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Ohio: Pastors? Group fails to get petitions to reverse domestic partner registry in round 1

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Cleveland Plain Dealer: “A group of local pastors has come up short in an effort to trigger a referendum vote on Cleveland’s domestic-partner registry . . . Religious leaders now will focus on a maneuver known as an ordinance by initiative...

Scissors, Boxcutters Are OK; Religious Knife Is Not, Lawsuit Says IRS Ruled

Posted on January 08, 2009
The ABA Journal reports: “A Texas woman filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in federal court this week, contending that the tax agency had refused to allow her to carry with her to work a small knife required by her religion ...

House Democrats Change Rules to Silence GOP

Posted on January 08, 2009
Citizen Link reports: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has brought back archaic procedures in order to silence conservatives. On Tuesday, the full House passed the Rules Package for the 111th Congress, 242-181. The changes limit the GOP’s ability to use procedural rules like the Motion to Recommit, which is the last opportunity for the minority party [...

Connecticut To Consider Transgender Anti-Discrimination Proposal

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Hartford Courant reports: “A proposal, to be introduced in the legislative session that begins Wednesday, would prevent people who in any way blur gender lines from being discriminated against in the workplace or while seeking housing or obtaining credit...

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Denmark: Muslims force Jews from schools

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Copenhagen Post: A number of school administrators have come forth in recent days to confirm that they recommend Jewish children should not enrol at their schools. According to school administrators, law enforcement officials and social workers, the on-going conflict in Gaza has led to heightened tensions between Jews and Arabs - particularly Palestinians - here in [...

Afghan family rip out five-month-old fetus

Posted on January 08, 2009
ABC reports: “An Afghan teenager is in a serious condition in hospital after her mother and brother allegedly sliced open her belly to remove a five-month-old foetus from a rape, officials said . . . Rape and pregnancy outside marriage are seen as a disgrace in the conservative society...

Wash. teen charged with murder for drowning newborn in toilet

Posted on January 08, 2009
The AP reports: “A 16-year-old girl suspected of drowning an infant boy in a toilet and throwing the body in the trash was charged with murder Wednesday . . . ” Visit Site » Share This

Indiana: Planned Parenthood lecture moved after complaints

Posted on January 08, 2009
The South Bend Tribune: The leader of Indiana’s Planned Parenthood organization was scheduled to speak at the South Bend Chocolate Cafe on Friday, but news of her appearance got a not-so-sweet reaction from some of the company’s customers...

Pharmacy school case in Ky. high court

Posted on January 08, 2009
Baptist Press reports: The case involving state funding for a new pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands has reached the Kentucky Supreme Court . . . Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Roger Crittenden ruled that the funding and an additional $2 million appropriated for scholarships violated the state constitution as “a direct payment to a [...

New report re-uses old data to target abstinence pledges

Posted on January 08, 2009
Baptist Press reports: . . . the study found that teenagers who took a pledge were just as likely to have premarital sex as those who did not take a pledge; and those who took pledges were less likely to use contraceptives. However, the study only compared the behavior of strongly religious teenagers to other strongly religious [...

ACLJ Supports Congressional Efforts to Prohibit Return of Fairness Doctrine as Broadcaster Freedom Act is Introduced in House & Senate

Posted on January 08, 2009
ACLJ has issued a press release that indicates: The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said today it supports the Broadcaster Freedom Act ? a measure introduced into the U.S. House and Senate that will prevent the return of the troubling Fairness Doctrine...

Ill. House Panel?s Draft Report: Impeach Gov. Blagojevich

Posted on January 08, 2009
The ABA Journal reports: “Setting the stage for a historic trial, a special Illinois legislative panel investigating Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich has recommended, in a 69-page draft report (PDF), that he be impeached . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Arizona Becomes 18th State Offering ?Choose Life? License Plates

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Americans United for Life Blog reports: “. . . By finally approving the plates on Wednesday, Arizona became the 18th state to offer the ?Choose Life? license plates to its residents.� The other states offering the plates include Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South [...

Salem, Massachusetts: City to debate allowing sexually oriented entertainment

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Salem News reports: There are no strip clubs or porn shops in this city and maybe never will be. But, just in case, local officials want to be prepared . . . The new proposed rules have been dumped in the lap of the Licensing Board, which will hold a public hearing Monday night at 6 [...

Wisconsin: Zoning panel still trying to tweak sexually oriented business rules

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Rhinelander Daily News reports: The Oneida County Planning and Zoning Committee is still trying to find a way to allow a Clearwater Lake businessman to legally expand his exotic dance club. On Wednesday, zoning staff presented new language to the zoning committee, and to Weasel?s Exotic Entertainment owner Don Dal Ponte, that they believe will allow [...

Harvard Law Prof Cass Sunstein Appointed Regulatory Czar

Posted on January 08, 2009
The ABA Journal reports: “Cass Sunstein, now a law professor at Harvard, ‘pioneered efforts to design regulation around the ways people behave,’ the Wall Street Journal reports. He will become the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where he will review draft regulations throughout government agencies, according to the Washington Post [...

ADF attorneys file suit to stop harassment of Cal. marriage amendment supporters

Posted on January 08, 2009
?Putting the names and employers of the people who supported Proposition 8 on the Internet for anyone to see has caused serious problems. No one should worry about getting a death threat because of the way he or she votes,? said James Bopp, Jr., lead attorney ...

Reid: Coleman will ?never ever serve? in the Senate

Posted on January 07, 2009
The Politico reports: ?Norm Coleman will never ever serve [again] in the Senate,? Reid told Politico?s Manu Raju. ?He lost the election. He can stall things, but he’ll never serve in the Senate.? Coleman has been on the Senate’s strongest pro-life proponents...

U.S. Supreme Court to consider petition claiming civil liability for exorcism

Posted on January 07, 2009
SCOTUS Blog has published its most recent list of petitions to watch which the U.S. Supreme Court will review at its January 16th conference.� The list includes this: Docket: 08-592 Title: Schubert v. Pleasant Glade Assembly of God Issue: Whether the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment bars the imposition of civil liability for religious conduct, such [...

Tribes petition U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona Snowbowl RFRA case

Posted on January 07, 2009
The AP: American Indian tribes are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision that allows for snowmaking on an Arizona peak the tribes consider sacred . . . The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco cleared the way for the snowmaking last August after a years long battle ...

?First 2009 Foray At Evolution Teaching Introduced In Oklahoma?

Posted on January 07, 2009
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “The National Center for Science Education reports that the first anti-evolution bill to be introduced in a legislature in 2009 is Oklahoma’s proposed Scientific Education and Academic Freedom Act (SB 320)...

Minnesota Appeals court says lesbian couple not entitled to family membership

Posted on January 07, 2009
"A lesbian couple from Rochester has lost an appeal that a local athletic club discriminated against them in refusing to sell them a family membership . . . "

Senate Democrats Plan To Accept Burris

Posted on January 07, 2009
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Rules Committee, told reporters Tuesday evening that Burris should be seated . . .

NY: Federal Lawsuit By Amish Challenges Building Code Enforcement

Posted on January 07, 2009
Religion Clause reports: “The Becket Fund announced yesterday that it had filed suit in a New York federal district court on behalf of eleven Amish families challenging enforcement of Morristown, NY’s building code provisions that infringe plaintiffs’ religious beliefs...

Beligum: Parents jailed for refusing polio vaccine

Posted on January 07, 2009
ParentalRights.org reports: In March 2008, Belgium made international headlines when it sentenced two sets of Belgian parents to five months in prison, and fined them 4,100 euros ($8,000).1 The crime? Failing to vaccinate their children against polio...

NY: Democrats reach pact to lead the Senate, marriage definition left out

Posted on January 07, 2009
Though it does not appear that a bill to legalize marriage of gay men and of lesbian couples will be voted on anytime soon, it will not be because of any bargain . . . there are not presently enough votes to get a bill through the Senate . . .

Arkansas: ACLU Asks Judge To Suspend Adoption, Foster Law

Posted on January 07, 2009
TodaysTHV.com reports: “The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to temporarily suspend a state law banning unmarried foster and adoptive parents. The group filed a motion in Pulaski County Circuit Court seeking a temporary restraining order Monday against Initiated Act 1, which voters approved in November ...

Texas: U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent indicted on more sex abuse charges

Posted on January 07, 2009
The Houston Chronicle reports: “U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on new charges of sexually abusing another court employee and lying about it to prominent federal judges who investigated a misconduct complaint against him ...

Gov. Schwarzenegger rejects latest budget proposal

Posted on January 07, 2009
The AP reports: “The Legislature has had three special sessions since the November election to address California’s worsening budget deficit, projected at $42 billion over the next 18 months . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

A Charter Setback in Florida

Posted on January 07, 2009
The Wall Street Journal: As Chicago schools chief, Arne Duncan has found innovative ways to skirt the restrictive cap on the number of charter schools that can operate in Illinois, thus expanding opportunities for low-income kids. So it’s instructive to contrast Mr...

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