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On ballots this Nov: More Muslim American women

Posted on October 31, 2008
The AP reports: Many things have changed for Muslim Americans in the seven years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: Interrogations from FBI and immigration officials. Additional screenings from airport security. The feeling of being targeted by the contentious Patriot Act...

Rhode Island Catholic Bishop: ?Okay, Here?s How You Should Vote?

Posted on October 31, 2008
The Rhode Island Catholic carries this article by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin that is titled provacatively: Okay, Here’s How You Should Vote. The Bishop concludes: . . . It?s not my role or that of Church leadership to tell you for whom you must vote...

Irish university approves embryonic stem-cell research; bishop decries vote

Posted on October 31, 2008
CatholicCulture.org reports: “University College- Cork has become the first Irish institution to authorize embryonic stem-cell research, with a narrow faculty vote that has drawn sharp criticism from Bishop Dermot Clifford of Cashel.” Visit Site » Share This

UK Nazi tactics not just in anti-life bills: Pro Life Cardinal is under media attack

Posted on October 31, 2008
Cardinal Keith O'Brien . . . claimed . . . [the] Embryology Bill had "grotesque" implications. In an open letter to Gordon Brown, the cardinal compared the provisions of the Bill to behaviour last seen in Nazi Germany . . .

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UK: Sir William Blackstone

Posted on October 31, 2008
Christian Concern for our Nation sponsored a Blackstone Lecture that included this introduction on William Blackstone by Mark Mullins. Share This

Homosexual proponents try to buy marriage redefinition by pumping funds into NY Senate campaigns

Posted on October 31, 2008
". . . groups like the Human Rights Campaign and fund-raisers with ties to the deep-pocketed Gill Foundation ? a philanthropic group ? are aggressively involved in the effort . . . George Soros . . . has donated at least $82,000 . . ."

UK: ?Ask parliament, not courts, whether your husband can help you end your life?

Posted on October 31, 2008
Purdy had claimed that by failing to clarify her husband's position, the DPP was violating her right to a private life as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights . . .

Abortion debate central for some voters

Posted on October 31, 2008
USA Today reports: John McCain’s and Barack Obama’s dueling statements on abortion rights have ratcheted up debate over the future of Roe v. Wade at a time when the Supreme Court could be at a crossroads on the 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide...

?Poll shows Californians oppose gay marriage ban?

Posted on October 31, 2008
Reuters reports: “The latest Field Poll conducted from October 18 to Tuesday showed the proposed ban on same-sex marriage failing, with 49 percent opposing the ban and 44 supporting it. Opposition to the ban was stronger in September, when 55 percent opposed it and 38 percent supported it...

Catholic Bishops Bring Concerns about Same-Sex Unions to YouTube

Posted on October 30, 2008
The USCCB has issued this press release linking to YouTube videos that feature Bishops discussing the importance of marriage: “The USCCB seeks ‘to promote and protect marriage for the gift that it is and for the blessings that only it can bring to the world...

California: Prop. 4, 8 campaigns battle fiercely for crucial Latino vote

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Sacramento Bee reports: From Spanish-language television commercials to inserts in church bulletins, proponents of the initiatives are trying to reach voters such as Juan Navarro, a 44-year-old farmworker from Turlock . . . To reach similar voters, the Yes on 8 campaign is spending $1 million on Spanish-language TV and radio ads...

Arizona: YesforMarriage.com seeks help passing the marriage amendment

Posted on October 30, 2008
Yes for Marriage Tell a Friend Campaign: Prop 102?s 20 simple and clear words speak for themselves, but we need your help to make sure they end up in Arizona?s constitution ? the only place where they?ll truly be protected from activist judges and politicians...

NC: Court Rehears Partial?Birth Abortion Ban Case

Posted on October 30, 2008
The North Carolina Family Policy Council: “On Tuesday, October 28, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes North Carolina, held an 80?minute hearing on the constitutionality of Virginia?s partial birth abortion ban. The Partial Birth Infanticide Act was passed into law in 2003 ...

Delaware threatens to discriminate against homeschooled driver ed students

Posted on October 30, 2008
HSLDA reports: “However, the proposed amendment would change the regulations to provide that only public school students would continue to receive free driver education. All other students would have to pay tuition, which at this time is stated by the Department of Education to be $362...

Colorado: Diamond Cabaret manager charged with reckless manslaughter

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News reports: “If convicted, Bryan Coe, 39, faces two to six years in prison for allegedly using a choke hold to subdue Gabriel Pico during an after-hours scuffle at the strip club.” Visit Site » Share This

Florida: Hudson man shot in strip club argument

Posted on October 30, 2008
The St. Petersburg Times reports: “Shortly after closing time early Wednesday at Calendar Girls strip club, an argument erupted between two patrons in the parking lot, authorities said. It ended with gunfire.” Visit Site » Share This

Wisconsin: Code change to allow Christmas trees in churches

Posted on October 30, 2008
The AP reports that fire departments are apparently telling some churches that applicable code prevent live Christmas trees. Visit Site » Share This

Massachusetts: Schools ask changes in choice law

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Boston Globe reports: The Boston Globe reports: School superintendents are renewing a call to change the school choice law, particularly funding for charter schools, as their districts lose money because students leave for charter schools and other alternatives ...

Prop 8 preserves freedoms

Posted on October 30, 2008
USA Today carries this commentary by Jim Garlow who recites a litany of real word examples and concludes: . . . The common thread? When same-sex relationships ? especially marriage ? acquire government sanction, anyone in opposition to it must be intimidated, silenced, fined, jailed or at least threatened...

Richard Land: ?Your Faith and the State?

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Christian Post carries this commentary by Richard Land: . . . People of faith are not somehow disqualified from commenting or being involved in the political process because of their belief in One who is greater than themselves. Our responsibility to be involved?prayerfully and personally?in the affairs of our nation does not dissipate once [...

Charles Colson: ?Monogamy and Genetics: Of Voles and Men?

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Christian Post carries this commentary by Chuck Colson who writes: Researchers in Sweden recently announced what makes men good ?husband material.? The key, they say, lies not in his religion, his morals, or even how much he loves his potential spouse?it?s how much he has in common with rodents ...

Albert Mohler, Jr.: Is the Abortion Argument Changing?

Posted on October 30, 2008
Albert Mohler, Jr. has posted this article on his blog.� He writes: I can understand the desire to reset the equation, to transcend the tired divisions.� I can even understand the desire to move on, to go on to other issues of great and grave concern...

Michigan: ACLU to hold stem cell seminar

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Detroit Free Press reports: “The American Civil Liberties Union is sponsoring a seminar today on stem cell research in support of Proposal 2, the November ballot initiative that would allow families to donate excess embryos from in vitro fertilization treatments to researchers to use for embryonic stem cell research...

Temecula: Students miss school in Prop. 8 protest

Posted on October 30, 2008
The North County Times reports: “More than a dozen students stayed home from Temecula Valley Unified School District campuses on Monday in protest of the state teachers union’s opposition to a ballot measure that would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry...

Does Increased Welfare Spending or Pro-Life Legislation Reduce Abortion?

Posted on October 30, 2008
Rigorous analysis of their own data indicates that increased welfare spending only has little to no impact on abortion. Public funding restrictions and informed-consent laws, however, are effective at reducing abortion rates.

Is the Family a Federal Question?

Posted on October 30, 2008
The Article concludes with some reflections on the implications of my analysis and emphasizes the important role of federal courts in supporting, empowering, and protecting contemporary American families.

Eight Threats To Marriage In A Downturn

Posted on October 30, 2008
Forbes reports: The bad news is, statistically, money is typically the driving force behind a marriage meltdown. The good news, however, is that it’s not everything. In other words, a marriage surviving a downturn depends more on what a couple’s finances and relationship were like before money truly mattered ...

?Constitutional lawyers, actors union latest to oppose Calif. gay marriage ban?

Posted on October 30, 2008
365Gay.com reports: The Screen Actors Guild has come out against a proposed amendment to the California constitution that would ban same-sex marriage, while 59 noted constitutional lawyers have issued a statement denouncing arguments being used by supporters of the measure...

The Deadly Side of Spreading the Wealth

Posted on October 30, 2008
Dorinad Bordley has this post on National Review. She writes: When Barack Obama admitted to Joe the Plumber that he planned on spreading the wealth around, he didn?t mention that the tax dollars he will take from you will be used to pay for elective abortions for others...

William Saunders on ?Render unto Caesar?

Posted on October 30, 2008
It is astounding to recall, as Chaput notes, that the famous American Jesuit John Courtney Murray believed that natural law, since it can be discerned by anyone, offered the perfect basis on which people of any, or no, religious persuasion could discuss, argue, and persuade in a democracy.

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