On Tuesday, Mississippi state representative Gary Chism introduced into Mississippi’s legislature HB 25 (full text), a bill that would require the State Board of Education to place stickers with disclaimers in every textbook that includes material on evolution ...

Newly Democratic Michigan Supreme Court elects Kelly as chief justice

Posted on January 09, 2009
The Detroit Free Press reports: “A sharply divided Michigan Supreme Court voted to elect Marilyn Kelly, a 12-year veteran of the court, chief justice today, ending ten years of Republican leadership on the court . . .” Visit Site » Share This

8th Circuit: Iowa prison?s limits on Wiccan food and holiday hours upheld

Posted on January 09, 2009
The 8th Circuit has posted a ruling in Lawrence Gladson v. Iowa Dept. of Corrections, No. 07-3528 (8th Cir. Jan. 8, 2009): U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines [Smith, Author, with Wollman and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - prisoner civil rights...

Students Encouraged to Celebrate Religious Freedom Day - Jan. 16

Posted on January 09, 2009
. . The day marks the passage of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom in 1786.

Federal judge to hear Antioch libary religious discrimination case

Posted on January 09, 2009
Mercury News: Whether an Antioch public library infringed on a religious group’s constitutional rights by banning prayer within the government building will again be debated in federal court today . . . “The bottom line with this case is Christians shouldn’t be discriminated against because of their beliefs,” said Timothy Chandler, a Folsom-based attorney with Alliance Defense [...

Pittsburgh: Diocese seeks $20M from breakaway Episcopalians

Posted on January 09, 2009
AP: “Episcopal leaders in Pittsburgh went to court Thursday seeking to recover $20 million in assets they believe were wrongfully taken when the conservative branches split from the liberal diocese in October . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Louisiana: ACLU settles suit over state payments to churches

Posted on January 09, 2009
AP: The American Civil Liberties Union agreed Thursday to settle a lawsuit it filed against the state of Louisiana over unrestricted government payments to churches. The ACLU’s Louisiana chapter said the settlement agreement bars the state from funneling taxpayer money without conditions to selected churches that offer non-religious social services ...

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