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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Muslims ?Hijack British Prison,? Force Conversions

Posted on November 24, 2008
The Daily Express reports: “MUSLIM prisoners have launched a reign of terror inside a top security British jail. The fanatics are forcing fellow inmates to convert to Islam or face punishment beatings.” Visit Site » Share This

Thomas M. Messner: Same-Sex Marriage and the Threat to Religious Liberty

Posted on November 24, 2008
Redefining marriage to include same-sex unions poses significant threats to the religious liberties . . . These threats have loomed large for several years, but recent developments . . . have refocused attention on the issue in a new, particularly urgent way.

Vikram David Amar: Analyzing the Prop. 8 California Supreme Court Case (Part 1)

Posted on November 24, 2008
Vikram David Amar has this commentary on Findlaw discussing issues raised in the legal challenge to Proposition 8 that is currently pending at the California Supreme Court. Amar is a law professor and former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackman...

D.C. Democrat says: Tenure good for teacher?s unions, but no educational value for kids

Posted on November 24, 2008
The Wall Street Journal reports: Guess who recently said the following: “Tenure is the holy grail of teacher unions, but it has no educational value for kids; it only benefits adults.” A right-wing blogger? No, those are the words of Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the Washington, D...

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Texas reaches cap for charter schools in public sector

Posted on November 24, 2008
The Houston Chronicle: Texas handed out its final public school charter Friday, a move that puts pressure on the state to either lift its self-imposed cap or shut down low performing campuses to make room for more of the untraditional schools. The State Board of Education awarded eight charters, raising the total to Texas’ cap of 215...

Both sides in California?s Prop. 8 battle look ahead to 2010

Posted on November 24, 2008
"The gay-marriage ban issue could be back on the ballot in two years. Regardless, backers and foes are organizing supporters, waging a fierce public relations campaign and considering their next moves."

?Prop. 8 is a tangle for state?s high court?

Posted on November 24, 2008
Claire Cooper has this commentary on the Sacramento Bee that concludes: The concern is the effect Proposition 8 would have on the “equal protection of the laws” provision in the California Constitution. A fundamental constitutional principle, equal protection has been interpreted more expansively under the California Constitution than under the U...

?eHarmony criticized for launching gay website?

Posted on November 24, 2008
Baptist Press reports: eHarmony, Inc., the company behind the Internet matchmaking website founded by an evangelical psychologist and initially targeted to the Christian community, has decided to launch a new matchmaking website for homosexual singles instead of fighting a nearly four-year-old complaint in court ...

George Soros Funding Al Franken?s Recount Efforts

Posted on November 24, 2008
Newsmax: “Left-wing billionaire George Soros is hosting a fundraiser on Thursday night to help Democrat Al Franken win the recount in Minnesota?s Senate election.” Visit Site » Share This

Stem Cell Research Foes Brace for Obama Fight

Posted on November 24, 2008
Newsmax: “When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop. President-elect Barack Obama is expected to lift restrictions on federal money for such research...

Justice Thomas speaks at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research on the U.S. Constitution and the role of government

Posted on November 24, 2008
How Appealing links to reports and audio of Justice Thomas’ talk. Visit Site » Share This

?ACLU Secures Religious Freedom For Muslim Prisoners At Wyoming State Penitentiary?

Posted on November 21, 2008
ACLU press release: “The American Civil Liberties Union has struck an agreement with officials at the Wyoming State Penitentiary that will allow Muslim prisoners to maintain their religious practices and beliefs while still being able to eat daily meals...

Egg Donors, Surrogate Moms Increase Amid Downturn

Posted on November 21, 2008
CBS2Chicago.com reports: “In these tough times, many young women are turning to the baby business. The number of surrogate mothers or egg donors is up 30 percent, CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman reports.” Visit Site » Share This

Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology

Posted on November 21, 2008
The AP: “Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said.” Visit Site » Share This

Graduate of Non-ABA-Accredited Law School Can Take Massachusetts Bar Exam

Posted on November 21, 2008
The ABA Journal: “The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has waived the usual required that all takers of the state bar examination must be graduates of an ABA-accredited law school for a licensed California attorney who got his law degree in 2004 from Concord Law School, a non-ABA-accredited online institution...

Catholics Who Vote for Freedom of Choice Act Could Face Automatic Excommunication

Posted on November 21, 2008
Catholic members of Congress who vote for the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) could face ?automatic excommunication? if the act is determined to be ?formal cooperation? in the evil of abortion.

Documentary Highlights Violence in Porn Videos

Posted on November 21, 2008
"A new documentary being shown on college campuses takes aim at violence against women depicted in the $10 billion U.S. sexually-oriented video industry."

HRC: Big business working overtime to redefine marriage, now we need to get the little people on board

Posted on November 21, 2008
"Although thousands of individuals, organizations, and businesses donated to the Yes on 8 campaign, not one Fortune 500 company is among those names."

The Path to ABA Leadership

Posted on November 21, 2008
Ed Whalen writes on National Review Bench Memos: “. . . the ABA committee will rubber-stamp nearly all Obama nominees. Still, it?s striking that the current chair of the ABA?s committee is none other than Kim J. Askew, who led the investigation, and wrote the report, that resulted in the ABA?s thoroughly scandalous ?not qualified? [...

NY: ?Insurance Firms Must Treat Married Couples Equally?

Posted on November 21, 2008
North Country Gazette reports: Insurance companies must treat same-sex couples in New York who were legally married outside the State the same as any other validly married couples, irrespective of the sex of the spouses, Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo announced Friday in a bulletin to all department licensees...

Texas: At least 10 women arrested in Arlington strip club raid

Posted on November 21, 2008
StarTelegram.com reports: “At least 10 women were arrested Thursday night during a raid at a north Arlington strip club, according to jail records. Chicas Locas was shut down Thursday night by officers serving arrest warrants for three suspected drug dealers...

California Rep. Linda Sanchez?s justifies out of wedlock pregnancy

Posted on November 21, 2008
They haven't yet set a wedding date. As he told me, "We have the rest of our lives to get engaged and married -- we don't have the rest of our lives" for Sanchez to become pregnant . . .

Florida: Strip club in Sunny Isles Beach fights city attempt to move it

Posted on November 21, 2008
"City leaders are weighing whether to create a specially designated area for adult entertainment businesses -- away from the city's gateway and onto its main drag on Collins Avenue . . . "

Alert on Judgeships Bill

Posted on November 21, 2008
Ed Whelan writes on the National Review Bench Memos Blog: “President-elect Barack Obama?s ability to transform the courts by appointing liberal judicial activists would be enhanced by enactment of a federal judgeships bill that would create 14 new court of appeals judgeships and 52 new district judgeships...

State recognition of same-sex marriage could put religious freedom at risk, study finds

Posted on November 21, 2008
CNA reports: “As the legal status of California?s Proposition 8 remains uncertain, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has released a study examining the problems legal same-sex marriage poses for religious freedom. The Washington D.C.-based advocacy group reports that the legal recognition of same-sex marriage could affect over 350 separate state anti-discrimination laws and could [...

Prop. 8 opponents rejecting democracy, media fails to report quasi-facism

Posted on November 21, 2008
One News Now reports: “According to a conservative media watchdog, the mainstream media is completely ignoring a wave of quasi-fascism that has descended upon California and several other states by radical homosexual activists who don’t respect the will of the people ...

Getting the Whole Story Out on Christians and Homosexuality

Posted on November 21, 2008
Lillian Kwon reports in the Christian Post: But few, if any, especially in the media, have given the public the “whole story” about churches and their persistent efforts to protect what they believe is God’s definition of marriage. “I?ve not seen any attempt [by the mass media] to understand or communicate the real concern of Christians concerning [...

Maine: ?Fall River proposes adult entertainment zones?

Posted on November 21, 2008
The Herald News reports: “Saying he was taking action ‘to protect the city legally and to safeguard the general welfare of city residents,’ Mayor Robert Correia on Thursday proposed designating commercial and industrial parts of the city for adult entertainment ...

Wisconsin: ?Adult bookstore in River Falls??

Posted on November 21, 2008
River Falls Journal reports on a rumored “adult bookstore” coming to town. That has caused some to take a closer look at the city’s ordinances regulating sex shops. Visit Site » Share This

Vermont governor opposes marriage redefinition bill

Posted on November 21, 2008
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas said Thursday he would oppose legislation allowing same-sex "marriages" . . .

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