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Spain: Minister of Justice promises to meet the demands of pro-euthanasia group

Posted on August 15, 2008
The Minister of Justice in Spain, Mario Fernandez Bermejo, received the members of the organization, Right to Die with Dignity, in a meeting and vowed to meet the demands of their group dedicated to promoting euthanasia and suicide.

VA: In obscenity trial, jurors required to watch 4 hours of porn

Posted on August 15, 2008
Jurors in the obscenity trial of a Virginia adult video store were required to sit through nearly four hours of "adult entertainment" in a Staunton courtroom yesterday.

The Scotsman interviews Gene Robinson

Posted on August 15, 2008
Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Anglican bishop, came to Scotland this week to debate homosexuality and religion.

Fifth Circuit rules on jurors using Bible during sentencing deliberations

Posted on August 15, 2008
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus to convicted murder Khristian Oliver, who had argued that his Sixth and Eighth Amendment rights were violated when the jury took Bible passages into account when deliberating on his eventual death sentence.

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Penna Dexter: Abortion - Is this what you mean?

Posted on August 15, 2008
Telling the truth about abortion is the most effective way to reduce its numbers.

Alabama Judge Under Fire for Ordering Group to Pray in Court

Posted on August 15, 2008
A complaint has been filed against a Covington County judge charging he violated judicial ethics rules by ordering a group in his courtroom to hold hands and pray.

?ACLU sues for release of transgendered immigrant?

Posted on August 15, 2008
The ACLU said Oscar "Diana" Santander should be released while the government appeals an immigration judge's ruling in May that granted Santander asylum because she would be at risk of torture if deported to Mexico.

Attorney: Judge ?flat wrong? in obscenity case

Posted on August 15, 2008
"This woman was responsible for the crime," he points out. "It took a lot of effort to develop a website, to write these stories, [and] to seek money for these stories.

Italy: Atheists abandon attempt to ban baptisms

Posted on August 15, 2008
However, he said, "Americans should be aware that such lawsuits may seem far-fetched, but they really are happening ? and foreign legal decisions are increasingly cited in American courts."

The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and American Implementing Law

Posted on August 15, 2008
This article examines in the history of the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption and the potential impact on adoption of children by gay and lesbian couples and partners, and international recognition of such adoptions.

Migrating Marriages and Comparative Constitutionalism

Posted on August 15, 2008
I argue that Canadian constitutional ideas about same sex marriage have not been migrating to the United States at least not in terms of explicit judicial borrowings.

The Europeanisation of International Law

Posted on August 15, 2008
This is the introduction to a book that explores the consequences of European integration for the application of public international law in the European Union and its Member States.

?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell, Don?t Debate??

Posted on August 15, 2008
Conservatives have essentially abandoned the public debate on gays in the military, leaving an uncontested field to liberal activists who have seen national poll numbers rise in favor of letting professed homosexuals wear the uniform.

The Bush Imprint on the Supreme Court: Why Conservatives Should Continue to Yearn and Liberals Should not Fear

Posted on August 15, 2008
If relative continuity, and not dramatic change, is the more apt description, then reports of President Bush's ?most enduring? legacy are either way premature, greatly exaggerated, or simply mistaken.

LDS: The Divine Institution of Marriage

Posted on August 15, 2008
The focus of the Church?s involvement is specifically same-sex marriage and its consequences.

How to conduct politics as Catholics - The Denver Memorandum

Posted on August 15, 2008
This new book by the Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, though addressed primarily to his fellow Catholics, will also serve to foster a much-needed conversation both within and outside the Church.

Ohio library can?t prohibit meeting because of religious elements

Posted on August 15, 2008
A federal court ruled Thursday that an Ohio library violated the Constitution when it denied Citizens for Community Values access to its meeting room on the grounds that the proposed event contained ?inherent elements of a religious service.?

Marriage is Foundational for the Well-being of Society

Posted on August 14, 2008
Family Voice, the Blog of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, carries this post. It concludes: “Since the impact of marriage and family stems beyond the personal realm and reaches far into the public and societal spheres, then governments should not attempt to redefine the historical understanding of marriage, but rather endorse it, [...

Wesley J. Smith: Humans Are Not 98% Genetically Identical to Chimpanzees

Posted on August 14, 2008
Wesley J. Smith has this article on LifeSiteNews.com. He writes: First, the 98% figure is probably overstated. An article in Science puts the actual figure at 94%. (Jon Cohen, “Relative Differences: The Myth of 1%, June 29, 2007). But even these figures are only measuring about 2% of our total genetic makeup - that is, [...

Eugenics: Study Finds Vast Majority (84%) of Down Syndrome Babies Aborted in Norway

Posted on August 14, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: A recently published Norwegian study of prenatal detection of trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) reveals that 84% of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome in the country are aborted.” Visit Site » Share This

Forty-two Organizations Appeal to Have Canadian Supreme Court Chief Justice Removed from Office over Morgentaler Affair

Posted on August 14, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Forty-two Canadian organizations, representing an estimated one million plus members, collectively filed a letter of complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 about federally appointed chief justice Beverley McLachlin for conduct that breaches the high standard of behaviour required to be a member of the judiciary...

Canadians Separate Religion from Politics

Posted on August 14, 2008
Angus Reid reports: Many adults in Canada believe politics and religion should not mix, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 66 per cent of respondents think it is inappropriate for political candidates to talk about their religious beliefs as part of their political campaigns...

?Single Anti-Gay Remark Sufficient for Hostile Workplace Claim, Court Says?

Posted on August 14, 2008
"Calling an employee a 'stupid fag' just once is ground for a prima facie case of hostile-workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled."

Matt Bowman: A rebuttal of Sherry Colb?s defense of Obama?s record on partial birth abortion

Posted on August 14, 2008
Law professor Sherry Colb posts another abortion apologetic in her regular column at Findlaw.com, but this time her research is woefully inadequate. Colb attempts to defend Senator Barack Obama for opposing Illinois bills that would have protected babies born alive during abortions...

Potential County Resident Has Standing To Challenge 10 Commandments Display

Posted on August 14, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In ACLU of Florida Inc. v. Dixie County Florida, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61177 (ND FL, Aug. 8, 2008), a Florida federal district court held that an ACLU member had standing (and thus so did the ACLU) to challenge on Establishment Clause grounds a stone display of the 10 Commandments [...

Death or Transformation? Educational Autonomy in the Roberts Court

Posted on August 14, 2008
Did the Court's embrace of institutional autonomy extend beyond higher education, into the K-12 realm?

Checkbooks Come Out for Prop 8 Fight

Posted on August 14, 2008
Cheryl Miller has this report on the Recorder that begins: “The multimillion-dollar fight over California’s Proposition 8 heated up this week, with both sides reporting huge contribution totals fueled by wealthy individual donors, labor and corporate groups and, increasingly, lawyers...

Democracy denied: 9th Circuit disenfranchises Oregon voters

Posted on August 14, 2008
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Thursday upheld a district court decision denying Oregon citizens the right to vote on a referendum that concerns a new state law which many believe violates the state?s marriage amendment.

At Trial, Lawyer Claims Former Firm Cut Her Salary Over Pregnancy

Posted on August 14, 2008
Vesselin Mitev reports in the New York Law Journal: An attorney who quit her job after returning from maternity leave is suing her former law firm for allegedly cutting her salary while she was pregnant and for creating a “hostile environment.” Jacquelyn Todaro, a former associate at Siegel Fenchel & Peddy, a tax certiorari boutique [...

AZ Schools chief told to fund vouchers: GOP lawmakers: Transfer $5M from public education

Posted on August 14, 2008
The Arizona Daily Star reports: On an 8-3 vote, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee directed state schools Superintendent Tom Horne to take $5 million out of the funding for public schools and use it instead to finance the voucher programs, which were left out of the $9...

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