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San Diego City Council Votes 6-2 to Declare City Officially Opposed to Pro-Marriage Ballot Measure

Posted on October 29, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Members of the San Diego City Council voted 6-2 to declare the city officially opposed to Proposition 8, the hotly contested ballot initiative designed to protect the true definition of marriage in California.” Visit Site » Share This

?Lisa Miller Held in Contempt of Court for Refusing Child Visitation to Former Lesbian Lover?

Posted on October 29, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Lisa Miller, a woman who has repudiated the lesbian lifestyle, was held in contempt of court yesterday for refusing to allow child visitation for her former lesbian lover, Janet Jenkins . . . Although the judge deferred any determination regarding punishment, he ordered new visitation dates for Jenkins during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, despite [...

Texas: ?Atheist Sues City Hall: Patrick Greene Wants National Day Of Prayer Mayoral Proclamation To End?

Posted on October 29, 2008
KSAT.com reports: An atheist has filed a lawsuit aimed at preventing the mayor of San Antonio from proclaiming the National Day of Prayer on the steps of City Hall. Patrick Greene, who filed the lawsuit in federal court Oct. 24, said Tuesday that the ceremony is exclusive to Christians and leaves out other faiths ...

NY High Court Upholds Rules On Free Water For Churches

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Matter of Brooklyn Assembly Halls of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Inc. v Department of Envtl. Protection of the City of New York, (NY Ct. App., Oct. 28, 2008), New York’s high court in a 4-3 decision upheld the New York City Water Board’s interpretation of state and local statutes exempting places [...

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RLUIPA Does Not Protect Church Against Watershed Ordinance Restrictions

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Hope in the City, Inc. v. City of Austin, Texas, (WD TX, Oct. 20, 2008), a Texas federal district court held a church that was prevented from paving over additional parts of its property for a parking lot had failed to allege facts showing a substantial burden on its [...

Some evangelical girls get pregnant

Posted on October 29, 2008
GetReligion.org has this post: Margaret Talbot, writing in the latest New Yorker, has a fascinating piece about evangelical teenagers? sexual attitudes and practices. It begins by noting that the news of and reaction to Bristol Palin?s pregnancy shocked liberals...

Are Different Abortion Methods Morally Distinguishable? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Hears Richmond Med. Center v. Herring

Posted on October 29, 2008
Sherry Colb has this commentary on Findlaw. She writes: . . . Yesterday, the relatively conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit confronted just such a question when it sat en banc (as a full court) to hear argument in Richmond Medical Ctr...

Woman Victimized by Oregon Assisted Suicide Law Urges Washington to Vote No

Posted on October 29, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “An Oregon woman who was victimized by the state’s assisted suicide law is urging Washington voters to oppose I-1000, the ballot measure to make the state the second to legalize the grisly practice. Barbara Wagner found out Oregon would pay for a suicide but not medication to treat her cancer...

Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution: The government we have today is something the Founders could never have imagined.

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Wall Street Journal carries this article by Andrew P. Napalitano who writes: . . . The truth is that the Constitution grants Congress 17 specific (or “delegated”) powers. And it commands in the Ninth and 10th Amendments that the powers not articulated and thus not delegated by the Constitution to Congress be reserved to the [...

Massachusetts: ?School revamp hits a snag: Single-sex center may be illegal?

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Boston Globe reports: One of the most eye-catching elements of Boston School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson’s reorganization plan - the creation of two single-gender academies - seems to have just one problem: They appear to be illegal in Massachusetts ...

Colorado Amendment 48 for Personhood on Abortion Trails Big in New State Poll

Posted on October 29, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A new poll of Colorado voters finds Amendment 48, the measure to define unborn children as persons from the moment of conception under state law, trailing by a large margin. A new Rocky Mountain News/CBS4 survey finds the measure, which could prohibit abortions, losing 68 to 27 percent...

Ireland: ?UCC governors to consider embryonic stem-cell research?

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Irish Times reports: THE GOVERNING body of University College Cork will today consider whether or not to allow the use of embryonic stem cells for research purposes on its campus. If it gives the go-ahead to the proposal, which has been recommended by the college’s research ethics board and its academic council, it would be the [...

Catholic Michigan Gov. Says Embryonic Stem Cell Research is ?Pro-life?

Posted on October 29, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Catholic Governor Jennifer Granholm urged Michigan Democrats on Sunday to support Proposal 2, a ballot measure that would allow embryonic stem cell (ESC) researchers to destroy human embryos, and asserted that such a measure is in accord with the Catholic Church’s pro-life teaching ...

Will Expletives Ring Out on C-SPAN?

Posted on October 29, 2008
Tony Mauro has this post on the Blog of the Legal Times that begins: We already know, because Carter Phillips has said so, that the tender ears of the Supreme Court justices — and the audience at the Supreme Court in general — will be subjected to raw expletives a week from today during oral arguments [...

?Institute for Women? created in Panama to promote abortion

Posted on October 29, 2008
CNA reports: “Local media in Panama reported last week that the country?s Ministry of Social Development is driving the creation of the so-called ‘Institute for Women,’ which will promote gender ideology, abortion and same-sex unions...

Youngsters rescued in child-prostitution sting

Posted on October 29, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: An FBI child prostitution roundup has resulted in the arrests of more than 600 people. Forty-seven children, ranging in age from 13 to 17 and all but one female, were rescued in the process . . . While applauding the roundup, attorney Pat Trueman of the�Alliance Defense Fund says any legal action must go far [...

Over 100 Bishops Have Spoken Out on Priority of Life Issues

Posted on October 29, 2008
Deal Hudson reports on InsideCatholic.com: The list of U. S. bishops who have spoken out on the priority of the life issues in this election is now over 100.� The list now contains 70 individual bishops and three joint statements. I would like to continue updating this list until the day of the election...

Boy could be 23rd child abandoned at Neb. hospital

Posted on October 29, 2008
The AP reports: “A 17-year-old boy left at a hospital in Lincoln, Neb., may be counted as the 23rd child abandoned under the state’s unique safe-haven law. Lincoln police say the boy’s parents took him to BryanLGH Medical Center West late Tuesday...

Cardinal Christoph Schonborn: ?Scientism? and the Search for Life?s Origin and Purpose

Posted on October 29, 2008
It is amazing that it should be forbidden (as . . . in the U.S.A.) to pose the question concerning teleology in nature in science classrooms in public schools, with the result being that it is permissible to teach materialism . . .

Lord?s Prayer questioned in Australian Parliament

Posted on October 28, 2008
The AP reports: “The speaker of Australia’s Parliament has called for a public debate about whether the country’s lawmakers should end the practice of starting each session with the Lord’s Prayer.” Visit Site » Share This

ACLU: Using the Human Rights Framework to Unravel Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs

Posted on October 28, 2008
The ACLU Blog carries this post that indicates: Sexuality Research & Social Policy?s special issue features articles written by some of the most prominent experts in the fields of adolescent sexuality, public health, human rights, and education ...

11th Circuit upholds opening county commision meetings with sectarian prayers

Posted on October 28, 2008
Whether invocations of ?Lord of Lords? or ?the God of Abraham, Issac, and Mohammed? are ?sectarian? is best left to theologians, not courts of law. We affirm.

?Author Says Constitution No Impediment To Moving Beyond Electoral College?

Posted on October 28, 2008
The ACS Blog carries this report by James P. Rooney who writes: . . . Into this void stepped two brothers who are law professors, Akhil Amar and Vikram Amar.�Because each state may choose the method by which its electors are allocated, they asked why not have states direct their electors to vote for the winner [...

Florida: Complaint accuses Amendment 2 backers of illegal donor activities

Posted on October 28, 2008
The South Florida Blade reports: Florida4Marriage.org, the political [...]

Arizona: Court ruling on license plates isn?t surprising

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Yuma Sun carries this editorial that begins: “The Arizona License Plate Commission learned recently that it has less authority than it thought to decide who can have a specialty vehicle license plate. It came down to an issue of free expression, which is protected by the U...

Jesse Jackson Jr. Would be ?Humbled and Honored? to take Obama?s Place in Senate

Posted on October 28, 2008
BlackChristianNews.com reports: “Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has his eye on the potentially soon-to-be vacant seat held by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich would appoint a successor if Obama is elected president.” Visit Site » Share This

?Chicago Mayor Opposes Homosexual-Friendly School?

Posted on October 28, 2008
BlackChristianNews.com reports: “Opposition to a school for homosexuals and lesbians in Chicago is growing. The school has taken public input on setting aside the school as a safe haven for homosexuals, but Mayor Richard Daley has announced opposition to the idea...

Grand Rapids, MI: ?Local money fights gay marriage in Florida, California?

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press carries this report: In much of America, the issue of gay marriage has faded as a presidential race fixed on the economy dominates headlines. But two prominent West Michigan philanthropists are writing big checks to help keep it front and center...

Washington: Strip club proposed near Safeco Field

Posted on October 28, 2008
The Seattle Times reports: Take me out to the ballgame. Take me out with the crowd. And buy me a lap dance? That’s what a proposed strip club could offer just south of Safeco Field. Longtime Seattle adult-entertainment figure Roger Forbes wants the city’s permission to open a D�j� Vu strip club in a building [...

Billings, Montana: City council adopt sex shop regs

Posted on October 28, 2008
KULR 8 reports: “Billings City Council members vote to further ban adult businesses from certain areas of the city, and owners of some of those businesses are outraged.” Visit Site » Share This

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