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The Psychological Parent Doctrine: A Solution to South Carolina?s Refusal to Provide Rights to Same-Sex Couples?

Posted on August 27, 2008
This Note will then analyze South Carolina's psychological parent test. The final section will examine the implications that the psychological parent doctrine will have for parties of dissolved same-sex relationships who wish to assert visitation rights.

Norton, Soud win circuit judgeships

Posted on August 27, 2008
Norton attributed her victory to championing parents' rights, especially in advertisements that focused on a law she defended limiting how close predators could live to children.

Voters Should be Troubled by Obama?s Abortion Stance

Posted on August 27, 2008
Can we just listen to ourselves? We're debating whether some babies born alive have a right to medical attention.

The Unbearable Lightness of Christian Legal Scholarship

Posted on August 27, 2008
The first half of the Article is devoted to this historical exegesis and to a survey of current Christian legal scholarship. The Article then shifts from a critical to a more constructive mode, from telling to showing, as I attempt to illustrate what a normative, and then a descriptive, contemporary Christian legal scholarship might look like.

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Text vs. Precedent in Constitutional Law

Posted on August 27, 2008
The argument in this Essay is that the doctrinalists are wrong in arguing for a strong theory of stare decisis for three reasons.

Pelosi stands by abortion comments - Updated

Posted on August 27, 2008
Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Pelosi, said in a statement Tuesday that she ``fully appreciates the sanctity of family'' and based her views on conception on the ``views of Saint Augustine, who said: '... the law does not provide that the act (abortion) pertains to homicide, for there cannot yet be said to be a live soul in a body that lacks sensation ...

Faith in Action: Religious Accessory Uses and Land Use Regulation

Posted on August 27, 2008
Are these secular activities really necessary to the religious exercise of the institution's members and guests? If so, should these activities be given the same protections afforded religious worship under our constitutional and statutory framework?

The Original Meaning of the Free Exercise Clause: The Evidence from the First Congress

Posted on August 27, 2008
That Congress both rejected religious exemptions from militia service and appears to have considered such an exemption entirely without reference to what would become the First Amendment strongly suggests that the members of the First Congress did not understand the Free Exercise Clause to grant religious individuals exemptions from generally applicable laws.

Gods & Gays: Analyzing the Same-Sex Marriage Debate From a Religious Perspective

Posted on August 27, 2008
Part II examines the traditional religious arguments against same-sex marriage and their place in early jurisprudence regarding same-sex marriage.

Democrats Aim for a 60-Vote Senate

Posted on August 27, 2008
Here's an intriguing thought: The John McCain-Barack Obama fight isn't this season's biggest political story. That honor should be reserved for the intense Democratic push to win a filibuster-proof Senate majority.

Taking the Temple: Eminent Domain and the Limits of RLUIPA

Posted on August 27, 2008
This Note argues that RLUIPA does not apply to eminent domain actions but that religious assemblies can nevertheless challenge condemnations under the Free Exercise Clause.

NGLTF: ?Task Force announces $1.2 million grant from Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund to support pro-LGBT faith work?

Posted on August 26, 2008
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has issued this press release that reports: The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation?s Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR) and five partner organizations have been awarded a total of $1.2 million from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr...

NGLTF: ?Pro-LGBT Christians to tackle racism and gender identity issues at next week?s faith conference?

Posted on August 26, 2008
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has issued this press release that begins: “Hundreds of pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Christians will tackle issues of race, class, ability, age, gender identity and sexual orientation at the Many Stories, One Voice conference to take place in New Orleans, La...

Ark. agency criticizes survey?s religion questions

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Daily Citizen reports: The Arkansas Department of Workforce Education on Monday criticized as inappropriate an affiliated group’s survey of middle school students that included questions asking them if they believed in tithing and whether they believed “in a God who answers prayers...

GLAAD Announces $100,000 Contribution to NO on Prop 8, Equality for All Campaign

Posted on August 26, 2008
GLAAD has issued this press release indicating: “The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today announced a $100,000 contribution to the NO on Prop 8, Equality for All campaign. ” www.protectmarriage.com Visit Site » Share This

IRS Steps Up Efforts to Monitor Churches Involved in Politics

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports: The tax agency on Monday issued its updated tax guide for churches and religious groups, and nearly one third of the document focuses on the rules governing churches and politics. The report mentions ADF’s Pulpit Initiative...

?California churches plan a big push against same-sex marriage?

Posted on August 26, 2008
. . . many people of faith, regardless of their religion, believe that "if Proposition 8 fails, there is an inevitable loss of religious freedom."

Tim Gill to Democratic National Committee?s LGBT Americans Caucus: Focus on State and Local Elections

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Washington Blade reports that Tim Gill was a featured speaker at the LGBT Americans Caucus meetings. While he approved of national efforts, he indicated that “change” is best effected at the local level: . . . ?By doing it at the local level, you give the national politicians the courage to realize that they can [...

?Gay? Journalism Conference Panel Targets Religious Influence on Public Policy

Posted on August 26, 2008
Brian Fitzpatrick has this report on the Culture and Media Institute. It discusses the annual meeting of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Fitzpatrick writes: Organizer Mitchell Gold claimed the purpose of his session, titled ?Oh God! (or Allah?Or Buddha): Reporting on Issues of Faith & Religion,? was to discuss how homosexual journalists [...

Mexico City abortion law in supreme court battle

Posted on August 26, 2008
AFP reports: “Mexico’s top court on Monday began debate on a bid to reverse a law which allows abortions in the country’s capital.” Visit Site » Share This

Print E-mail Font Resize Feds push child-porn cases; penalty can be years in prison

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Mercury News reports: Just a few mouse clicks into the forbidden world of Internet child porn can transform an apparently upstanding individual into a federal prison inmate - doing a long sentence. That’s the harsh reality former KGO radio host Bernie Ward will encounter this week ...

India Woman Killed Who Refused Sex-Selection Abortion on Her Unborn Girl

Posted on August 26, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A woman in India has been killed who refused requests from her husband and his family to undergo a sex-selection abortion on her unborn baby girl. Neelam Kumar, who lives in Samaspur village in northern India, was allegedly strangled to death by her in-laws...

Montreal: One of the World?s Capitals in Pornography Production

Posted on August 26, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Not only does Quebec have Canada’s lowest birth and highest abortion rates, but it is also considered to be one of the global pornography industry’s largest hubs, after Amsterdam and Los Angeles, according to the Canadian Press (CP)...

Canada: American Apparel Defends ?Pornographic? Billboards

Posted on August 26, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “American Apparel has outraged passersby who object to the public display of images akin to those typically found in porn magazines with their latest billboard campaign, which pushes the limits of sexual advertising.” Visit Site » Share This

Connecticut: East Hartford Weighs Adult Business Process

Posted on August 26, 2008
NBC reports: East Hartford residents have been battling with the town on how to put the brakes on adult businesses. Tuesday night, the town council is expected to take an important vote . . . Many residents said they are not happy about the commission’s recent recommendation to get rid of the special permit application [...

ACLU sues to stop clergy from invoking ?religious messages? at meetings

Posted on August 26, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stop a suburban Atlanta county from opening its meetings with prayers that mention “Jesus” or other “sectarian” references, claiming the invocations represent government favoritism of Christianity...

Some Hallmark stores refuse same sex wedding cards; Competitor American Greetings won?t carry same sex wedding cards

Posted on August 26, 2008
CBS reports that seven Hallmark stores in Idaho are refusing to carry the cards while: “Hallmark’s largest competitor, American Greetings Corp., has no plans to enter the market, saying its current offerings are general enough to speak to a lot of different relationships...

Salt Lake Tribune: ?Going too far: Proposed rule affects contraceptive information?

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Salt Lake Tribune has this editorial that begins: Mike Leavitt, secretary of federal Health and Human Services, says doctors, nurses and other health care workers should not “be forced to provide services that violate their own conscience...

Thousands march around Denver Planned Parenthood

Posted on August 26, 2008
Christianity Today reports: “More than 2,000 people marched around a new Planned Parenthood Clinic in Denver tonight instead of following the Democratic National Convention. Alveda King, a niece of the late Martin Luther King Jr., and Archbishop of Denver Charles Chaput spoke to the crowd before they lit candles and circled the gated clinic...

Positive aspects of single-sex classrooms

Posted on August 26, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: “The Independent Women’s Forum says the ACLU is hampering the success of some girls and boys when it comes to educational choice.” Visit Site » Share This

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