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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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?ACLU Commends Obama-Biden Ban on Discrimination Against LGBT Applicants for Jobs in the New Administration?

Posted on November 10, 2008
The ACLU reports: “The American Civil Liberties Union commends the Obama-Biden Transition team for including sexual orientation and gender identity in its non-discrimination policy as it prepares to assume power in January.” Visit Site » Share This

Tennessee: Sex Fest Bust Update: 15 Arrested

Posted on November 10, 2008
VolunteerTV.com reports: “Volunteer TV has found out a lot more about the raid on a adult bookstore, we first told you about Saturday night. Officers arrested 15 people, after breaking up what they called a “meet and greet sex fest” at the Adult World along I-75 in Campbell County...

Marriage as a universal public institution

Posted on November 10, 2008
What happened with the California Supreme Court ruling this year was a redefinition of marriage as an institution. Government, it is worth remembering, didn?t create marriage. Marriage is a universal public institution that has been defined for thousands of years as a sexual union between a husband and wife...

Kyl issues warning to Obama on Supreme Court appointments

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Phoenix Business Journal reports: “Jon Kyl, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, warned president-elect Barack Obama that he would filibuster U.S. Supreme Court appointments if those nominees were too liberal.” Visit Site » Share This

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California Episcopal Bishops Excoriate Passage of Proposition 8, Another Diocese splits

Posted on November 10, 2008
Virtue Online reports: “Two Episcopal bishops and the head of The Episcopal Church’s gay and lesbian organization, Integrity, blasted voters who backed a successful ballot initiative to ban gay marriage in California and three other states...

?Election reshapes legal landscape; Obama could remake circuits?

Posted on November 10, 2008
How Appealing links to several articles discussing this topic.� Visit Site » Share This

South Dakota Pro-Life Advocate Ready for Next Battle After Abortion Ban Loss

Posted on November 10, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Votes Yes for Life leader Leslee Unruh is not letting a second defeat of a state ban on most abortions deter her enthusiasm for pro-life activism. She and other pro-life advocates who worked for Measure 11 plan to reassess their situation and move forward...

Billy Graham Won?t Advise Obama, Son Mentions Strong Pro-Abortion Position

Posted on November 10, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Respected Christian preacher Billy Graham has been an advisor and spiritual helper to presidents dating back to President Eisenhower. He is ending that relationship due to his age and health concers. Meanwhile, Graham’s son mentioned Obama’s pro-abortion position as a problem...

ADF attorney available to media after Pa. parental rights trial

Posted on November 10, 2008
ADF-allied attorney David Dye, along with the Alliance Defense Fund, is representing a Perry County man in a parental custody battle over his daughter with the husband of his deceased ex-wife.

Predicting Probability: Regulating the Future of Preimplantation Genetic Screening

Posted on November 10, 2008
A medical procedure, known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), combines genetic testing and assisted reproductive technology (ART) to enable parents to screen their potential children before implantation for genetic or chromosomal characteristics.

Does Religion Make You Nice?

Posted on November 10, 2008
The positive effect of religion in the real world, to my mind, is tied to this last, community component?rather than a belief in constant surveillance by a higher power. Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.

Wesley J. Smith - Assisted Suicide: The Wind in Their Sails

Posted on November 10, 2008
Frustrated advocates adopted an ?Oregon-plus-one? strategy, believing that if only a second state legalized assisted suicide, it would put the winds back into their sails. That theory is about to be tested.

NPR: ?California Gay Leaders Assess Marriage Defeat?

Posted on November 10, 2008
NPR “Tell Me More” reports:��”A roundtable of guests familiar with Proposition 8 discuss why the provision failed, sparking an emotional reaction.” Visit Site » Share This

In R.I., some car dealers want Sundays off, some don?t

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Providence Journal reports: �”You can?t buy a new car. In Maine, Minnesota and Colorado, plus 11 other states and assorted counties, at least 80 million Americans can kick tires on Sundays but can?t sign on the dotted line. Even in Detroit, you can?t buy a car on Sunday...

School board rejects line from Pledge of Allegiance for boardroom wall

Posted on November 10, 2008
Mercury News reports:� Antelope Valley Union High School District trustees have voted narrowly to defeat a plan to place the words “one nation under God” on a boardroom wall. The phrase, contained in the Pledge of Allegiance, was at the center of a court battle waged several years ago by a Sacramento parent who challenged the pledge [...

Monks brawl at Jerusalem?s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of Jesus?s crucifixion

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Telegraph reports (includes video): “Israeli police have broken up a brawl among rival monks in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed the site of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.”� Haaretz (also includes video);�Once again, monks come to blows at Church of Holy Sepulcher Visit Site » Share This

Ignoring reality: NYT and other pro-abortion outlets gloat over pro-life losses

Posted on November 10, 2008
In Colorado and South Dakota, pro-lifers were divided . . . In California and Washington pro-lifers were heavily outspent. Moral to this story: Pro-lifers must be united and they must be competitive in fundraising.

Washington: Suicide law conflicts with some providers: State finds resistance to measure

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Olympian reports: “Some major health care providers say they want nothing to do with the doctor-assisted-suicide law that Washington voters approved Tuesday. Others say they are reserving judgment.” � Visit Site » Share This

?NY eyes allowing gay marriage; opponents vow fight?

Posted on November 10, 2008
The AP reports:� Even as voters in California banned same-sex marriage in a tight referendum, Tuesday’s election opened the door for the same debate in New York. The pending shift in state Senate control away from Republicans removes one clear obstacle to legalizing gay marriage in New York, though opponents aren’t conceding anything yet and advocates say [...

California: Marriage redefinition proponents protest Saddleback Church

Posted on November 10, 2008
The AP reports: “About 300 gay-rights advocates fanned out along sidewalks leading to Saddleback Church in Lake Forest to voice their anger of the church’s support of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment approved by voters Tuesday that overturns a state Supreme Court decision in May legalizing same-sex unions...

No ?illegal aliens? in Arizona? AZ Chief Justice imposes PC terminology regime

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Center for Immigration Studies has posted this report indicating that Arizon’a Chief Justice has banned certain words from the courtroom. �The report concludes:� As private enterprises, newspapers can publish whatever they so choose. But to suggest that attorneys representing the People and impartial judges should bend to the demands of activist groups at the expense [...

John Haldane: Social Conservatives in America would do well to consider recent events in the U.K.

Posted on November 10, 2008
With U.S. commentators focused almost exclusively on the Presidential and Congressional elections, turning only to other matters as and when they seemed likely to influence the polling, it is unsurprising that recent events here in Britain have gone largely unremarked.

Austin Ruse: Marriage Wins Big, Unborn Lose Big

Posted on November 10, 2008
Pro-lifers lost big and marriage proponents won handily in this week?s election. The most dramatic pro-life loss, of course, was the presidency.

Libertarians on same-sex ?marriage? strategy and CA Prop. 8

Posted on November 10, 2008
Instapundit links to Aaron Hicklin’s (editor of Out Magazine) article in The Guardian: For months, pro-gay marriage campaigners fretted that a big turnout for Obama would tip the scales in favour of Proposition 8 because it would bring out record numbers of African-Americans, who tend to hold more conservative social views...

Wednesday: Oral argument in Pleasant Grove City, UT v. Summum

Posted on November 10, 2008
Oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday. Jay Sekulow of ACLJ will be arguing for the city. �ACLJ offers this update. More information and links to case filings:� Pleasant Grove City, UT v. Summum�(07-665), on whether donated monuments displayed in public parks qualify as private speech, thus requiring municipalities to display monuments from all other donors...

S. Michael Craven: ?Marriage Survives! Can it Endure??

Posted on November 10, 2008
Law and politics always follow and reflects culture?they do not create culture. This has been the case throughout history.

School welcomes Christian club, changes unfair policies

Posted on November 10, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: The Alliance Defense Fund has dismissed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin school for retracting a discriminatory policy against a Christian club. �Open Door Church of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, ran into opposition from the school when it tried to start an Awana Club on the campus...

Liberty Counsel Files Motion to Intervene to Defend California?s Marriage Amendment

Posted on November 10, 2008
Liberty Counsel has issued this press release that begins: “Today Liberty Counsel is filing a�motion to intervene�to defend against three lawsuits filed at the California Supreme Court by same-sex marriage advocates. The lawsuits, which were filed last week, are asking the Court to overturn the California Marriage Protection Act (Proposition recently passed by California [...

Who is in Charge of our Pulpits?

Posted on November 10, 2008
Currently, the Internal Revenue Service has placed itself in the role of evaluating the content of a pastor's sermon to determine if the message is "political." We need to ask: Where did this authority come from?

Obama May Move Quickly on Stem Cells, Children?s Health

Posted on November 10, 2008
John Podesta: "We?re looking at ? again, in virtually every agency to see where we can move forward, whether that?s on energy transformation, on improving health care, on stem cell research."

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