Religion & Law

Ballot proposal to ban abortion in Alaska ruled unconstitutional

Posted on January 12, 2011
Miami Herald: "Alaska attorney general John Burns has found unconstitutional a proposed ballot initiative that was essentially seeking to outlaw abortion in Alaska."

Nursing student fights school policy requiring abortion pledge

Posted on January 12, 2011
Christian Post: "A nursing student has partnered with a Christian legal defense group in filing a complaint against a Nashville, Tenn., university policy that requires participation in abortion procedures in order to enter its nurse residency program ...

How to cut $100 billion without really crying

Posted on January 12, 2011
Business Week: "Boehner is going to win this one. Government spending has surged so much in the past two years that cutting $100 billion is a piece of cake . . . The Heritage Foundation?s Brian Riedl came up with an ambitious plan for cutting $343 billion in spending...

Energy should be job one for the new Congress

Posted on January 12, 2011
Energy Tribune: "Our economy was built on and our lifestyles depend upon relatively inexpensive, abundant, reliable sources of energy. Looking just at the fossil fuels oil and natural gas, they are critical for transportation and, increasingly for electricity, but they also serve as feedstock for plastics, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, lubricants and construction materials...

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WV: Justices listen to arguments on gubernatorial succession

Posted on January 12, 2011
Charleston Daily Mail: "Tomblin, who is acting governor by virtue of being Senate president, contends that state law allows him to serve until the next general election. But in separate lawsuits, Citizen Action Group and Charleston attorney Thornton Cooper both say the state constitution - which overrides any state law - was not written with such a long period of service by a Senate president in mind...

Attorney: Court punishes ?narrow? religious beliefs

Posted on January 12, 2011
OneNewsNow: "Voydatch's attorney, John Anthony Simmons, an allied attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, says the court modified the child's school placement at the request of the father. 'And the rationale that it used was that the child [and the mother] had religious beliefs ...

Imperial County supervisors take no action on Prop. 8 case

Posted on January 12, 2011
Imperial Valley Press: "No action was taken by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors Tuesday after they discussed the lawsuit over California?s gay marriage ban."

Hawaii: Civil union supporters optimistic

Posted on January 12, 2011
KITV: "Supporters of same-sex civil unions are optimistic that a new governor who supports their plight means 2011 will be the year a civil union bill becomes law in Hawaii."

Daniels urges aggressive Ind. school changes

Posted on January 12, 2011
Bloomberg: "Daniels used about half of his 30-minute State of the State speech Tuesday night to promote his education proposals, including an expansion of charter schools, vouchers to help parents send their children to private schools and limits on teacher union contracts...

Montana: Sponsor says unborn child bill not about abortion

Posted on January 12, 2011
Great Falls Tribune: "Groups opposed to abortion say the bill, sponsored by Rep. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, is needed to prosecute those who kill an unborn baby, perhaps during a crime against the expectant mother. 'House Bill 167 does not include legal abortions or infringe on a woman's right to choose,' Regier said...

Japan: Survey shows rising indifference to sex among male teens, couples

Posted on January 12, 2011
Breitbart: "One-third of Japanese men aged 16 to 19 were uninterested in or even averse to sex as of last year, doubling from 2008, a government survey showed Wednesday."

Vote on repeal of pro-abortion Obamacare bill comes next week

Posted on January 12, 2011
LifeNews: ". . . Boehner has rescheduled the Obamacare repeal vote for next week, according to a Congressional Quarterly report. No formal announcement has been made, but HR 2 is expected to receive a vote next week."

D.C. judge blocks release of TSA body scan images

Posted on January 12, 2011
Blog of LegalTimes: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has properly shielded from public review 2,000 whole-body scan images of air travelers, a federal judge in Washington said today in a public records suit."

Serbia: Advocates of homosexual behavior push for marriage redefinition

Posted on January 12, 2011
B92: "The Gay-Lesbian Info Center (GLIC) NGO has asked for the Serbian Constitution to be changed to include a new definition of marriage."

Michael Youssef calls on Hillary Clinton to confront Egyptian gov?t over attacks on Christians

Posted on January 12, 2011
ChristianNewsWire: "Michael Youssef, Founder and President of Leading The Way, is asking US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pressure the Egyptian Government to bring back law and order, and to grant Christians the same liberties as Muslims."

Free ECFA briefing for churches, religious organizations on Grassley accountability, policy report

Posted on January 12, 2011
ChristianNewsWire: "On the heels of U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley's staff report that holds major implications for churches and religious organizations, ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) will hold a free online/telephone briefing about these implications Friday, Jan...

Vanderbilt University abandons illegal policy that forced nursing residents to sign abortion pledge

Posted on January 12, 2011
Policy change comes one day after ADF files complaints with Department of Health and Human Service

Expert: Less Than 10 Percent of U.S. Churches Multiethnic

Posted on January 11, 2011
Christian Post: "A pastor-turned-professor exposes the problem of segregation in U.S. churches, pointing out that only seven to eight percent of American congregations are integrated."

Law Schools, once more

Posted on January 11, 2011
George Leef has this post at National Review Phi Beta Cons: "One commenter asks whether lawyers really need to go to law school at all. Prior to the ABA?s big push in the 1920s for ?higher standards,? most lawyers had not gone to law school, and many of the law schools then in existence had programs lasting less than three years...

Supreme Court nears decision on D.C. marriage case

Posted on January 11, 2011
Washington Blade: "The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as soon as Tuesday whether or not to hear a case seeking to force the District of Columbia to allow voters to decide whether to repeal the city?s same-sex marriage law."

Questioning The Value of Law School

Posted on January 11, 2011
The Atlanta Post: "But with so many students coming out of school with six-figure debts and lack of opportunities, the timing is right to reassess the value of a law school education."

Md. lawmakers? agenda includes budget cuts, marriage redefinition

Posted on January 11, 2011
Washington Post: "Maryland lawmakers will convene Wednesday for their annual 90-day session, to grapple with hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts and a big social issue: same-sex marriage."

9th Circuit reinstates workplace sexual orientation discrimination claims

Posted on January 11, 2011
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, Dawson produced circumstantial evidence of retaliatory discharge and sexual orientation hostile work environment, such that resolution of this action by summary judgment was error...

Christians Rally Against Anti-Pregnancy Center Bill in NY

Posted on January 11, 2011
Christian Post: "The legislation, known as Bill 371, would require CPCs to post notices on their doors, websites, and advertisements, stating that they do not provide abortions or contraception, and to disclose when a medical provider is not available at the center...

Legal Scholar, Experienced Administrator Becomes First Woman Dean at Gonzaga Law

Posted on January 11, 2011
Gonzaga University: "Jane B. Korn, vice dean and the John D. Lyons Professor at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, has been hired as dean of the Gonzaga University School of Law effective July 1, Gonzaga President Thayne M. McCulloh announced today...

Arizona lawmakers plan to block protesters within 300 feet of funerals

Posted on January 11, 2011
CNN: "The action, according to Senate spokesman Daniel Scarpinato, is in direct response to a controversial church's announcement that it will picket the funeral of Christina Green, the 9-year-old who was one of six people killed Saturday during the attempted assassination of U...

Officials: Christian shot dead in southern Egypt

Posted on January 11, 2011
AP: "A gunman boarded a train in southern Egypt and opened fire on Tuesday, killing a 71-year-old Christian man and wounding five others, including a woman, security and medical officials said."

Virginia Governor McDonnell Wants to Reduce Abortions More

Posted on January 11, 2011
LifeNews: "Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says he supports reducing abortions further in the state and backs a bill in the state legislature that would put more regulations on abortion facilities in place."

Canada: ?They?ll have to fire me?: Sask. marriage official

Posted on January 11, 2011
"A Saskatchewan marriage commissioner says the government will have to fire him if it expects him to perform same-sex marriages."

HSLDA: ?Immediate Action Requested: Letter-Writing Campaign for the Johansson Family?

Posted on January 11, 2011
HSLDA: "In June 2010, HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a joint application at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of the Johansson family. Since the Johanssons? case has been heard at every level of the Swedish court system, the ECHR is the family?s only remaining recourse...

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