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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Fidelis Debuts CatholicVote.com - Inspiring Video Invokes Catholic History, Moral Obligations

Posted on September 10, 2008
Fidelis has issued this press release indicating: “Fidelis announces the launch of a new website - CatholicVote.com ? to educate and inspire Catholic voters this fall and beyond. The site includes a powerful video designed to encourage viewers to prioritize the issues of life, faith, and family...

Australia: Communities need a say in ?swinger? developments

Posted on September 10, 2008
State laws forcing local councils to approve development applications without reference to the social damage they cause need urgent overhaul following Brisbane City Council?s approval yesterday of a so-called swingers? club in Woolloongabba.

Canada: ?Gay community united in stance against conservatives?

Posted on September 10, 2008
"While gay men tend to vote Liberal and lesbians back the NDP, Canada's homosexual population is united in its opposition to the Conservatives, according to a new report."

Costa Rica: Legalizing homosexual unions is an attack on marriage, asserts archbishop

Posted on September 10, 2008
Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Urena of San Jose in Costa Rica has called on the country?s lawmakers to defend the institution of marriage and not go ?against correct reason? by approving same-sex marriage.

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TX: City shuts down adult entertainment club

Posted on September 10, 2008
A Houston strip club shut down Tuesday after a state district judge ruled it violated a 1997 city ordinance [No. 97-75, § 3] regulating "sexually oriented businesses."

IMAPP: Marriage Law Digest Online

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy has published its latest Marriage Law Digest summarizing recent decisions related to marriage. Visit Site » Share This

Palin?s nomination adds fuel to abortion debate

Posted on September 10, 2008
The AP reports: The abortion debate is gaining a higher campaign profile this year than in other recent general elections, partly because of divisive ballot measures and partly because of Sarah Palin . . . “Baby Trig put a face on what we’ve been trying to say,” said Unruh, referring to Palin’s infant son...

New Media?s Impact on the Judiciary and Public Understanding

Posted on September 10, 2008
How Appealing reports on a symposium featuring Justice Breyer at the University of Arizona that discusses the new media’s impact on the public’s understanding of the judiciary. Visit Site » Share This

Washington Post: ?Anti-Bias Law Wins In Md.?s High Court?

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Washington Post carries this report on the Maryland High Court ruling that prohibits the people from voting on Montgomery count’s transgender law. For related posts, click the Maryland tag below. Visit Site » Share This

Rick Garnett: Politics and Preachers

Posted on September 10, 2008
The Washington Post has a piece today (here) about the campaign by the Alliance Defense Fund (from which, I should disclose, I have in the past received payment for legal work) to urge pastors and clergy to "endorse political candidates from their pulpits," in "violation" of "I...

Florida Circuit Court Judge Rules Against ?Gay Adoption Ban?

Posted on September 10, 2008
"A circuit court judge has ruled unconstitutional Florida's 31-year-old gay adoption ban, one of only two such statewide bans in the country."

Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Public School Teacher in Religious Freedom Case

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Thomas More Law Center reports: “A CA federal judge ruled Friday that a public school teacher has the constitutional right to display classroom banners that mention God.” A link to the ruling is provided. Visit Site » Share This

One More Time, The Function of Marriage

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Opine Editorials Blog has this post: There is a particular relationship between man and woman that is conjugal in that it joins a man and a woman in such a way that they have a sexual relationship that may lead to their having children . . . Throughout the world people have observed this relationship, and [...

?Lambda Legal Urges New York Court to Reject Challenge to Human Rights Law?

Posted on September 09, 2008
Lambda Legal has issued this press release that reports: . . . The New York Commissioner of Human Rights held in March 2008 that a policy of the East Meadow Union Free School District restricting the use of guide dogs by disabled students violated the NYHRL...

Michigan: As more homeschool, state could track kids

Posted on September 09, 2008
HSLDA carries this report from the Detroit News that begins: The 15-year-old Lake Orion girl is among an increasing number of students nationwide and in Metro Detroit who are being taught at home, a trend that has some state lawmakers interested in knowing more about exactly how many Michigan families are choosing homeschooling and why...

Virginia: Two men shot after fender bender at strip club

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Daily Press reports: “Police are looking for a gunman who shot two people after a confrontation that began with a fender bender in the parking lot of a Virginia Beach strip club early Sunday morning.” Visit Site » Share This

Iran: Christians from Muslim background charged with apostasy

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Christian Telegraph reports: “Two Christians from Muslim backgrounds were officially charged with apostasy last week at the Public and Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, Iran, raising fears for their continued well-being, reports Michael Ireland, chief correspondent, ASSIST News Service...

California bans ?brides,? ?grooms?: icense rejected for couple seeking traditional marriage

Posted on September 09, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: “‘Brides’ and ‘grooms’ are no longer allowed to marry in the State of California. That privilege is only extended to individuals who allow themselves to be called “Party A” and “Party B” on marriage licenses...

Turkey: Orthodox Christianity under threat

Posted on September 09, 2008
The International Herald Tribune reports: When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and his Islamic-rooted party came under fierce fire this summer from secularists, who came close to persuading the country’s supreme court to bar both from politics, he called the campaign an attack against religious freedom and a threat to Turkey’s efforts to join [...

Houston Planned Parenthood facility drawing protests

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Houston Chronicle reports: “Planned Parenthood’s upcoming expansion into an existing six-story building on the Gulf Freeway has galvanized abortion opponents and led them to protest outside the site and the construction company that will carry out renovations...

ACLU Donates $1.2 Million to Anti-Marriage California Proposition 8

Posted on September 09, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “The American Civil Liberties Union, which has a long history of promoting the homosexual movement, has now taken up arms against the family by donating $1.2 to defeat Proposition 8, which, if passed in November, would reverse the California State Supreme Court’s May 15 ruling that gave homosexuals the right to ‘marry...

ACLU To Open Office In South Dakota

Posted on September 09, 2008
The ACLU has issued this press release: ”The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it will open a new office in South Dakota, enabling a significant expansion of its work on civil liberties in the state.” Visit Site » Share This

ADF: Alaska woman will not be starved to death

Posted on September 09, 2008
An Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney has secured an agreement to keep a hospitalized patient?s feeding tubes in place to preserve her life.

Joe Biden Slams Sarah Palin on Down Syndrome Son, Stem Cell Research

Posted on September 09, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “. . . During her acceptance speech last week, Paling promised the parents of disabled children that she would be their advocate in the White House. Biden questioned that commitment by attacking Palin’s stance on the issue of embryonic stem cell research, which has never helped a single patient ...

?Palin?s Church Promotes Gay Conversion?

Posted on September 09, 2008
AOL News reports: “Gov. Sarah Palin’s church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.” Visit Site » Share This

Cayman Islands pass law defining marriage as one man, one woman

Posted on September 09, 2008
The CayCompass reports: Cayman Islands lawmakers voted in favour of a ban on same sex marriages following a debate Friday in the Legislative Assembly. The Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2008 still requires the legal formality of a third vote before passing, but lawmakers unanimously approved a key second vote on the measure Friday afternoon...

Arizona: 160 donors back state marriage measure

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Arizona Republic reports: While many of the citizens initiatives on Arizona’s November ballot have been bankrolled by special interests, a measure to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman has received an influx of campaign contributions from individuals in recent weeks...

9th Circuit issues amended opinion: School need not recognize club that requires adherence to Christian code of conduct

Posted on September 09, 2008
Today, the 9th Circuit issued an amended opinion in the case of Truth v. Kent Public School District, No. (9th Cir. Sept. 9, 2008). ”The opinion filed on April 25, 2008 in the above-captioned case is amended only to include the concurrence filed this date...

Pelosi to meet archbishop for talks on communion

Posted on September 09, 2008
peaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has accepted an invitation from San Francisco?s archbishop to discuss whether she should continue to receive communion at the Catholic Church in the wake of comments she made about abortion.

?The GOP Should Kiss Gay-Bashing Goodbye?

Posted on September 09, 2008
James Kirchick has this article on the Wall Street Journal site. He writes: It would be unfair to ascribe bigoted impulses to everyone who supports such an amendment. After all, gay marriage is an unfamiliar concept and people are naturally resistant to change...

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