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Furor over Bush abortion ruling that protects conscience rights

Posted on November 20, 2008
The International Herald Tribune reports: A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces job-discrimination laws ...

Massachusetts: Bishops Speak Out Against Adultery Ads: Internet Site Promotes Dating Service for Married People

Posted on November 20, 2008
Zenit reports: “The bishops of Massachusetts are defending the institution of marriage in the face of advertising in the state that promotes adultery. The bishops said they were ‘compelled to speak in support of marriage’ after seeing advertisements of an Internet dating site for married people looking for adulterous relationships...

So Sexy So Soon: Help your children navigate a sex-saturated culture

Posted on November 20, 2008
Rebecca Walberg has this report on Mercator.Net: Communication critical: Want to help your children navigate a sex-saturated culture? They’ll need to learn your beliefs — not those all around them. . . . . . . Even the most cloistered upbringing cannot fully prevent exposure to popular culture...

Al Qaida to Iraqi Christians: leave or die

Posted on November 20, 2008
Catholic Culture reports: “The message says that any ‘Christian crusader infidels’ who remain will have their throats slit, and instructs Christians to learn from the lesson of Mosul, where the Christian minority has been subjected to a series of deadly assaults...

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Minnesota Senate recount gets tedious, pretty fast

Posted on November 20, 2008
The AP reports: “. . . With national Democrats within striking distance of a filibuster-proof majority, the stakes are high. The Minnesota recount - elections in the state are done on paper ballots fed into scanners - is required by law because the Nov...

Obama picks Daschle, Napolitano for Cabinet posts

Posted on November 20, 2008
CNN reports: President-elect Barack Obama’s top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN on condition of anonymity. One source said he believed the final decision depends on the vetting of the Democratic governor, much like the selection of Eric Holder for attorney general ...

University of Calgary Once Again Attempting to Censor Campus Pro-Life Club

Posted on November 20, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “The U of C is again attempting to censor student members of the campus pro-life club by threatening them with arrest and sanctions for non-academic misconduct (including the possibility of suspension and expulsion) if they do not comply with an order to turn Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) displays inward...

Eugene Volokh: California Supreme Court Agrees To Decide Constitutionality of Prop. 8

Posted on November 20, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing the Cal. Amendment marriage litigation and some of the implications of yesterday’s court order. Visit Site » Share This

Richard A. Epstein: Why License Marriage?

Posted on November 20, 2008
The libertarian is comfortable with laws that protect against contagion or explosion, but decidedly not with the historical conception of morals, which in fact backs the historical prohibition against gay marriage.

Boulder Colorado Church prevails in RLUIPA jury trial

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Longmont Times-Call reports: Jurors decided Wednesday that Boulder County Commissioners violated a federal law but not the Constitution when they refused to allow Rocky Mountain Church?s 2004 request to expand. The commissioners did not discriminate against the church, the jury decided, but did violate the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act because they did not [...

California: Court Says Church Can Continue Use of Building, But Must Comply With Code

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Guatay Christian Fellowship v. County of San Diego, (SD CA, Nov. 18, 2008), a California federal district court, citing ‘the overwhelming public interest … in religious freedoms and activities’, issued a preliminary injunction allowing a church to continue to meet in a trailer park recreation center that it rented...

Proposition 8 hostility ?got out of hand,? Assembly speaker says

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Sacramento Bee reports: Assembly Speaker Karen Bass said today she is “appalled” at the hostility that has been directed at African-Americans since the passage of Proposition 8 . . . But during a meeting with The Bee’s Capitol bureau, Bass said that lost in the post-mortems over Proposition 8 is that black support for the measure [...

Texas Board of Education Hears Testimony On Proposed Science Standards

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Yesterday, the Texas State Board of Education heard testimony on its proposed standards for teaching science . . . The focus was primarily on how evolution should be taught . . . “ Visit Site » Share This

Partners Can Help Associates Build Marketing Skills

Posted on November 20, 2008
Sharon Meit Abrahams has this article on Lawjobs.com that begins: “The first priority of a young lawyer is to develop knowledge and skills as a lawyer, but there are actions you can take as a partner to help guide associates in the right direction for preliminary client development activities...

Arizona Agency Must Move Forward on Choose Life License Plates, Court Says

Posted on November 20, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A federal court on Wednesday ordered the Arizona License Plate Commission to approve the Choose Life license plates. The decision comes after the Supreme Court, last month, [...]

Holder and Obscenity Prosecutions

Posted on November 20, 2008
Reason reports: “Social conservatives often complained that the Clinton administration was not interested in taking on pornography made by and for consenting adults. We probably can look forward to hearing such complaints again under the Obama administration...

Heritage Foundation Conference: ?Religious Practice and Health: What the Research Says?

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Heritage Foundation is sponsoring a conference on December 3rd in Washington D.C. titled: “Religious Practice and Health: What the Research Says.” Visit Site » Share This

Boehner, Sessions win GOP leadership posts

Posted on November 20, 2008
The Hill reports: The votes were by and large anticlimactic, as the favorites in the three contested races triumphed. Rep. John Boehner (Ohio) defeated Rep. Dan Lungren (Calif.) for minority leader, Rep. Pete Sessions (Texas) ousted Rep. Tom Cole (Okla...

U.S. Supreme Court: Government files petition in ?Janet Jackson case?

Posted on November 20, 2008
SCOTUS Blog reports: “The Solicitor General?s office on Tuesday filed this petition for certiorari in FCC v. CBS (08-653) ? the case concerning the Super Bowl halftime incident in 2004 involving singers Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake.” Visit Site » Share This

Potential Euthanasia Victim Lauren Richardson Saved, Parents Reconcile

Posted on November 20, 2008
LifeNews: “Delaware resident Lauren Richardson nearly became a euthanasia victim this summer as her mother and father feuded over her life that reminded observers of the debate over Terri Schiavo. Richardson is a 24-year-old woman who overdosed on heroin in August 2006 while she was three months pregnant with a baby girl ...

Pa. Senate is last GOP controlled chamber in the Northeast

Posted on November 20, 2008
The AP reports: Republicans have controlled the Pennsylvania Senate for most of the last three decades, and now they have new bragging rights: The Senate is the last state legislative chamber in the Northeast in GOP hands . . . Party leaders say a key strategy has been to pick candidates who reflect the values of their [...

President-Elect Obama Lays Out Homosexual Agenda

Posted on November 20, 2008
Citizen Link reports: “President-elect Barack Obama is committed to creating special rights for homosexuals and trampling on traditional marriage. He laid out his agenda on his Web site . . . ” Several of his proposed initiatives are itemized in the report...

ABA accreditation of Whittier Law School: Freedom, Fairness, & Diversity, A Dean?s Memory

Posted on November 19, 2008
Dean Neil H. Cogan provides this lengthy discussion of the ABA’s placing Whittier Law School on probationary status and the lengthy battle that ensued. Visit Site » Share This

Pittsburgh: City planners nix new strip club

Posted on November 19, 2008
The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports: “The Pittsburgh Planning Commission Tuesday rejected a proposed West End strip club because it would exasperate traffic problems and interfere with a facility next door that helps recovering alcoholics.” Visit Site » Share This

Child Sexual Exploitation in U.S. and Canada in Global Spotlight

Posted on November 19, 2008
The Christian Newswire reports: “Creating safe havens for trafficked children in the U.S. and increasing legal enforcement against child sex tourism in Canada should be two of the highest priorities for policies in North America to protect children from sexual exploitation, according to a report published jointly by Canadian and U...

Calif. Supreme Court agrees to hear marriage amendment challenges

Posted on November 19, 2008
"California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules."

Nepal Supreme Court approves marriage redefinition

Posted on November 19, 2008
Jurist reports: “The Supreme Court of Nepal [official website] has directed the country’s government to end sexual orientation-based discrimination and to extend equal rights to gender minorities, including same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive]...

Christians Under Attack: Same-Sex ?Marriage? in California

Posted on November 19, 2008
"The fact is that, whether homosexual activists want to accept it or not, Christians are protecting all people, including homosexuals, by protecting marriage."

Court orders approval of Ariz. ?Choose Life? license plates

Posted on November 19, 2008
A federal court Wednesday ordered the Arizona License Plate Commission to approve a specialty license plate featuring the words ?Choose Life.? Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and the Center for Arizona Policy represent the applicants for the plates, the Arizona Life Coalition.

India: Reports of rewards to kill Christians

Posted on November 19, 2008
Christian Today reports: “Hindu militants in India are offering rewards of money, food and liquor to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to partners of human rights organisation, Release International.” Visit Site » Share This

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