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6700 high school dropouts per day

Posted on September 11, 2008
The Washington Times carries this report by Alma J. Powell: Education through service: A beginning to the end of high school dropouts. She writes: But, for 1.2 million U.S. students, that success will never come. Those students will not become teachers or coaches, writers or leaders...

Wis. school district charges fees to Christian groups, not others: ADF sues

Posted on September 11, 2008
The lawsuit challenges the district?s policy that charges religious groups fees for using public school facilities while giving non-religious community groups a free ride.

Minnesota: Storm brewing between state officials and Muslim school

Posted on September 11, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports on this story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that begins: “Last week, Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA) and the Minnesota Department of Education appeared to reach an understanding in the controversy over whether Islam is being promoted at this public school...

NC: County Approves Facility For Eid-al-Adha Slaughter

Posted on September 11, 2008
The Herald-NC reports: “Eddie Rowe said the controversy dates back to 2005, when the state Department of Agriculture caught wind of a religious ritual involving mass slaughter. For years, Rowe said, hundreds of Muslim families in Wake County had arranged to buy and kill the animals as part of the three-day religious festival known as [...

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Washington Gubernatorial candidates discuss religion and social issues

Posted on September 11, 2008
The Seattle Times carries this transcript of an interview with the two candidates. The current Governor, Christine Gregoire had this to say: Q. For many people it is a religious/moral issue. You are Catholic, how do you balance your religious beliefs versus what you just said? A...

Pennsylvania: Conviction of Abortion Protester For Violating Noise Ordinance Upheld

Posted on September 11, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Parente, (PA Commwlth. Ct., Sept., 9, 2008), the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court upheld the conviction of an abortion protester for violating Pittsburgh’s noise control ordinance...

100% of donations by law faculty at Harvard, Chicago, Michigan, Stanford, Texas, Berkeley, and Penn went to Democrats

Posted on September 10, 2008
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports indicate: “This data–contributions to political candidates during the 2008 Presidential election by law faculty–is hardly decisive, but it certainly fits with what I know about the faculties in question...

?It?s All over but the Shouting: The Increasing Irrelevance of Abortion Politics?

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Balkinization Blog carries this post by Neal Devins [For The Yale Conference on The Future of Sexual And Reproductive Rights] that concludes: So decades worth of sturm und drang about abortion rights now appears to be little more than a fight over legislation that?while undoubtedly important–does not meaningfully alter the abortion landscape...

Palin Shifts Paradigm by Embracing Son with Disability

Posted on September 10, 2008
Jennifer Mesko has this report on Citizen Link featuring this sub-caption: ‘Unconditional acceptance of Trig has illuminated the stark differences between the culture of life and the culture of death.’ Visit Site » Share This

NPR: The Tax Man Cometh ? To Church?

Posted on September 10, 2008
NPR has this post discussing ADF’s Pulpit Project. It begins: “Should churches be able to campaign directly on behalf of candidates, while maintaining their tax-free status? The socially conservative group, Alliance Defense Fund, thinks so...

Marked Shift in U.S. Congressional Race favors Republicans

Posted on September 10, 2008
Angus Reid reports: “Public support for Republican Party candidates to the House of Representatives increased dramatically this month in the United States, according to a poll by Gallup released by USA Today. 50 per cent of respondents would vote for the GOP contender in their congressional district, up eight points since August...

?What the Iowa Supreme Court?s Recent Public Indecency Decision Reveals About Statutory Interpretation?

Posted on September 10, 2008
Michael C. Dorf has this commentary on Findlaw that begins: Last week, in State v. Isaac, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a man’s conviction for indecent exposure. The opinion reads as an almost textbook example of textualism–a method of statutory interpretation that focuses on a statute’s text, rather than seeking to discern the collective intent of its [...

Idaho: ACLU Lawsuit threat puts sex books back on library shelves

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Times-News reports: Public library leaders in Nampa, responding to a lawsuit threatened by the American Civil Liberties Union, have reversed a decision banning two sex education books. In June, the library board voted 3-2 to permanently remove “The New Joy of Sex” and “The Joy of Gay Sex” from its public shelves, ending months of controversy [...

Eggs for sale ? the human kind

Posted on September 10, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: “Scientists in growing numbers complain their research on human embryos is facing problems because they are finding that financial rewards are ineffective in enticing women to sell their eggs.” Visit Site » Share This

Yale Law Women Group Names Top 10 Family-Friendly Firms

Posted on September 10, 2008
Law.com reports: Just as law students are finishing up interviews and considering their job prospects, Yale Law Women has taken its latest look at firms’ policies. Releasing the results of its third annual survey on family-friendly firms Monday, the student group cited the 10 best at helping lawyers strike a work-life balance...

Smother Mother Strikes Again: Why Government Should Stay out of Pre-K

Posted on September 10, 2008
HSLDA has issued this report that begins: As big government increasingly seeks to supplant the private and family spheres, there is yet another form of federal intrusion on the rise: institutionalized early education. In a misguided effort to allegedly assist children from birth to kindergarten, pre-K advocates have created massive programs that are of questionable necessity [...

?Homosexual U.K. Documentarian Says Gay Lifestyle a ?Sewer? of Casual Degrading Sex, Drug Abuse and Misery?

Posted on September 10, 2008
Hilary White reports on LifeSiteNews.com: Simon Fanshawe is a writer and broadcaster who created the documentary ‘The Trouble With Gay Men’ after becoming increasingly alarmed at the shallowness and destructiveness of the ‘gay lifestyle...

Spanish Family in Meltdown: Three ?Ruptures? for Every Four Marriages

Posted on September 10, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Following years of pro-abortion and anti-family policies accompanied by a plummeting birth rate, Spanish society has reached a new milestone: for every four marriages contracted, there are now three ‘ruptures’ - most of them divorces...

Orthodox Jewish-Catholic Statement: Nature of marriage is dependent on the truth of human nature

Posted on September 10, 2008
The USCCB has issued this statement on marriage in conjunction with the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America. It concludes: While others have the freedom to disagree with us, we hope that even those outside of our common religious traditions will recognize that we speak from the truth of human nature itself which is consistent with [...

USCCB Releases Official Statement Correcting Biden?s Abortion Statements

Posted on September 10, 2008
USCCB: ". . . the Senator?s claim that the beginning of human life is a 'personal and private' matter of religious faith, one which cannot be 'imposed' on others, does not reflect the truth of the matter . . . "

Criminalizing Criticism of Islam

Posted on September 10, 2008
. . . a Jordanian court is prosecuting 12 Europeans in an extraterritorial attempt to silence the debate on radical Islam. Jordan's attempt . . . wouldn't be so serious if it were an isolated case. Unfortunately, it is part of a larger campaign . . . to intimidate critics of militant Islam.

?Episcopal Bishops Join Effort to Defeat True Marriage in California?

Posted on September 10, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: ”The Episcopal Church in California is taking up arms against Proposition 8, an amendment that would change the California constitution to preserve the integrity of marriage as being between one man and one woman. In the process the U...

Obama opens education debate with McCain

Posted on September 10, 2008
The AP reports: “McCain tossed red meat to Republicans at their convention last week, saying Obama wants schools to answer to unions and entrenched bureaucracies, while he would hold them accountable to parents and kids. A look at where the presidential candidates stand on some key education issues ...

Is the civil justice system broken? Litigation costs are the driving force not justice

Posted on September 10, 2008
"The joint survey . . . by the American College of Trial Lawyers . . . found that 83 percent of the nearly 1,500 lawyers responding found costs, not the merits of a case, the deciding factor in settling."

Okla. Church loses court fight for its property

Posted on September 10, 2008
Tulsa World reports: “In a case that has national interest, Tulsa District Judge Jefferson Sellers ruled that the church property belongs to the Presbyterian Church USA and its Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery, not to the local congregation. ” The Religion Clause Blog links to other resources in connection with this ruling...

Dutch to ban burkas when picking children up from school

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Telegraph reports: “The Dutch government is to extend a ban on the burka to all schools, a measure that includes a prohibition on Muslim mothers from picking their children while wearing face-covering Islamic dress.” Visit Site » Share This

The Importance of Trig Being

Posted on September 10, 2008
Michael Gerson has this article on Townhall. He writes: In addition to Barack Obama making history as the first African-American to be nominated for president and Sarah Palin taking her shotgun to the glass ceiling, there was a third civil rights barrier broken at the political conventions this year...

MN Appellate Court Refuses Temporary Injunction To Muslim Cabbie

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports on the recent ruling in Dolal v. Metropolitan Airports Commission, No. A07-1657 (MN Ct. App., Sept. 9, 2008). “At issue are regulations that penalize the cab drivers who refuse service to passengers.” Visit Site » Share This

Colo. State Court Says RLUIPA Permits Church To Build

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Today’s Aspen (CO) Daily News reports that a state trial court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a group known as the Emma Caucus challenging a decision by Pitkin County, Colorado commissioners to permit construction of a large church complex by Grace Church of the Roaring Fork Valley ...

Palin Supporters and Black Obama Voters will Help Pass Florida?s Ban on Homosexual Marriage

Posted on September 10, 2008
Black Christian News reports: The ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage in Florida continues to be in trouble, a new poll released Monday by Quinnipiac University found, so promoters are now pinning their hopes on presidential politics to push them over the top ...

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