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Advocates "religious freedom", though not a strong separation of church and state.
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Rod Dreher: Solzhenitsyn and Wojtyla, tragic prophets

Posted on August 11, 2008
Without a recovery of authentic and authoritative faith and the commitment to live by self-restraint for the greater good, they taught, life and liberty would not be secure, nor would humankind's future.

Gary Becker: ?Should gay marriages be allowed??

Posted on August 11, 2008
It is still too early to have reliable evidence on the effects on children of being raised by gay parents, but I suspect these effects will be more negative than positive, in part because even married gay couples are likely to dissolve their match at relatively high rates.

U.S. Department of Health Backing Down on Controversial Freedom of Conscience Regulation

Posted on August 08, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “A U.S. Department Health and Human Services proposed regulation that would protect freedom of conscience for pro-life physicians and pharmacists will likely be rewritten to reflect pro-abortion demands.” Related: Bush Administration Responds to Pro-Abortion Criticism of Rule Protecting Docs Visit Site » Share This

Prop 8 briefs: Republicans come out against 8

Posted on August 08, 2008
The Bay Area Reporter reports on efforts by the Log Cabin Republics to increase Republican opposition to the proposed California marriage amendment. The report also focuses on efforts by the Rainbow Sash movement to undermine the position recently taken by California Catholic Bishops in support of Proposition 8 and it discusses efforts by the San Francisco [...

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Jan LaRue: New York Times Bemoans Killer?s Execution

Posted on August 08, 2008
Jan LaRue has this commentary on the Culture and Media Institute site.� She begins: ?Texas Executes Mexican Despite Objections.? You?d think that Texas had executed some poor, honest, hard-working, migrant farm worker for not having a Green Card. The Aug...

9th Circuit rejects Indians? claim that snowmaking at Arizona ski area burdens religious freedom

Posted on August 08, 2008
The Arizona Republic reports: “A federal court of appeals on Friday ruled that using reclaimed wastewater to make artificial snow at a Flagstaff ski resort does not violate the religious freedom of Native Americans . . . At issue was whether the possibility of residual human waste in the reclaimed water ? estimated at ...

The New Old Age: Single, Childless and Downright Terrified

Posted on August 08, 2008
The NY Times carries this post by Jane Gross. It begins with these quotes: It?s tough to rely on one?s children and tough to care for a parent. But who cares for the single and/or childless people? ? Posted by Cathy. I?ve never married, have no children and, apart from my mother, do not have a close [...

?Gay, Global and Growing: Local man ushers foreign-policy effort to its next stage of gay advocacy?

Posted on August 08, 2008
Metroweekly reports: Re-launching this fall as the Council for Global Equality, that commitment to influencing U.S. foreign policy — as well as policies and practices abroad of U.S.-based corporations — to promote GLBT equality is about to take a big step...

Pakistan: Taleban burn three more girls? schools

Posted on August 08, 2008
The BBC reports: “Suspected pro-Taleban militants have burnt down three more girls’ high schools in the Swat valley of north-west Pakistan, officials say.” Visit Site » Share This

Out of state money pours in to NY Assembly Republicans who voted to redefine marriage

Posted on August 08, 2008
The NY Sun reports: “Assembly Republicans who bucked party leaders and voted to legalize same-sex marriage in New York have been rewarded with an outpouring of donations from gay rights advocates across the nation.” Visit Site » Share This

Missouri: ?Gay Lawyer With Porn Links Wins State Primary?

Posted on August 08, 2008
(Warning: ads promote homosexual conduct) The Advocate reports: Mike Colona, a gay lawyer from St. Louis, won his Democratic primary Tuesday for a Missouri house seat despite controversy over his ties to the gay porn industry, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported ...

?Atheism Remix? ? Understanding and Answering the New Atheism

Posted on August 08, 2008
Albert Mohler has this post on his blog. He writes: The New Atheism is not just a reassertion of atheism. It is a movement that represents a far greater public challenge to Christianity than that posed by the atheistic movements of previous times. Furthermore, the New Atheism is not just another example [...

Canada: ?Border guards told to stop U.S. church fanatics?

Posted on August 08, 2008
The Edmonton Sun reports: Canadian border guards have been told to bar members of a fanatical American church from entering the country after they announced plans to protest at the funeral of the man decapitated on a Greyhound bus, says a Winnipeg MP...

Court date set for Wis. suit over nativity scene

Posted on August 08, 2008
The Chicago Tribune reports: The Christmas scene on Green Bay’s City Hall came down in December. Next month a court will consider whether it should have gone up at all. The federal court in Green Bay will hear arguments next month to determine whether city officials overstepped their authority by installing a nativity scene atop the [...

BC Government Moves toward All-Day Kindergarten for 3-5 Year-Olds

Posted on August 08, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Contrary to a massive amount of research showing the negative effects of day care on young children, the brief argues that ‘a publicly-funded integrated system of early learning child care is the most effective way to ensure that all B...

Pro-Life Advocates Protesting Forced Abortions in China Deported Back to US

Posted on August 08, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “The three pro-life advocates protesting forced abortions in China at the start of the Summer Olympics have been deported back to the United States. The three were arrested two times and, after the second arrest, Chinese officials took them to the airport and put them on a plane bound for Los Angeles...

Bush Administration Responds to Pro-Abortion Criticism of Rule Protecting Docs

Posted on August 08, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “The head of the Health and Human Services deportment is responding to concerns from pro-abortion groups that a proposed rule to protect pro-life doctors would somehow limit [...]

ABA Index Will Rate Justice Around the World

Posted on August 08, 2008
The AP reports: “The largest lawyers’ group in the United States is developing a nation-by-nation comparison of which citizens can trust their government to act fairly and which governments fall short.” Visit Site » Share This

NV: Orthodox Jewish police officer must be allowed religious accomodation to wear beard

Posted on August 08, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Riback v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Deparment, (D NV, Aug. 6, 2008), a Nevada federal district court ruled that Steve Riback, a Las Vegas police officer who is an Orthodox Jew, must be given an exemption from the police department’s grooming policy so he can wear a beard for [...

DC Christian Science Church Sues Over Historic Landmark Designation

Posted on August 08, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Washington D.C.’s Third Church of Christ, Scientist, yesterday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a decision by the city’s Historic Preservation Review Board (see prior posting) that prevents the church from tearing down its current building in order to construct a new church structure...

ADF: Prop. 8 proponents will appeal decision upholding flawed ballot title

Posted on August 08, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund and ProtectMarriage attorneys will immediately appeal Friday?s decision by a California judge that upheld wording changes made to the Proposition 8 ballot title by the state attorney general

ADF: Calif. Court of Appeal says homeschooling OK under state law

Posted on August 08, 2008
The California Court of Appeal Friday found that the California Education Code allows parents to homeschool their children, reversing its own previous decision on the matter. The decision means that parents do not have to obtain state credentials in order to educate their own children at home.

Court upholds AG?s revisions to Cal. Marriage Ballot Title and Summary

Posted on August 08, 2008
"The title and summary is not false or misleading because it states that Proposition 8 would 'eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry' in California."

Cal. Court of Appeals upholds a statutory right to homeschool

Posted on August 08, 2008
We will conclude that: (1) California statutes permit home schooling as a species of private school education; and (2) the statutory permission to home school may constitutionally be overridden in order to protect the safety of a child who has been declared dependent.

Millions of Women Who Had Abortions Don?t Know It

Posted on August 08, 2008
Ann Woolner has this commentary on Bloomberg that begins: It’s impossible for me to know how many abortions I’ve had. If asked last week, I would have confidently declared, none. Now, I don’t know. It depends on what the meaning of the word “abortion” is...

Pittsburgh-area woman receives no prison time for federal obscenities conviction

Posted on August 08, 2008
How Appealing links to several stories discussing the situation involving a woman who posted obscene fiction on the Internet including this story in the Pittbugh Post-Gazette: Writer’s ‘monsters’ lead to obscenity sentence. Visit Site » Share This

NY Governor seeks dismissal of ADF challenge to marriage redefinition

Posted on August 08, 2008
The AP reports on Newsday: State lawyers defended Gov. David Paterson’s move to recognize out-of-state gay marriages, asking a judge on Thursday to dismiss a Christian legal group’s claim that the governor overstepped his authority . . . The Scottsdale, Ariz...

President Bush in China: ?[A]ll people should have the freedom to say what they think and worship as they choose?

Posted on August 08, 2008
". . . all people should have the freedom to say what they think and worship as they choose . . . We strongly believe societies which allow the free expression of ideas tend to be the most prosperous and the most peaceful."

Man in homosexual relationship flees with abducted child

Posted on August 08, 2008
The NY Daily News reports: “The gay father who fled with his son to Israel after a bitter year-long custody fight insisted Thursday their clandestine trip was done to protect the boy.” Visit Site » Share This

LA Times: ?Reneging on a right: By banning same-sex marriages, Prop. 8 would create second-class citizens?

Posted on August 08, 2008
"What voters must consider about Proposition 8 is that, unlike Proposition 22, this is no longer about refining existing California law. In the wake of the court's ruling, the only way to deny marriage to gay and lesbian couples is by revising constitutional rights themselves ...

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