Religion & Law

Nuclear Winter: Beijing?s long war on the Chinese family

Posted on December 01, 2008
Through the years of revolution and post-communist reform alike, by accident and by design, the Beijing regime has disrupted the bonds of kinship that were once so important to mainstream Chinese culture. In pursuit of economic development, the communist state imposed policies on population and migration that have hollowed out the family and created a host of social pathologies that will plague China for generations.

Rod Dreher: GOP?s path to victory still goes through God

Posted on December 01, 2008
John McCain didn't get his clock cleaned because of his ardent advocacy for unborn life or his stout defense of traditional marriage ? neither of which played anything but a bit part in the tragicomic McCain-Palin campaign.

New Planned Parenthood Report Boasts of Abortion Advocacy in Traditionally Pro-Life Regions

Posted on December 01, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has just released its annual performance report for 2007-2008 in which it boasts of pushing its abortion agenda in traditionally pro-life countries throughout Africa, Latin America and the Islamic world...

Abortion Increases Women?s Mental Health Problems: New Zealand Study

Posted on December 01, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Women who have an abortion face a 30% increase in the risk of developing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Christchurch.” Visit Site » Share This

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?Give us an alternative to state-sanctioned marriage?

Posted on December 01, 2008
Valerie Blair and Sarah Ruby writes in the San Francisco Chronicle: . . . Politics can’t change the way we feel about our partners, but it has changed the way we feel about marriage in California. For us, state-run marriage is tainted. To marry the people we love, we must enroll in an institution that is [...

YWCA Backs FOCA Bill for Unlimited Abortions, Overturning All Pro-Life Laws

Posted on December 01, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “The Young Women?s Christian Association (YWCA) may have been a Christian group at one point, but the organization has abandoned that view by supporting abortion. Now, the YWCA is going further and says it would be fine if Barack Obama signed the so-called Freedom of Choice Act ...

?Obama keeping promises made to homosexual groups?

Posted on December 01, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: “President-elect Barack Obama is moving swiftly to appoint homosexual activists to positions within his administration. Politico.com reports that 10 national homosexual organizations are working with the Obama transition team to get more openly homosexual people appointed to the incoming administration ...

Beware the church of climate alarm: NYT attack on Vaclav Klaus used Communist sources

Posted on December 01, 2008
"But the real fear driving climate alarmists wild is that a more rational approach to the fundamentalist religion of global warming may be in the ascendancy - whether in the parliamentary offices of the world's largest trading bloc or in the living rooms of Blacktown ...

Obama?s Judges and the Senate: Mitch McConnell lays down some markers.

Posted on December 01, 2008
The Wall Street Journal: he key, Mr. McConnell explained, is for the new President to govern as he campaigned — with an eye toward moderation. In 2004, he reminded the audience, the Illinois Senator criticized President Bush’s effort to “push a very aggressive agenda that wasn’t the way he campaigned...

It?s Time for California?s Stem Cell Research Firm to be Denied Taxpayer Funding

Posted on December 01, 2008
Wesley J. Smith writes at LifeNews.com: During the campaign over Proposition 71, I warned that even if the Golden Gate Bridge fell into the ocean and an earthquake devastated Los Angeles, “the scientists” would be constitutionally entitled to $300 million of borrowed taxpayers’ money each year...

School Choice: The Good News

Posted on December 01, 2008
David W. Kirkpatrick writes onEdNews.org: It might be said that trying to reform the public schools is more difficult than trying to move a cemetery.  In other words, almost impossible. Exhibit A is school vouchers, to fund students rather than institutions ...

California: ?City Sued For Encouraging Removal of Billboard Promoting Atheism?

Posted on December 01, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed suit in a California federal district court yesterday against the city of Rancho Cucamonga (CA). The complaint (full text) alleges that the city violated the Establishment Clause and free speech guaranties when its actions led a sign company to remove a billboard ad [...

Louisiana Parish Repeals Fortune Telling Ban After Court Holds It Invalid

Posted on December 01, 2008
Religion Clause Blog reports: “Last month in Gryphon’s Nest Gifts, Inc. v. Parish of Livingston, (MD LA, Oct. 7, 2008), a Louisiana federal district court held unconstitutional an ordinance enacted by the Parish of Livingston that bans soothsaying, fortune telling, palm reading, clairvoyance, crystal ball gazing, mind reading, card reading ‘and the like’ for a [...

Is the Versatility of a Law Degree Just a Myth?

Posted on December 01, 2008
Leigh Jones writes in the National Law Journal: Law schools and placement professionals frequently tout the versatility of a law degree as a path to alternative careers. But even in good economic times, the advantage of a juris doctor degree in landing a job in another field may well be overblown...

FCC Chairman pushes pornography filter, free internet

Posted on December 01, 2008
Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer groups.

Florida: Ormond being proactive to restrict sexually oriented businesses

Posted on December 01, 2008
City commissioners say they're not actively recruiting businesses that feature exotic dancers or erotic videos, and no one is trying to open up anything like that in the city. Commissioners say they're just protecting Ormond Beach from lawsuits and adult entertainment run amok.

Muslims and Christians clash over elections in Nigeria

Posted on December 01, 2008
The BBC reports: “Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in central Nigeria after Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election.” Visit Site » Share This

President Bush Talks About Faith In His Life

Posted on December 01, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “On Friday, the White House posted on its website excerpts from the interview of President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush by Doro Bush Koch for StoryCorps.” Visit Site » Share This

?Another Shot Fired in Alex Kozinski Ethics Investigation?

Posted on December 01, 2008
How Appealing links to several reports discussing the latest news from the ethics investigation of Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Visit Site » Share This

?Historians say marriage traditions have been fluid?

Posted on December 01, 2008
The Sacramento Bee reports: What is traditional marriage? That question lies beneath the surface of the Proposition 8 debate. The measure that bans same-sex marriage in California, which is now being challenged in court, defines the union as between a man and a woman...

Appointments put Ariz., N.Y. Senate races in motion

Posted on December 01, 2008
The Hill reports: The Arizona and New York Senate races officially began Monday morning, with the appointment of two of the most powerful women in American politics to President-elect Barack Obama?s Cabinet. The respective nominations of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N...

Rupert Murdoch: Australian ?public education systems are a disgrace?

Posted on December 01, 2008
Glynne Sutcliffe Adelaide writes on EdNews.org: Rupert Murdoch has used his fourth Boyer Lecture to slam Australian schooling. No punches pulled here. “Our public education systems are a disgrace” was almost his opening sentence. And the reason is clear : “despite spending more and more money, our children seem to be learning less and less...

?Gay Marriage and a Moral Minority?

Posted on November 30, 2008
Chares M. Blow has this commentary in the New York Times. He argues that blacks, who opposed California’s Proposition 8, need to be informed that opposing marriage redefinition is harmful to their health and results in an increase in HIV. He concludes: So pitch it as a health issue...

?N.Y. Democrats May Skip Gay Marriage Vote?

Posted on November 30, 2008
NY Times: After a pledge from New York Democratic leaders that their party would legalize same-sex marriage if they won control of the State Senate this year, money from gay rights supporters poured in from across the country, helping cinch a Democratic victory...

Louisiana: No more cross in Ponchatoula?s holiday lights

Posted on November 30, 2008
WWLTV.com reports: “The huge cross near Ponchatoula’s downtown locomotive won’t be covered with blazing white bulbs for this year’s Christmas Lights Festival.”  The report indicates that the ACLU threatened to sue so the city capitulated...

Tax-exempt benefit disputed in Prop. 8 campaign

Posted on November 30, 2008
"It's a common accusation at the now-weekly protests, gaining enough traction that Geoff Kors, a member of the No on 8 executive committee, said lawyers are investigating the issue . . . "

NY court removes bar to transgender name changes

Posted on November 26, 2008
Newsday: “A midlevel appeals court ruled Wednesday that a transgender individual can change from traditionally male to traditionally female first and middle names, regardless of potential confusion.” Visit Site » Share This

ADF Alliance Alert publication schedule

Posted on November 26, 2008
The ADF Alliance Alert email digest will not be published on: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27th Friday, November 28th. A limited number of posts may appear on the website on these days depending on news developments. We pray that all our readers have a Blessed Thanksgiving! Share This

Christmas Wars On: Thomas More Law Center Asks Christians to Retake the Public Square for Christmas

Posted on November 26, 2008
The Thomas More Law Center has issued this press release discussing its efforts to keep Christmas in the public square and indicating: In years past and still today, the Law Center has asked thousands of supporters to go on the offensive ? where there has been no nativity display before, ask the government for permission to [...

?Marriage, Polygamy and Gays?

Posted on November 26, 2008
The Bilerico Project has this post discussing the relationship between the advocates of same sex “marriage” and the various interests promoting polygamy.  The post indicates: The fact is, not one but three different factions want to get polygamy legalized...

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