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Albert Mohler, Jr.: What?s Really at Stake in the Gay Marriage Debate? Part Four

Posted on October 27, 2008
Albert Mohler, Jr. writes: . . . There is no real ground for compromise between these two visions and perspectives. Both sides frame their argument in moral terms. Advocates of the constrained vision argue that humanity is heterosexual by default and design and that homosexuality is thus an aberration to be sanctioned and discouraged...

ACLU to Hold Panel Discussion on Sex Segregation in Public School

Posted on October 27, 2008
The ACLU of Kentucky reports: The ACLU of Kentucky is hosting a panel discussion on Wednesday, October 29 about the growing trend of sex-segregated education in public schools. Speakers will raise questions about whether public school resources should be spent on single-sex experiments, which have not been shown by research to be effective, rather than on reliable [...

Biden?s Bishop says Biden has presented a ?seriously erroneous? picture of church teaching on abortion

Posted on October 27, 2008
Catholic Bishop Francis Mallooly has this post in the Wilmington News Journal that begins: In his interview with The News Journal published Oct. 19, Sen. Joe Biden presents a seriously erroneous picture of Catholic teaching on abortion. He said, ?I know that my church has wrestled with this for 2,000 years,? and claimed repeatedly that the Church has a [...

Arizona: ADF appeal challenges sign ordinance that discriminates against churches

Posted on October 27, 2008
The town?s amended code continues to restrict the First Amendment rights of churches,? said ADF Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco. ?We trust that the 9th Circuit will understand the need for those rights to remain in tact . . . "

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Washington: Religion is superstition display authorized in state capitol with nativity

Posted on October 27, 2008
The AP reports that the State General Administration has authorized a nativity display in the State Capitol along with this: ”The other is a placard from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Coalition that notes the winter solstice and says religion is a superstition that enslaves minds...

U.K.: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is a ?gross assault on human nature?

Posted on October 27, 2008
In its key provisions, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill exhibits this malign abandonment of an ethics of humanity.

University of Alberta Looks at Erasing God from Graduation Ceremony

Posted on October 27, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: The University of Alberta’s Atheists and Agnostics (A &A) society wants to take God off the program when students line up in caps and gowns to get their degrees this. Traditionally the chancellor’s speech to the new graduates urges them to use their knowledge for “the glory of God and the honour of your country...

U.K. Relationship Counselor Sacked for Refusing to Give Homosexual Sex Advice

Posted on October 27, 2008
Gary McFarlane, a psychosexual therapist for the relationships counseling service Relate in the U.K., says he was fired for refusing to offer to give sex advice to homosexual couples . . .

CBS increasingly airing indecency

Posted on October 27, 2008
Baptist Press reports: CBS and other broadcast television networks increasingly are pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable entertainment as the Federal Communications Commission, the government body charged with enforcing indecency laws, awaits an upcoming Supreme Court hearing in order to determine a response...

FBI: Child-prostitution roundup snares over 600

Posted on October 27, 2008
The AP reports: More than 600 adults have been arrested and 47 children rescued in a three-day roundup targeting people who force children into prostitution. The FBI said the roundup by federal, state and local law enforcement occurred in 29 cities, adding that the raids dismantled 12 large-scale prostitution operations run through call services, truck stops, casinos [...

Penn. App. Ct.: No Preference for public schooling over homeschooling in child custody disputes

Posted on October 27, 2008
On the Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh reports on a child custody ruling by a Pennsylvania Appellate Court that holds there is no presumption in favor of public schools where the parents disagree. Staub v. Staub, 2008 PA Super 251 (Penn. App. Oct...

Cal. utility paying price for homosexual support

Posted on October 27, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: Pacific Gas & Electric shocked and stunned many of its customers and shareholders when it decided to give $250,000 dollars – a quarter of a million dollars — specifically to oppose Proposition 8, which is a pro-marriage amendment to recognize marriage between one man and one woman,” he explains...

Utah: Students in charter schools expand by 50%

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Salt Lake Tribune reports: “Utah could have nearly 50 percent more students in charter schools by the 2010-11 school year if the state Board of Education approves several new schools and agrees to expand others at its next meeting.” Visit Site » Share This

Pa. college, student group settle free speech suit

Posted on October 27, 2008
The AP reports: Shippensburg University and a religious student group have settled a lawsuit over alleged violations of free speech rights . . . The Washington-based Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom said the latest lawsuit stemmed from Christian Fellowship’s expulsion from campus by the student senate in February in a dispute over its membership and [...

Court Dismisses Title VII Claim By Pastor Against Catholic Archdiocese

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports on this case apparently grounded in the ministerial exception: ”In Ogugua v. Archdiocese of Omaha, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85317 (D NE, Oct. 22, 2008), a Nebraska federal district court dismissed a Title VII discrimination claim by an assistant pastor who was suspended from exercising priestly functions by the Omaha Catholic Archdiocese...

Pastor?s nine-week sermon series compares Obama and McCain positions

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Daily Journal reports: . . . And, even though no politics from the pulpit is part of federal law, some local pastors — and a national alliance — say it infringes on their First Amendment rights and their responsibility as spiritual leaders...

Teacher?s ADA Claim Dismissed Under Ministerial Exception

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports on a Missouri federal ruling holding that the ministerial exception applies to the Americans with Disabilities act. EEOC v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85719 (ED MI, Oct. 23, 2008) Visit Site » Share This

Florida Church Ordered To Permit Member Inspection of Records

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “According to Florida Today, a Brevard County (FL) circuit judge on Friday ordered Palm Bay, Florida’s Zion Christian Church to permit one of its members to inspect elder board minutes and financial records so that she can determine how her tithes are being used...

A Vote Against Gay Marriage is a Vote FOR Tolerance?

Posted on October 27, 2008
Frank Turek has this commentary on Townhall that begins: “Since most homosexuals don?t want to get married or stay married, then why are homosexual activists so adamant about government recognition of same-sex marriage? Because same-sex marriage will win them what they really want?validation and normalization...

Utah?s top federal jurist violated judicial rules with Obama donations

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Salt Lake Tribune reports: “Utah’s chief federal judge violated judicial rules by contributing to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Judge Tena Campbell, a President Clinton appointee, donated $100 to the Democratic candidate on Aug...

Federal Judge Holds that Prohibiting Teachers In Public Schools From Wearing Partisan Political Buttons Does Not Violate the First Amendment

Posted on October 27, 2008
Julie Hilden has this commentary on Findlaw. She writes: On October 17, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that public school teachers do not have a First Amendment right to wear political buttons while on school property...

Americans, Pastors Urged to Speak Out Against Porn

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Christian Post reports: Several anti-porn groups fed up with the number of children and marriages that have been harmed as a result of porn addiction are urging Americans to fight back during a pornography awareness event this week. During the 20th annual “White Ribbon Against Pornography Week” (WRAP), which runs Oct...

Arkansas Pastor becomes IRS target

Posted on October 27, 2008
One News Now reports: . . . Bishop Robert E. Smith is senior pastor at Word of Outreach and Christian Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas. Americans United for Separation of Church and State has lodged a complaint against him for endorsing John McCain for president from the pulpit on October 12 ...

Justice Ginsburg regrets radical nature of Roe v. Wade?

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Daily Princetonian carries this report of a recent visit by Justice Ginsburg to Princeton in which the Justice expressed some regrets about the radical nature of Roe v. Wade. The Justice is quoted: Ginsburg said that the abruptness of the decision, which declared many state statutes unconstitutional, created a ?perfect rallying point? for people who [...

Star Parker: ?Traditional marriage is vital to kids and education?

Posted on October 27, 2008
Star Parker has this commentary on Townhall that begins: “According to the California Teachers Association and the California School Boards Association, the Proposition 8 marriage initiative has nothing to do with what is taught in California’s public schools...

A Line in the Sand for Same-Sex Marriage Foes

Posted on October 27, 2008
The NY Times reports: While the battle over same-sex marriage has been all but invisible in the presidential race this year, it is raging like a wind-whipped wildfire in California . . . But religious conservatives have cast the campaign in California as the decisive last stand, warning in stunningly apocalyptic terms of dire consequences to the entire nation if Proposition [...

Florida Amendment 2: Facts, Fears and Potential fallout

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Florida Times-Union carries this report discussing whether Florida’ proposed marriage amendment will impact domestic partnerships. ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks is quoted along with Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel. www.yes2marriage.org Visit Site » Share This

From Tolerance to Intolerance: How the Normalization of Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage Will Lead to the Suppression of Freedom

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Family Voice, the Blog of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia has this post that reports: Observing just this small selection of examples will lead us to conclude that the allowance of same-sex marriage in any state, rather it be MA, CA, or WV, will lead to the states normalizing of homosexuality and same-sex marriage...

Georgia: Teachers say covering evolution can be a trial

Posted on October 27, 2008
The Atlanta J. Constitution reports: Some students burst into tears when a high school biology teacher told them they?d be studying evolution. Another teacher said some students repeatedly screamed ?no? when he began talking about it. Other teachers said students demanded to know whether they pray and questioned why they had to learn about evolution if it [...

UK: Oxford Neonatologist Says Time Has Come to Consider ?Mandatory Organ Donation

Posted on October 24, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: According to Dr. Julian Savulescu, the Uehiro Chair of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, and neonatologist and Oxford graduate student Dominic Wilkinson, bold steps may have to be taken to increase the supply of organs for transplant...

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