Religion & Law

Eugene Volokh: ?Interesting New University Student Speech Case?

Posted on September 09, 2008
Eugene Volokh has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy. He writes: “It’s Murakowski v. University of Delaware, and it holds that a student’s Web page posts of apparently satirical (though largely in pretty bad taste) stories about sex, relationships, rape, and other things was constitutionally protected, and the university couldn’t discipline the student for them...

Court hears appeal by Phila. officer to wear religious head scarf

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: A three-judge appellate panel heard arguments today on whether to reopen a case concerning an Islamic Philadelphia police officer who wants to wear a religious head scarf while on duty. Last year, a U.S. District Court judge dismissed a suit filed by Officer Kimberlie Webb, writing that the Police Department could “subordinate [...

On Burning Babies Alive

Posted on September 09, 2008
Bill Muehlenburg has this post on his Culture Watch blog. He writes:  Consider this headline just released hours ago in the news media: ?Life for microwave baby killer?. The news item begins this way: ?A mother who murdered her one-month-old daughter by burning her to death in a microwave oven has been sentenced to life in [...

Maryland High Court blocks transgendered law referendum

Posted on September 09, 2008
Maryland's highest court on Tuesday said a referendum on whether to approve a law banning discrimination against transgendered people could not go on the Nov. 4 ballot . . .

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ADF: Opposing porn is free speech, not a conspiracy

Posted on September 09, 2008
?. . . Lightborne Publishing is suing to deny pro-family . . . citizens the same First Amendment rights that it is demanding for itself. Those who push sex-for-sale ads cannot silence people who exercise their constitutional right to object.?

Quicksand for Judges: Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Wall Street Journal reports: “Congress returns from August vacation this week, but for Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee the summer winddown kicked off closer to April. By the time they left town for recess, they had chalked up one of the slowest rates for judicial confirmations in modern times...

Utah?s Regulation of Issue Advocacy and Multipurpose Organizations Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted on September 09, 2008
Yesterday, the United States District Court for the District of Utah ruled that the regulation of speech and organizations during ballot measure elections must be limited to unambiguously campaign related activities.

Ohio ministers challenge political pulpit plan

Posted on September 09, 2008
Many of the ministers signing the complaint against the ADF are members of the liberal United Church of Christ. The IRS investigated the denomination earlier this year over allegations it violated IRS rules when it hosted . . . Barack Obama . . .

The Sex Education Debate and Palin?s Case

Posted on September 09, 2008
ABC has this video on the Sex Education debate involving a debate between David Greenburg, the CEO of the Planned Parenthood affiliate in Portland Oregon, and Marie Hahnenberg of the American Life League. The video runs just under 6 minutes.  On a related note, Steve Blow has this post on the Dallas Morning News website titled: Let’s [...

High court bars rewrite of constitution from ballot: Reform Michigan spokeswoman calls ruling ?judicial activism at its worst?

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Lansing State Journal:  Voters are unlikely to weigh in on a sweeping ballot measure that would have rewritten large sections of the state constitution now that the Michigan Supreme Court has agreed with the state Court of Appeals. In a 6-1 decision, many of the justices said it wasn’t possible to communicate in a 100-word summary [...

JBS Muslim workers vs. non-Muslims in protest over Ramadan work schedule breaks

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Greely Tribune reports:  More than 150 Muslim workers didn’t report to their meatpacking plant jobs Monday in the wake of what they called JBS Swift & Co.’s sudden reversal of accommodation for their religious fasting during Ramadan ...

8th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Religious Challenge To Controlled Substances Acts

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Olsen v. Mukasey, (8th Cir., Sept. 8, 2008), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that plaintiff’s attempt to enjoin enforcement against him of the federal and Iowa’s controlled substances acts should be dismissed...

Ala. Policy Institute: New Education Study First to Compare School-by-School Inputs vs. Outputs

Posted on September 09, 2008
The Alabama Policy Institute has issued this press release: For Immediate Release September 9, 2008 Contact: David Sawyer (205)914-9428 NEW EDUCATION STUDY FIRST TO COMPARE SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL INPUTS vs. OUTPUTS Lowest Performance by Highest Per-Pupil Spending Counties MONTGOMERY, AL?A 119-page report released today by the Alabama Policy Institute (API) is the first of its kind to analyze Alabama?s academic inputs vs...

Jan LaRue: Sarah?s Surly ?Sisters?

Posted on September 09, 2008
Jan LaRue has this commentary on the American Thinker website.  She writes:  Truth is, the last thing the “choice” chicks and their media accomplices believe in is “a woman’s right to choose.” . . .  It’s tough to think there’s hope for change among the feminist left...

Lawsuit involving ?kissing cops? settled

Posted on September 09, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports:  Boward County, Florida, has settled a lawsuit involving the harassment of marriage amendment petition workers.   Volunteers for Florida Family Policy Council were circulating the petitions at a June 2006 Promise Keepers event when police in the town of Sunrise began harassing them...

Dorinda C. Bordlee: ?Speaker?s Worst Nightmare: Move over, Nancy?

Posted on September 09, 2008
Dorinda C. Bordlee of the Bioethics Defense Fund has this post on National Review. She writes:  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently ranks second in the line of presidential succession, following Vice President Dick Cheney. This makes Pelosi the highest-ranking woman in American history...

Liberating Theology from Politics

Posted on September 08, 2008
Along with Plato and Aristotle, the classical Christian view suspected rather that social reforms would be consequent on the inner reform of our souls.

Anger over ?Ramadan? trial delay

Posted on September 08, 2008
A row has broken out in France after a court postponed a trial, apparently because it was to take place during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

Russian Prosecutors Say ?South Park? Incites Religious Hatred

Posted on September 08, 2008
Prosecutors in Russia want to ban the award-winning satirical U.S. cartoon South Park, calling the series "extremist" after receiving viewer complaints, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Unions call for removal of Evangelical Christian from equality commission

Posted on September 08, 2008
Mr Edwards was a controversial choice for the public body tasked with promoting a fair, equal and diverse society and tackling illegal discrimination.

?Bosnian press told to apologise over homophobic articles?

Posted on September 08, 2008
A human rights group in Bosnia has called on the editors of newspaper Dnevni Avaz and magazine SAFF to make a public apology after they printed homophobic articles about the Queer Sarajevo Festival.

Mexican Church to Create ?Sanctuary for the Victims of Abortion? in Response to Court Ruling

Posted on September 08, 2008
Catholic Church authorities in Mexico City will consecrate a Sanctuary of the Victims of Abortion today, which is to be located in a cemetery, following a Supreme Court ruling declaring the city's abortion law constitutional.

Complaint Filed against Australian Christian Resort for Refusing Homosexual Youth Group

Posted on September 08, 2008
Homosexuals in Australia are using a Christian camp's refusal to host a pro-homosexual group as a test case to attempt to overturn legal exemptions that exist for religious groups in the Equal Opportunity Act.

Police lieutenant works to end ?modern-day slavery?

Posted on September 08, 2008
On weekends and often on vacation time, Santa Rosa policeman Nick Sensley works to abolish slavery.

South Africa: How heavy is human trafficking?

Posted on September 08, 2008
A series of workshops, hosted by the South African government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), are being held to enlist the support of the media in raising the public profile of human trafficking.

HSLDA: Why Government Should Stay out of Pre-K

Posted on September 08, 2008
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.

Local donors give $1.6 million for ban on gay marriage

Posted on September 08, 2008
Orange County, where Republicans dominate politics and tens of thousands pour into evangelical megachurches each weekend, has become a funding powerhouse in the effort to ban gay marriage in California.

Albert Mohler: A Private Conviction About Murder?

Posted on September 08, 2008
But there is no question that the government -- any government -- must take a stand on the question of human life.

Religious ?Defamation? on Agenda at United Nations Rights Session

Posted on September 08, 2008
The United Nations? Human Rights Council kicks off a new session in Geneva on Monday, and a controversial push by Islamic states to outlaw religious ?defamation? is high on the agenda.

Illinois Family Institute Announces New Division of School Advocacy

Posted on September 08, 2008
But, increasingly, they are becoming institutions where liberal and even radical social agendas are implemented, designed to undermine the truths that parents teach their children at home and church.

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