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LA Times: ?Despite what proponents say, its defeat would not change what California?s schools teach.?

Posted on October 21, 2008
The LA Times has this editorial arguing that redefinition of marriage is not going to impact what children are taught in the schools despite the plain language of the statute quoted in the editorial. Visit Site » Share This

Strip-search law suspended: Pro-life protesters shackled, jailed for holding signs

Posted on October 21, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: A county in Maryland has agreed to halt enforcement of a sign ordinance cited when members of a team of pro-life protesters were arrested, shackled and strip-searched while expressing their opposition to abortion. According to a statement from the Alliance Defense Fund, a consent agreement has been reached that will halt enforcement of the [...

Army of Lawyers to Rock the Vote on Election Day

Posted on October 21, 2008
Francesca Heintz reports on the American Lawyer: When this year’s presidential balloting gets underway on November 3 and 4, thousands of lawyers around the country will set aside the billables and devote their time instead to fielding frustrated voters’ calls at a national voter-protection hotline...

South Dakota Pro-Life Group Files Lawsuit Over Misleading Abortion Ban Ads

Posted on October 21, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “. . . Vote Yes for Life says the pro-abortion ads falsely claim that, if Measure 11 passes, government will be involved in deciding if a woman could have an abortion when faced with medical conditions that present a risk to her health...

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George Soros Funds Catholic Groups Making Obama Seem Pro-Life on Abortion

Posted on October 21, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: ”A Catholic pro-life group says new information adds to the criticism a couple of Catholics organizations have already received for trying to make Barack Obama seem pro-life on abortion. Leading abortion activist and billionaire George Soros is behind the groups...

Northern Ireland Sees Thousands Rally Against Abortion, Petitions Presented

Posted on October 21, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Thousands of pro-life advocates rallied in Northern Ireland over the weekend against a measure in a bill in the England parliament that would legalize abortion there. The high turnout at the Rally for Life made it clear that residents of the region do not want legal abortions there...

Dennis Prager: ?Opposition to California Proposition 8: Hate in the Name of Love?

Posted on October 21, 2008
Dennis Prager has this commentary on Townhall regarding the California Marriage Amendment and events leading up to this election. He writes: ”What we have here is truly manipulative. Four justices create a right, and then a sympathetic attorney general renames a proposition so as to protect a 4-month-old right that no one had ever voted to [...

Summer Associates Feel the Heat: As economy wilts, firms are cutting their summer programs

Posted on October 21, 2008
Karen Sloan has this report on the National Law Journal. She writes: “Law students have good reason to be particularly anxious about landing a summer associate position, said Kowalski, the head of recruiting at consulting firm Kowalski & Associates...

?This Is Madness, People?: In Surprise Cameo, Scranton Bishop repudiates vague USCCB statements and pro-abortion politicians

Posted on October 21, 2008
The Whispers in the Loggia Blog reports: . . . A presidential election forum at St. John?s Roman Catholic Church on Sunday centered mainly on abortion. The argument and audience, however, erupted when Diocese of Scranton Bishop Joseph F. Martino unexpectedly arrived and vehemently expressed his distaste for what was said about the church?s stance on voting for [...

Will Justice Kennedy Recuse Again? IDEA case prospects

Posted on October 21, 2008
Tony Mauro has this report in the Legal Times that begins: “One of the more confounding Supreme Court happenings of 2007 was Justice Anthony Kennedy’s recusal in two cases involving an important issue arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...

Marriage Referendum Leads 52% to 43% Among Likely California Voters

Posted on October 21, 2008
PR Newswire reports: “A new poll of California voters shows Proposition 8, a proposed constitutional amendment that would reserve marriage for opposite-sex couples, has a 9 percentage point lead among likely voters, 52% to 43%. The poll was conducted for the Knights of Columbus by the Marist College Institute of Public Opinion between September 28 [...

It?s About Conviction, Not Convenience: The Pulpit and Christian Voting

Posted on October 21, 2008
The Family Voice Blog of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia has this post by Nathan A. Cherry discussing ADF’s Pulpit Initiative and voting responsibilities of Christians. Nathan writes: . . . Many anti-Christian organizations such as the Washington based Americans United for the Separation of Church and State act as self-imposed watchdogs for the IRS [...

Reliance on Foreign Law ? from a Republican Louisiana State Court Judge

Posted on October 21, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing a recent Louisiana ruling that upheld a marriage between first cousins even though that is prohibited under Louisian law. Related: Lousiana ruling reveals the importance of state DOMAs and marriage amendments Visit Site » Share This

Educators? dues being used against Prop. 8

Posted on October 21, 2008
One News Now reports: “Many Christian teachers in California are upset with their union for donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat Proposition 8, and then writing a check for another million dollars on top of that.” Visit Site » Share This

Iowa Christian Alliance in favor of ?no? vote on judges

Posted on October 21, 2008
A voters guide provided by the Iowa Bar Association and the Iowa Association for Justice evaluates the judges, but it does not include information on such issues as where a judge stands on abortion and same sex marriage."

Next President will shape the Supreme Court

Posted on October 21, 2008
The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “One of the most momentous and least-discussed topics in the presidential campaign is the likely departure in the next four years of as many as three of the more liberal justices on a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court...

Nebraska lawmakers agree on safe-haven age limit

Posted on October 21, 2008
The AP reports: “Stung by the abandonments of children as old as 17 under Nebraska’s brand-new safe-haven law, the governor and lawmakers agreed Monday to narrow the law’s broad wording to protect only the parents of newborns from prosecution...

Biden says he?d oppose Calif. marriage amendment

Posted on October 21, 2008
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph Biden says if he lived in California, he would vote against the marriage amendment, Proposition 8.

Christian way is not a defiant way

Posted on October 20, 2008
Lloyd Omdahl has this commentary on the Grand Forks Herald criticizing ADF’s Pulpit Initiative that concludes: . . . Eventually, those who hold minority views will leave, and churches will be left serving congregations that become more and more homogenous in their political orientation...

Wary of Islam, China Tightens a Vise of Rules

Posted on October 20, 2008
The New York Times carries this report detailing China’s crackdown on Islam: Mr. Wang said the government was engaged in a ?life or death? struggle in Xinjiang. Mr. Baikeli signaled that government control of religious activities would tighten, asserting that ?the religious issue has been the barometer of stability in Xinjiang...

Lousiana ruling reveals the importance of state DOMAs and marriage amendments

Posted on October 20, 2008
Louisiana forbids first cousins to marry, but such unions do not violate a strong public policy of the state and must be recognized if performed in a state or nation where they are valid. That recent pronouncement from a state appellate court . . .

Harvard Law School, long fractious and underachieving, is on the rise again - and shaking up the American legal world

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Boston Globe reports: . . . Over the past five years, however, that has begun to shift dramatically. After an unprecedented hiring binge, Harvard has assembled what many legal scholars believe is the most formidable law faculty in the country, with preeminent experts in most major fields - many poached from other top schools...

Eight Years After Bush v. Gore, Why is There Still So Much Election Litigation and What Does This Mean for Voter Confidence in the Electoral Process?

Posted on October 20, 2008
Richard L. Hasen has this commentary on Findlaw. He writes: . . . The short answer to why this is occurring is this: We haven’t made some important changes in election laws that should have been made soon after Florida 2000, and some of the post-2000 changes that were put into place have actually made things [...

Pennsylvania: Complaints Aired Over Ban on Teachers At ?See You At the Pole?

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports on a controversy over the Carlisle School District’s apparent decision to ban teachers from See You at the Pole events. Visit Site » Share This

Justice Department 2007 Memo Says RFRA Trumps Non-Discrimination Law

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Yesterday?s New York Times reported on a 25-page memorandum (full text) written in 2007, but released only last week, by the Justice Department?s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). The memo concludes that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) trumps the religious anti-discrimination provisions of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [...

The ?how-to? plan to criminalize Christianity

Posted on October 20, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: A growing movement that experts believe could end up in the criminalization of Christianity in the United States is being exposed in a new documentary being prepared for airing on October 26, officials at Coral Ridge Ministries have announced...

Michigan Court Upholds Social Security Number Requirement For Drivers License

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Champion v. Secretary of State, (MI Ct. App., Oct. 16, 2008), the Michigan Court of Appeals rejected claims under the free exercise and equal protection clauses of the Michigan constitution and required that a religious objector furnish his social security number in order to obtain a drivers license ...

Muslim Lawsuits Speed Up Processing of Citizenship Applications

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In response to class action lawsuits filed by Muslims in several states, federal authorities began in May to reduce a nationwide backlog of citizenship applications that have been delayed because of required name checks and background checks ...

Rector?s Suit Against Bishop Opens In Pennsylvania Today

Posted on October 20, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an unusual trial that begins today in a Pennsylvania state trial court. Rev. David Moyer, former rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal parish in Rosemont (PA), is suing Episcopal Bishop Charles E...

?The Right Way to Legalize Gay Marriage: Let the people decide, not the courts?

Posted on October 20, 2008
Steve Chapman has this commentary on Reason.com that concludes: . . . Now that gay marriage is in place in California, the public might as well see if it lives up to the promises of supporters or the warnings of opponents. If the latter prove right, there will always be time to pass the sort of [...

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