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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Heather McDonald: Marriage is the solution to poverty

Posted on September 22, 2008
Marriage would wipe out not just family homelessness, but also a large portion of poverty in New York City and the nation. Yet to suggest marriage as a solution to poverty and homelessness is to commit a faux pas among the liberal intelligentsia: such a thing is simply not mentioned, much less done.

Thousands of Women are Having Abortion, But No One is Talking

Posted on September 22, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: . . . Bethan Cole’s story is not an isolated one and more British women are starting to speak out about the harm abortion has done them and their families. In their stories, the absence of a sense of freedom is the most prominent theme...

Liberal Law Professors Lead to Liberal Judges

Posted on September 22, 2008
Citizen Link has this report that begins: Law professors at Harvard, Chicago, the University of Michigan and Stanford have given 100 percent of their 2008 election contributions to Democratic candidates. Furthermore, an overview of 17 top law schools shows faculty members have given 95 percent of their political contributions ? more than $1 million ? to [...

In hotel nightstands, new sacred texts are available in addition to Bible

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Canadian Press reports: If you’re staying at the Hotel Preston, you can get a copy of the ancient Hindu text for your room from a “spiritual menu” that includes the Qur’an, the Bible and other religious texts. Provenance Hotels, which owns Nashville’s Hotel Preston and four other boutique hotels, is part of a new trend in [...

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SoCal City Evicts Tiny Church, Claiming 4 People Need 18 Parking Spaces

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Pacific Justice Institute has issued this press release that reports: A Planning Commission meeting tonight could decide the fate of a tiny church in Lemon Grove. The city, near San Diego, discovered Bethel Apostolic Church during a Code Enforcement crackdown ...

Bush Administration Opposes UN Blasphemy Resolution

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Becket Fund reports: “The Bush administration Friday (Sept 19, 2008) strongly denounced Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) efforts at the United Nations to pass ‘defamation of religions’ resolutions that undermine free speech and inter-religious dialogue, and lead to the criminalization of blasphemy laws...

In reparative therapy debate, APA Leaders Respond with One Voice: ?Inclusion?

Posted on September 22, 2008
NARTH has posted this report on its website: In a Town Hall Meeting sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA), President Alan Kazdin, President-Elect James Bray and APA’s Executive Officer Norman Anderson responded to questions from APA members about the needs of psychology and psychologists in the 21st Century...

Pakistan Church Wants Government To Intervene In Kidnapping Case

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Religion Clause reports on a case involving the kidnapping and forced conversion of two Christian girls which a Pakistani court has refused to rectify. Visit Site » Share This

Singapore: Excluding Religion from Politics and Enforcing Religious Harmony

Posted on September 22, 2008
Tsun Hang Tey, “Excluding Religion from Politics and Enforcing Religious Harmony” (July 31, 2008). Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp.118-142, July 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1268673 The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act is a unique feature in the legal landscape of Singapore...

Canada: ?B.C. school cuts gay, lesbian issues from high-school elective?

Posted on September 22, 2008
The elective course, which deals with issues ranging from homophobia to animal rights, has caused controversy among religious groups that worry it's too malleable to the individual beliefs of teachers.

Texas: Atheist family challenges minute of silence law

Posted on September 22, 2008
The quiet time, mandated by the Legislature since 2003, has survived one federal court challenge, but a pending appeal seeks to scrap the practice as an improper religious exercise.

Penn. Minister fights Brookville zoning to let homeless live in his church

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports: The Rev. Jack L. Wisor said the Bible supports his ministry of providing the homeless with shelter and other assistance in his First Apostles Doctrine Church in Brookville . . . But Brookville borough solicitor Stephen French countered that the Good Book notwithstanding, the municipality’s book of zoning codes prohibits using the [...

High Court Veteran Joins Elite Club: Gibson Dunn?s Theodore Olson set to argue for 50th time

Posted on September 22, 2008
Tony Mauro reports on Law.com: The first lawyer to appear in the first case on the first day of the fall term of the Supreme Court on October 6 will be former solicitor general Theodore Olson — arguing for his 50th time before the nation’s highest court...

Texas: Duncanville swingers club engaging in bitter battle with city

Posted on September 22, 2008
Jim Trulock and Julie M. Norris face up to $20,000 in zoning fines for hosting parties at their home, which doubles as a sex club known as the Cherry Pit.

Kansas: Settlement with Abilene Retail #30 will not allow for expansion of building

Posted on September 22, 2008
The agreement allows the business, known as the Lions Den, 2349 Fair Road, Abilene, to remain at their present location, but they cannot expand their building, which is located at the 272 exit of Interstate 70.

Texas: Sex Club Trial Set For October

Posted on September 22, 2008
The trial for the co-owners of a Duncanville sex club is now set for next month. Jim Trulock and Julie Norris are charged with violating the city's sexually oriented business ordinance. They were supposed to go on trial Monday but prosecutors pushed the trial back to Oct...

Ginsburg Speaks on Women in Law

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Harvard Crimson: Fielding questions from Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan and an audience made up mostly of Law School alumnae, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke Saturday about women in law and gave insight into her experiences on the nation?s highest court...

History on the side of accused judge: Only 7 have been removed from office

Posted on September 22, 2008
The Times-Picayune reports: But Porteous now faces the prospect of the ultimate sanction, impeachment and possible removal from office, in an arena where the standard for conviction is high and the guidelines for booting a judge are open to considerable interpretation ...

The Many Mechanisms by Which Originalism Sufficiently Accommodates Change

Posted on September 22, 2008
This Article, by contrast, breaks new ground by providing the first systematic argument that originalism can meet the challenge of changed social conditions.

A Role for Law and Lawyers in Educating (Christian) Business Managers about Corporate Purpose

Posted on September 22, 2008
Finally, the paper argues that the language of fiduciary duties can be a mediating discourse that permits business managers to introduce moral and spiritual insights into business settings, once free of the mistaken belief they must maximize share price.

Conservatives Try New Tack on Campuses

Posted on September 22, 2008
The NY Times reports: Acknowledging that 20 years and millions of dollars spent loudly and bitterly attacking the liberal leanings of American campuses have failed to make much of a dent in the way undergraduates are educated, some conservatives have decided to try a new strategy...

Why Bankruptcy Judges May Properly Rely on the Free Exercise Clause & RFRA to Protect Church Property from the Grasps of Tort-Creditors

Posted on September 22, 2008
Nicholas M. and Robert Luther, “Deliver Us from Evil: Why Bankruptcy Judges May Properly Rely on the Free Exercise Clause & RFRA to Protect Church Property from the Grasps of Tort-Creditors” (September, 11 2008). Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol...

Corruption of Religion and the Establishment Clause

Posted on September 22, 2008
This paper explores one consideration, prominent at the time of the framing, that is often overlooked: the idea that religion can be corrupted by state involvement with it.

Constitutional Change and Responsibilities of Governance Pertaining to the Faith-Based and Community Initiative

Posted on September 22, 2008
In particular, the paper maps the federal government's regulatory agenda in connection with the Faith-Based and Community Initiative (FBCI) onto the changes in constitutional law over the past several decades.

Dignity and the Politics of Protection: Abortion Restrictions Under Casey/Carhart

Posted on September 22, 2008
The essay argues that a multi-faceted commitment to dignity links Carhart and the Casey decision on which it centrally relies. Dignity is a value that bridges communities divided in the abortion debate, as well as diverse bodies of constitutional and human rights law.

Stemming the Tide of Research and Constitutional Challenges: Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation

Posted on September 22, 2008
This Note seeks to shed light on the nuances of the controversy and suggests that the current way of legislating the parameters of stem cell research has thus far resulted in a lose-lose scenario for both sides of the debate.

?A Matter of Conviction: Moral Clashes Over Same-Sex Marriage?

Posted on September 22, 2008
This essay, however, is not about who should be permitted to adopt--nowhere does it address the merits of including lesbians and gays among potential adopters since this topic is amply explored elsewhere. Instead, this essay asks whether adoption agencies and other professionals should be able to decide whom they will serve.

ADF to defend Irish abortion ban

Posted on September 22, 2008
ADF Chief Counsel Benjamin Bull: ?This case is not only pivotal to Europe; it?s pivotal to America . . . This case could be the Roe v. Wade of Europe.?

Tax exemption for churches: constitutional right or IRS gift?

Posted on September 22, 2008
Church tax-exemption is not a gift or a subsidy, as some disingenuously contend. As the U.S. Supreme Court has noted, the power to tax involves the power to destroy . . .

Lesbian fertility demands: Doctors endure an eight-year legal vendetta for declining to help bring a fatherless child into the world

Posted on September 22, 2008
Jennifer Roback Morse has this commentary on Mercatornet.com that begins: In the case of the lesbians versus their doctors, the California State Supreme Court continued its war against religion by declaring that equality trumps liberty of conscience. But, contrary to the impression created in the media, the case of Guadalupe Benitez v...

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