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Iowa Man Convicted of Human Trafficking, Sold Teens In Prostitution

Posted on December 23, 2008
Fox News reports: Leonard Russell was found guilty of two counts of human trafficking, two counts of pandering and a count of ongoing criminal conduct during a September trial in Crawford County . . . Prosecutors said Russell, who has used addresses in Sioux City and Omaha, Neb...

Researchers argue the merits of tying the knot later in life

Posted on December 23, 2008
San Antonio Express-News reports: . . . ?Women are postponing marriage because they want to establish themselves in a career,? she says. ?The second part is that men?s ability to earn enough to support a family on their own has been declining.? But the trend leads to a question that has caused much debate among social scientists: [...

ACLU of TN urges ?paramour? restriction dropped in lesbian custody case

Posted on December 23, 2008
Knox News: “In a brief filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging a Tennessee appeals court to remove a so called “paramour” restriction against a lesbian mother that is forcing her partner of 9 years out of their home every night the mother has custody and visitation of her children...

Detroit, strip clubs battle heats up: Lawsuits against city?s rules pile up

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Detroit News: In a year dominated by scandal, a quiet impasse over efforts to stem Detroit’s stigma as the strip club capital of Michigan has lawsuits piling up that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Seventeen months after a federal judge struck down Detroit’s efforts to isolate topless clubs and ordered officials to rewrite laws, the [...

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Connecticut AG will fight conscience rights for healthcare workers

Posted on December 23, 2008
"I will fight this outrageous rule -- the outgoing Bush Administration's latest and last swipe at women's health. This rule is an appalling insult and abuse -- a midnight power grab to deny access to health care services and information, including even to victims of rape...

U. of San Francisco drops abortion from student health insurance, but not for employees

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Cal. Catholic Daily reports: “Following a firestorm of controversy last week, the University of San Francisco has dropped abortion coverage from its student health-insurance plan, the Cardinal Newman Society reports on its web site. But, according to the Our Sunday Visitor blog, the Jesuit-run school continues to offer abortion coverage to employees...

God is a Problem, Sources Say: How secular newsrooms handle religion

Posted on December 23, 2008
Many journalists, it would seem, equate modernity with secularism. Yet God refuses to retire, not only in this country but in most of the rest of the world.

Planned Parenthood Fears Outside Scrutiny - Chooses Closely Linked Group to Implement ?Reform?

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Christian Newswire carries this report: “. . . Rose questions the abortion provider’s commitment to reform in light of new information uncovered by Live Action. Live Action revealed today that Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, the group selected by Planned Parenthood for internal reforms, has close ties with Planned Parenthood ...

What would Jesus put on his license plate?

Posted on December 23, 2008
Adelle M. Banks writes on the KC Star’s Prime Buzz site: The question is no longer, ?What Would Jesus Drive?? Now, it?s more likely to be, ?What?s on his license plate?? Across the country, the small metal plates affixed to car bumpers have become the latest battleground for church-state disputes and questions of free speech ...

ADF Alliance Alert publication schedule

Posted on December 23, 2008
The ADF Alliance Alert will not be published from Wednesday, December 24 through Friday, December 26th.� In the event of major breaking stories, the website and automated feeds may be updated. Merry Christmas! Share This

Dozens of Christmas Displays Vandalized, Pastor Assaulted, Reports Christian Group

Posted on December 23, 2008
CNSNews reports: Nearly 30 acts of vandalism against Nativity scenes or Christmas displays and at least one case of physical assault against a Christian pastor have occurred over the last few weeks, according to the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which tracks many such incidents every holiday season...

?Choose Life? car tag campaign goes to Texas

Posted on December 23, 2008
One News Now reports: “Texas could soon join the ranks of states with ‘Choose Life’ license plates. A proposal will go before the next session of the Lone Star State’s legislature. Joe Pojman, executive director of the�Texas Alliance for Life, is confident in the results...

?Tis the Season for Filing Court Briefs to Stop the anti-Christmas Virus from Infecting Our Schools

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Thomas More Law Center reports: “The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, yesterday filed its opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, challenging the constitutionality of a New Jersey school district?s policy that banned the performance of [...

?Not all gays have a problem with Rick Warren?

Posted on December 23, 2008
Given the civil nature with which Warren has expressed this view, activists? opposition to the president-elect?s choice marks them the more intolerant party in this controversy. It shows how all too many of them readily label any opposition to gay marriage as bigoted, hateful, or otherwise anti-gay.

ACLU sues Laguna Beach over treatment of homeless

Posted on December 23, 2008
AP: “The lawsuit filed Tuesday claims the city has engaged in a campaign of harassment against the homeless while providing no city-sponsored shelters.” Visit Site » Share This

USA Today: Prop 8 foes turn to ?blacklist? tactics

Posted on December 23, 2008
After losing on Election Day, some supporters of gay marriage are using economic boycotts and Internet lists to focus ire on the financial backers of Proposition 8.

AZ: Gilbert police officer fired for accessing porn

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Gilbert Police Department fired one of their own this year after the officer admitted to accessing and downloading several hundred pornographic images on two town computers.

Saudi Arabia Saudi girl, eight, married off to 58-year-old is denied divorce

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Guardian reports: An eight-year old Saudi Arabian girl who was married off by her father to a 58-year-old man has been told she cannot divorce her husband until she reaches puberty. . . . “The judge has dismissed the plea because she [the mother] does not have the right to file, and ordered that the plea [...

The Lecture Notes of St. George Tucker: A Framing Era View of the Bill of Rights

Posted on December 23, 2008
David Kopel writes on the Volokh Conspiracy: The Lecture Notes of St. George Tucker: A Framing Era View of the Bill of Rights has just been published by the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy. The article, by David Hardy, will also appear in the printed edition of the N...

Indiana: Rensselaer nixes City Hall prayer boxes

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Journal & Carrier reports: The council of this Jasper County city denied Monday — with regrets — a request to install a prayer box in City Hall. The small wooden box was the idea of local ministers to allow anyone seeking spiritual support or offer praise to leave an anonymous note, but the city attorney warned [...

New Study of Religious Affiliation of Members of 111th Congress

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports:”Pew Forum on Friday released a study of the religious affiliation of members of the new 111th Congress. Looking at the House and Senate together, 54.7% are Protestant (most from the mainline denominations), 30.1% are Catholic, 8...

Whither National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association?

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Advocate reports: “The leading professional organization for LGBT journalists is facing a crisis that threatens its survival. In a changing media landscape and a tough economy, how does a small nonprofit live up to its mission and retain members?” Visit Site » Share This

?Pope accused of stoking homophobia after he equates homosexuality to climate change?

Posted on December 23, 2008
. . . He said that humanity needed to listen to the "language of creation" to understand the intended roles of man and woman and behaviour beyond traditional heterosexual relations was a "destruction of God?s work".

Religious displays to be debated in court

Posted on December 23, 2008
The LA Times reports: “California jurists next year will rule on the constitutionality of crosses on public land, teachers’ speech rights and students’ Bible clubs . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

NY Times calls for NJ gov to lobby for marriage redefinition

Posted on December 23, 2008
NY Times: "It?s past time for him and for the Democrats in Trenton to find the political courage to extend the right to marry to gay couples."

Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist?s calls for diverse judicial picks might lead to lawsuit

Posted on December 23, 2008
In a letter, the group wrote Monday that a judicial nominating panel's decision last week to reconsider its list of submitted Florida Supreme Court candidates "ran afoul of Florida law, and . . . tainted the integrity of the nominating process."

Chuck Norris: ?Jacking Jesus?

Posted on December 23, 2008
Chuck Norris writes on Townhall: ‘Tis the season to be Jesus stealing? Away in a manger, no Christ for the bed? It has become a new Christmas fetish — neutering Nativity scenes by jacking Jesus . . . Skeptics might mock these defacements as negligible crimes, but stealing the soul of Nativities is one more dismal sign [...

?How the Bush Administration?s Approach to Healthcare Providers? ?Conscience Rights? Illustrates Its Troublingly Unilateral Exercise of Power?

Posted on December 23, 2008
Marci Hamilton writes on Findlaw: As I have explained in a prior column, initially the Administration waited for Congress to enact a law governing the White House’s Faith-based Initiatives program, which would have permitted participating churches to discriminate on the basis of religion in the pursuit of those programs...

Utah: Budget woes are forcing courts to cut back on judges

Posted on December 23, 2008
The Salt Lake Tribune reports: State court officials said Monday they plan to leave judicial vacancies unfilled indefinitely — an unprecedented move tied to the state’s budget woes. The first casualty is Judge Judith Billing’s seat on the Utah Court of Appeals, which will remain open when she retires Dec...

?First transgender hired on Capitol Hill?

Posted on December 23, 2008
365Gay.com reports: “Diego Miguel Sanchez has become the first openly transgender person to work on Capitol Hill. Sanchez was hired by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman, House Financial Services Committee to serve as his Legislative Assistant for LGBT, Healthcare, Labor, Veterans and Census issues...

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