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?Iowa?s Married Same-Sex Couple Celebrates First Year of Marriage on the Anniversary of Lambda Legal?s Victory?

Posted on August 26, 2008
Lambda Legal has issued this press release that begins: “August 31 will mark the one year anniversary of the first marriage of a same-sex couple in Iowa after Lambda Legal’s victory in which a district court ruled that barring same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional...

Same-Sex Marriage Group Distorts Truth About Florida Marriage Protection Amendment

Posted on August 26, 2008
Liberty Counsel has issued this press release that reports: “Florida Red and Blue, a political committee and front group for a coalition of homosexual rights groups opposing Amendment 2 (the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment), will air a false television ad in an attempt to mislead and scare senior citizens...

India: Suspected Hindu hard-liners set fire to orphanage

Posted on August 26, 2008
USA Today reports: “Suspected Hindu hard-liners set fire Monday to an orphanage run by Christian missionaries in eastern India, killing one woman and seriously injuring a priest, police said.” Visit Site » Share This

Two abortion leaders receive prime slots at Dem Convention

Posted on August 26, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Abortion advocates have such a tight grip on the Democratic Party that not one — but two — heads of pro-abortion groups received a prime time speaking slot.” Visit Site » Share This

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Democratic Party Approves Platform Mirroring Barack Obama?s Pro-Abortion View

Posted on August 26, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “The Democratic Party on Monday approved, without any noticeable dissent or opposition from the convention floor, a new national platform that is wholly pro-abortion. The platform, which mirror’s Barack Obama’s views, calls for unlimited abortions paid for by the American people...

USCIRF Issues New Report On Vietnam Religious Freedom Concerns

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom yesterday released a 32-page report on religious freedom in Vietnam (full text). The report, which includes findings from USCIRF’s 2007 trip to Vietnam, concludes that “religious freedom conditions in Vietnam continue to be mixed ...

Irish Cardinal Says EU Referendum Defeat Was Reaction To Anti-Religious Culture

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: ‘Ireland’s Catholic Church leader, Cardinal Sean Brady, said in a speech last Sunday that one reason Irish voters in June refused to approve the EU Lisbon Treaty is Europe’s culture that tends to keep religion out of the public domain...

Presidential Nominating Conventions and the Establishment Clause? An Analysis

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog has this post discussing whether Political Conventions are subject to the Establishment Clause: “At the heart of the issue is whether political parties are, at their conventions, engaged in governmental action covered by the Constitution, or whether instead they are acting as private associations which protected by the Constitution...

In-Flight Internet Service Comes With New Porn Monitors: Flight Attendants

Posted on August 26, 2008
Fox News reports: As if flight attendants didn’t have enough to do, they’ve been handed another job. Say hello to your new mile-high culture police. With the nation’s airlines rolling out in-flight wireless Internet service, and with little if any guidelines established to regulate usage, flight attendants will be in charge of maintaining in-cabin decorum...

Obama and ?Infanticide?: The facts about Obama?s votes against ?Born Alive? bills in Illinois.

Posted on August 26, 2008
Obama voted in committee against the 2003 state bill that was nearly identical to the federal act he says he would have supported.

Denver Archbishop: Vote for Real Hope and Change

Posted on August 26, 2008
Charles J. Chaput, the Archbishop of Denver, has this commentary in First Things. He writes: “First, surrounding a bad social policy or party platform plank?for example, permissive abortion?with religious people doesn?t redeem the bad policy or plank...

More Pay for Good Teachers: Why do the unions oppose it?

Posted on August 26, 2008
The Washington Post carries this report that begins: “AT BOTH ends of the country, high-profile fights have broken out over teacher contracts. At issue in both cities — the District and Denver — are proposals tying big salary increases to improved student achievement...

?Law School Rankings Reviewed to Deter ?Gaming??

Posted on August 26, 2008
How Appealing covers a report in the Wall Street Journal indicating that U.S. News and World report may move to stop gaming of the system by law schools that move students into part-time programs to enhance their statistics. Non-subscription access to the Wall Street Journal report is available through Google News...

More bigamy charges filed in Texas sect case

Posted on August 26, 2008
The AP reports: “Two new indictments against members of a polygamist sect have added bigamy charges against men already accused of the sexual assault of a child.” Visit Site » Share This

Washington archbishop ?rips? Pelosi on abortion

Posted on August 26, 2008
In a rare public rebuke of a top politician, the archbishop of Washington said Monday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was incorrect when she recently said the moment of conception has long been a matter of controversy within the Catholic Church.

Massachusetts: ?A.G. OKs question to reinstate gay-marriage ban?

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Boston Herald reports: Attorney General Martha Coakley today authorized a ballot question proposing to reinstate a nearly century old law barring out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts. The so-called 1913 law was repealed by the Legislature in late June...

Third Circuit Notes Recent Split Re Congress?s Authority to Regulate Intrastate Activities

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Split Circuits Blog reports: Per U.S. v. Stevens, 533 F.3d 218 n.22 (3rd Cir. Jul 18, 2008): [T]he question of whether Congress exceeds its constitutional authority when regulating intrastate activities was one that had, until just recently, divided the circuits...

Maryland: Public gradually embraces charter schools despite statewide despite barriers

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Baltimore Sun reports: In the first few years of Maryland’s experiment with charter schools, Baltimore led the way with an explosion of new schools of all varieties. More slowly and cautiously, county districts are following the city’s lead, allowing more of these publicly funded and privately operated schools to open as alternatives to the [...

Abortion takes center stage at interfaith gathering

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News reports: bortion has stormed onto the stage of the Democratic National Convention’s opening event. Bishop Charles E. Blake, presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, called on presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama to “follow through on his promise … to reduce the number of abortions” while stopping just short of [...

Missouri Public School Must Stop Distribution of Bibles To Fifth-Graders, AU Tells Court

Posted on August 25, 2008
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has issued this press release that begins: A Missouri public school must end its policy of allowing an evangelical Christian group to distribute Bibles to fifth-graders on school property during school hours, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has told a federal appellate court...

Colorado: Strip club appeals permit denial

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports: “The businessman whose bid to open a strip club in Grand Junction was shot down by the city Planning Commission has filed an appeal, arguing members of the board let personal morals rather than municipal codes guide their decision...

Football teams walk fine line of religion in schools

Posted on August 25, 2008
SCNow has this report that begins: Some football coaches and players can recite a playbook front to back. They sleep with it. They eat with it. They take it wherever they go. After all, a team?s success greatly hinges on the playbook. There are coaches and players, though, who strongly believe their ultimate success depends on the [...

Ban on unmarried adoptions cleared for Ark. ballot, suit threatened

Posted on August 25, 2008
"A proposal aimed at effectively banning gays and lesbians from becoming foster or adoptive parents was cleared Monday to appear on this fall's ballot in Arkansas . . . "

Washington Times: Planned Parenthood targets blacks

Posted on August 25, 2008
"Abortion is a tragedy regardless of the ethnic or racial composition of the victim. But when a specific population is targeted for elimination, it is an abomination. Congress should stiffen its moral spine."

Condoms a hit at Democratic convention

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Boston Herald reports: DENVER ? Forget the T-shirts and the Obama buttons, the convention souvenir to score (dreadful pun intended) come courtesty of Angus McQuillken, vice president for public affairs of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts...

Phoenix: Billboard ads to promote church-state split

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Arizona Republic reports: A national organization that promotes freedom from religion and separation of church and state is hoping to get Phoenix commuters talking with five controversial billboards that will go up this week. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis...

?Transgender Bias Suit Against Library of Congress Could Change Federal Policy?

Posted on August 25, 2008
The Connecticut Law Tribune reports: Employment attorneys and lawyers for advocacy groups are keeping a close eye on a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. that could provide additional protections for transgender people in the work force . . . The lawsuit, because it’s against the federal government, could have a nationwide impact on employment policy, [...

Parson Malthus Makes a Comeback as Overpopulation Zealots Destroy World

Posted on August 25, 2008
Austin Ruse reports on LifeNews.com: The wild Malthusian success has ushered in fears previously unknown to man; that rapidly declining fertility is leading to rapidly aging populations and eventual population decline. The threat of “demographic winter” had become a staple of even the mainstream media and Malthusian stock went into a decades-long steep decline...

Chinese bishop arrested as Olympics close

Posted on August 25, 2008
CWNews reports: “China’s most prominent ‘underground’ Catholic bishop was arrested on Sunday, August 24: the day that also saw the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing.” Visit Site » Share This

LA Times: ?How should Catholic vote? Once again, U.S. Catholics are debating the relationship between abortion and politics?

Posted on August 25, 2008
The LA Times has this editorial that concludes: The struggle among bishops over this question has resulted in a compromise election guide for Catholic voters. It declares: “As Catholics, we are not single-issue voters. … Yet a candidate’s position on a single issue that involves an intrinsic evil, such as support for legal abortion or [...

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