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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Revenuers vs. religion?

Posted on September 25, 2008
Churches do not turn into political action committees simply because their pastors want to preach about what the Bible says on a political candidate's positions.

Posted on September 25, 2008
Pastors participating in the Alliance Defense Fund?s ?Pulpit Freedom Sunday? will preach from their pulpits Sept. 28 about the moral qualifications of candidates seeking political office.

When do ministers cross the line?

Posted on September 25, 2008
The third LA Times installment in the ongoing discussion of ADF’s Pulpit Initiative between ADF attorney Erik Stanley and Barry Lynn of Americans United for Church and State is now online. It poses this question: Today’s question: At what point does a minister cross a line between merely sharing private views and involving a church in [...

Homeschoolers Strike Back: Lesson = Law follows culture

Posted on September 25, 2008
Josh Dunn and Martha Derthick have this article in “Education Next” a publication of the Hoover Institution. Notably, it concludes: Given the support offered by the political establishment, it seems likely that home schooling will continue in California regardless of what the court decides in its reconsidered opinion...

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Judge: No rights violation by UW for refusal to recognize Roman Catholic Foundation

Posted on September 25, 2008
Wisconsin State Journal reports: A federal district judge on Wednesday sided with UW-Madison in a case over how much religion is too much when doling out money to faith-based student groups. . . . RCF, then known as the University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation, had sought and received student fee funding beginning with the 2004-05 academic [...

?Senate Examines Federal Court Barriers To Worker Discrimination Cases?

Posted on September 25, 2008
The ACS Blog reports: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today heard extensive tesitmony on the increasing struggles employees face in acheiving workplace equality. Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), in his opening remarks this morning, highlighted inequality in pay and the increasing refusal of federal courts to hear employment discrimination legal actions...

German TV Ads Promote Children ?as a Cherished Matter of Course?

Posted on September 25, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: By way of the ads, the sponsors of the campaign intended to generate a lively public debate on the country’s disastrously low birth rate, “with the ultimate objective of restoring the idea of having children as a cherished matter of course...

Indiana: Ban on molesters in parks is upheld

Posted on September 25, 2008
IndyStar.com reports: Plainfield won a key court decision Wednesday in the fight over banning sex offenders from parks, a case closely watched by other Indiana cities and towns with similar bans. Although courts struck down an Indianapolis ban two years ago, Plainfield’s ordinance is the latest in a series of narrower measures to survive court challenges...

Three states weigh calls for new charters: Hawaii, Connecticut, Illinois

Posted on September 25, 2008
Stateline.org reports: “Hawaii is one of three states ? along with Connecticut and Illinois ? where voters will decide this year whether to convene constitutional conventions. The question is on the ballot in all three states automatically, because their state charters specify that voters decide whether to hold new conventions at set intervals...

Mobilizing Support for California?s Proposition 8

Posted on September 25, 2008
Concerned Women for America reports: “Next week, on October 2, concerned citizens of California will be given an opportunity to hear first hand how they can help encourage neighbors to vote ‘yes’ on Proposition 8.” Visit Site » Share This

President?s Address to the Nation on the Financial Meltdown

Posted on September 25, 2008
The text of last night’s speech has been made available by the White House here. Visit Site » Share This

When Judges Make Foreign Policy

Posted on September 25, 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear that the defining constitutional problem for the present generation will be the nature of the relationship of the United States to what is somewhat optimistically called the international order.

Wisconsin Court Creates Financial Incentive for Assisted Suicide

Posted on September 25, 2008
"We agree with the circuit court that 'unlawful and intentional killing' within the meaning of this statute does not include assisting another to commit suicide."

New way to make stem cells is safer: U.S. research

Posted on September 25, 2008
Reuters reports: “Researchers have developed a safer way to make powerful stem cells from ordinary skin cells, taking one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine. They used a common cold virus to carry transformative genes into ordinary mouse cells, making them look and act like embryonic stem cells...

Catholic U.K. Minister of Transport?s Resignation for Family Reasons Questioned

Posted on September 25, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports on the resignation of British PM Ruth Kelly: But the expression of a politician’s desire to “spend more time with family” is normally taken by analysts as a common political clich� covering a conflict with the party, and Kelly’s announcement is no exception...

?Study supports gay adoptions?

Posted on September 25, 2008
"'The pool of potential adoptive parents must be expanded to keep pace with the growing number of kids in foster care who are legally free for adoption,' stated the report by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, which is based in New York."

Texas: Condoms to Go owner sues Garland, Rowlett, Murphy over sex business label

Posted on September 25, 2008
The Dallas Morning News reports: Sara Lee Goff, owner of the Condoms to Go and Sara’s Secret stores, has filed a lawsuit accusing the cities of unfairly rejecting her efforts to open shops within their borders. The suit, filed Monday in federal district court in Dallas, faults ordinances that label Ms...

No LSAT Allowed in Michigan Law School?s Special Admissions Program

Posted on September 25, 2008
"University of Michigan undergrads interested in applying at the university?s law school for the 2010 term won?t have to take the Law School Admissions Test, and they won?t have to pay an application fee."

Gideons International to Commemorate First Bibles Distribution

Posted on September 25, 2008
The Christian Post reports: Gideons International, known for placing Bibles in hotel rooms as a silent witness to God?s Word, will soon be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organization?s first Bible placement . . . In recent years, the organization has been asked to stop its distribution of palm-sized Bibles that contain the New Testament, Proverbs [...

Christianity Today: ?Endorsing from the Pulpit?

Posted on September 25, 2008
Christianity Today carries this report on ADF’s Pulpit Initiative that includes this quote from Pastor Gus Booth: “The voting booth is not some sort of sacred cow that you can’t talk about. You’re supposed to bring the gospel into every area of life...

NPR: Pastors To Preach Politics From The Pulpit

Posted on September 25, 2008
Stanley says pastors are fed up. In the past four years, the IRS has stepped up its investigations of clergy. It sent letters to 47 churches, including some liberal ones ? not just for explicit endorsements, but also for using code words like pro-choice or pro-life in relation to candidates.

Rabbi Prays for Election of McCain

Posted on September 25, 2008
David Bernstein has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy reporting on a Jewish Rabbi’s prayer for the election of John McCain. Bernstein thinks: “Invoking the Almighty for partisan purposes is, to say the least, unbecoming.” Visit Site » Share This

Tancredo Introduces ?Jihad Prevention Act?

Posted on September 25, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Last week, Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo introduced H.R. 6975, the Jihad Prevention Act, which would deny visas to anyone who promotes the introduction of Sharia law into the U.S.” Visit Site » Share This

British Muslim Given Suspended Sentence In Teens? Self-Flogging Ceremony

Posted on September 25, 2008
The Religion Clause reports: “As previously reported, last month a jury in Manchester, England’s Crown Court convicted a devout Shia Muslim, Syed Mustafa Zaidi, of child cruelty after he encouraged two teenage boys to flog themselves with a ‘zanjeer’ (bladed whip) at a Matam ceremony...

Calif. religious leaders push Marriage Amendment

Posted on September 24, 2008
The AP reports: The collective act of piety, starting Wednesday and culminating three days before the election in a revival for as many as 100,000 people at the San Diego Chargers’ stadium, comes as church leaders across California put people, money and powerful words behind Proposition 8...

U.S. ?Senate hearing on domestic partner benefits?

Posted on September 24, 2008
365Gay.com reports: The Senate held its first-ever hearing Wednesday on the issue of partner benefits for federal employees. The landmark hearing was called by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and titled ?Domestic Partner Benefits for Federal Employees: Fair Policy and Good Business...

Wisconsin: County to require domestic partner benefits for companies it works with

Posted on September 24, 2008
The Capital Times reports: “The Dane County Board voted Thursday night to require companies that work for the county on contracts worth $5,000 or more to offer health benefits to their employees’ domestic partners. The county already offers domestic partner benefits to its own employees...

Michigan: New ?adult entertainment? ordinance a direct response to suit

Posted on September 24, 2008
Spinal Column reports: “The owner of an adult bookstore, without warning, slapped the township with the lawsuit allegedly violations of the First Amendment right to Free Speech due to the fact White Lake didn’t allow for such facilities to be located within the township at the time...

Kansas Catholic Bishops: No Reason for Pro-Life Catholic to Back Pro-Abortion Candidate

Posted on September 24, 2008
LifeNews.com carried this report on September 11th: They go on to say they can envision no reason why a pro-life Catholic voter would support a pro-abortion candidate. “Could [...]

NYCLU urges bill to restrict abortion protests

Posted on September 24, 2008
The NYCLU reports: “The New York Civil Liberties Union today called on the City Council to pass proposed legislation that would close perceived loopholes in current law and safeguard women?s access to reproductive health care clinics while protecting the protest rights of abortion opponents...

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