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Revolt on the Hill: House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking

Posted on August 01, 2008
Politico.com reports on a continuing drama in the House of Representatives: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices...

Mass. Chief Justice elected head of the Conference of Chief Justices

Posted on August 01, 2008
"As for Justice Marshall, on a national level, she is perhaps best known as author of the opinion that legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts."

Bomb threat to Gaza Bible bookshop prompts call for prayers

Posted on August 01, 2008
Christian Today reports: “Last week the co-owner of the building where the shop is located demanded that the Palestinian Bible Society vacate the premises. He claims to have received a threat from a militant Islamic group in Gaza to blow up the building if the shop remains...

?Change in the air: seeking acceptance on job, transgender workers make gains?

Posted on August 01, 2008
The New York Post reports: Sklarz’s story could be a metaphor for the progress of transgender employees, who are finding the workplace a more accepting environment, advocates say. Part of the reason is a growing number of firms adding language to their anti-discrimination policies aimed at transgender workers...

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Judge rules Iowa law protects minor?s nude dancing at club

Posted on August 01, 2008
The AP reports that Iowa Judge Timothy O’Grady has ruled that Fremont county failed to prove that the club in question wasn’t a theater after the county prosecuted the owner under indecency laws for allowing a minor to dance nude on stage...

Internet fuels child sex crimes

Posted on August 01, 2008
Susan Brinkmann reports on The Philadelphia Bulletin:: Almost all experts agree the dramatic increase in the sexual exploitation of children is directly linked to the advent of the Internet . . . This is certainly what Mr. Trueman found in his many years prosecuting these crimes...

Georgia: ?Gay candidate in runoff picks up Victory Fund endorsement?

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Southern Voice reports: “[Keisha] Waites, who is running her fifth campaign in eight years, came within 31 votes of Ralph Long III during the July 15 primary as they emerged as the frontrunners of a six-person race to replace state Rep. Bob Holmes (D-Atlanta), who will retire from serving District 61 at the end [...

Move to head off Medellin execution

Posted on August 01, 2008
SCOTUS Blog reports on the latest filings at the U.S. Supreme Court in the ongoing effort to halt the Medellin execution. SCOTUS Blog reports: In asking the Court on Friday to pull back that decision, Medellin?s counsel said they were not seeking to reopen the issues resolved there, but rather wanted it kept on [...

Ga. town spends $1M to buy, shut down strip club

Posted on August 01, 2008
The AP reports: “A small town in northeast Georgia has bought a strip club, but it’s not planning to get into the adult entertainment business . . . Lavonia’s mayor got a standing ovation when he announced the deal at a meeting earlier this week...

Some lawyers find religion a righteous marketing tool

Posted on August 01, 2008
The ABA Journal reports: Attorney W. Mark Lanier hopes that people who visit his website will see him as a talented trial lawyer who is considered one of the best among his peers. And if they decide to attend his Sunday school classes, that?s OK with him too...

95% of Spanish and 80-90% of Canadian Down?s Syndrome Children Aborted After Prenatal Testing

Posted on August 01, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: A report from Spain shows that abortion is being used for eugenic purposes to eliminate the “unfit,” specifically children with Down’s syndrome. Recent statistics show that almost 95% of Spanish babies diagnosed with Down’s syndrome are aborted...

Paraguay?s Next Minister of Women Defends Pro-Abortion Stance

Posted on August 01, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Paraguay’s future Minister of Women, Gloria Rubin, is openly defending her pro-abortion position . . . Rubin further claimed that “abortion is the greatest cause of death for women in Paraguay, because abortion is penalized by the law, by the Christian churches, in Paraguay and around the world...

UK Court Ruling Forbids School Ban on Religious Jewelry

Posted on August 01, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: Yesterday, a UK high court ruled in favour of a 14-year-old Welsh-Sikh student, permitting her to wear a religious bracelet while attending school. Some religious rights activists are hoping that the decision may help protect the rights of members of other religions as well, including Christians, some of whom have been forced [...

UK: Boy can have two fathers, no limit on potential number of parents

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Telegraph reports: In the case, the country’s most senior family court judge, Sir Mark Potter, decided that a man who brought up the boy believing him to be his own child was entitled to parental rights - even though he has turned out not be the father...

Britain?s Silence Ammo For A Sharia-Run Future

Posted on August 01, 2008
Townhall.com reports: Strange, the apparent lack of public alarm in Britain over an extensive new poll showing that significant minorities of Muslim students at some of Britain’s better colleges and universities embrace the most threatening aspects of Islam...

Santeria?s animal sacrifices are legal, Florida police told

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Olympian reports: Although Santeria has been widely practiced in South Florida for decades, the Afro-Cuban religion, which at times includes animal sacrifices, remains cloaked in mystery and sensation . . . But leaders of the faith are hailing a recent decision by Miami-Dade County, Fla...

CEDAW United Nations Committee Re-Elects Pro-Abortion Members

Posted on August 01, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Prior to this week?s election, a survey of the committee revealed that half of the CEDAW committee members are direct employees of such radical non-governmental organizations as [...]

Leader of Christian Group Demands Removal of Georgia Guidestones Monument

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Mark Dice, leader of a Christian group known as The Resistance, is pressing the town of Elberton, Georgia to remove a 19-foot tall granite monument that sets out ‘ten guidestones’ to an age of reason in eight different languages...

Colo. Federal Court Upholds School?s Objections To Religious Remarks In Graduation Speech

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: In Corder v. Lewis Palmer School District No. 38, (D CO, July 30, 2008), a Colorado federal district court upheld the actions of a high school principal who, in 2006, forced a student graduation speaker to apologize for including unauthorized religious material in her 30-second portion of a joint graduation [...

4th Circuit nominee gets unanimous approval

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Washington Post reports: . . . G. Steven Agee was sworn in this month as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit after being nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The 55-year-old lawyer had been a Virginia Supreme Court justice since 2003 ...

Mass. ?Out-of-state gays on the way: Weddings expected to bring $111M to state?

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Boston Herald reports: “The New York couple is part of a same-sex marriage wave predicted to pump $111 million into Bay State business over the next three years and bring 30,000 out-of-state gay couples - most of them from New York - to Massachusetts...

Federal appeals court to seek five more judges in overwhelmed California district

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Sacramento Bee reports: “Recognizing that the federal judicial district based in Sacramento is overwhelmed with prisoner cases, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vowed to push Congress for five new judges for the district.” Visit Site » Share This

Midlevel Survey Shows Associates Eyeing the Door

Posted on August 01, 2008
Ross Todd reports in the American Lawyer: When Arnold�& Porter’s director of professional development, Caren Ulrich Stacy, started working in law firm recruiting in the mid-’90s, she says there was one question that she could count on hearing from every incoming associate, be it a new law school recruit or a potential lateral hire: How long [...

DC Circuit: Protestant Navy chaplains group lacks standing to challenge retirement system alleged to favor Catholics

Posted on August 01, 2008
A group of Protestant Navy chaplains sued the Navy, alleging that the Navy?s operation of its retirement system discriminates in favor of Catholic chaplains in violation of the Establishment Clause.

Church-paid trips by aides raise questions on religion-politics mix

Posted on August 01, 2008
The Hill reports: A review of White House travel records shows churches and other religious entities paid for close to a quarter of the privately funded trips taken by White House aides since late 2006. Critics, who see this as evidence the administration is mixing faith and public policy, say religious groups may feel pressure to sponsor [...

9th Cir. arguments: Mont. church labeled a political committee after speaking on social issues

Posted on August 01, 2008
ADF attorneys are appealing a 2006 court decision holding the church in violation of a Montana campaign finance law because it did not report to the state when speaking on the social issue of Montana?s marriage amendment.

Temporary Stoppage of South Dakota Abortions Points to Abortion?s Risks

Posted on July 31, 2008
Planned Parenthood of South Dakota is refusing to do abortions. Why?

United Nations Committee Wants Britain to Legalize Abortion in Northern Ireland

Posted on July 31, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “In advance of a debate in the British Parliament on whether or not to extend the 1967 legalizing abortion in Britain to Northern Ireland, a Un panel has weighed in. The Committee on the Elimination for Discrimination Against Women, which has pestered other nations to legalizing abortions, says move ahead...

APA?s New Report May Hide Abortion Risks

Posted on July 31, 2008
Citizen Link reports: “Family advocates are concerned the report by the American Psychological Association (APA), to be released next month, will ignore the negative and harmful consequences of abortion.” Related: Abortion and Mental Health: Does the American Psychological Association know the difference between science and ideology? Visit Site » Share This

Thomas More Law Center Agrees to Help Citizen?s Group Overturn City Ordinance Criminalizing Religion

Posted on July 31, 2008
The Thomas More Law Center has issued this press release.� It begins: The Thomas More Law Center today announced that it will act as legal counsel for a coalition of citizens, businesses, and religions in Hamtramck, Michigan seeking to overturn an ordinance enacted by the City Counsel in June, which gives special privileges to homosexuals and [...

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