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How to Entrench a De Facto State Church in Russia: A Guide in Progress

Posted on July 29, 2008
The Russian Orthodox Church's (ROC) assertion of a constitutionally inappropriate role in affairs of state has severely compromised Russia's secular constitutional framework.

An Analysis of Massachusetts Adoption Laws and the Closing of Catholic Charities Adoption Services

Posted on July 29, 2008
Part III argues that an exemption for religious organizations in Massachusetts adoption laws would not violate current principles of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses.

Anglican Head Surprises Lambeth Conference: Affirms Traditional Christian Doctrine on Homosexual Sex

Posted on July 29, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “. . . Dr. Williams said last week, ‘I do not believe that sex outside marriage is as God purposes it.’ He was quoted in the Times saying he remains ‘committed’ to the Anglican Church’s official stance against ‘gay sex...

ADF files to keep Uzbeki family together in face of religious persecution

Posted on July 29, 2008
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4626 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE July 29, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom ADF attorneys submit brief to keep Uzbeki family together Husband allowed to stay in U...

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Judge Upholds Kansas Post-Viability Abortion Ban: Tiller Will Face Charges

Posted on July 29, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “District Court Judge Clark V. Owens released a 35-page opinion today on the constitutional challenge to the Kansas post-viability abortion ban, saying that the ban ’survives all of the constitutional challenges’ presented by notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller...

Over 70 Colorado Physicians Sign Statement Saying Personhood Begins at Fertilization

Posted on July 29, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Colorado for Equal Rights has announced the support of over 70 physicians and pharmacists, including neonatologists, family physicians, ob-gyns, pediatricians, and other physicians nationwide.” Visit Site » Share This

Italian Doctors Appeal to Court to Not Subject Eluana Englaro to Euthanasia

Posted on July 29, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “A group of leading doctors have sent the Italy attorney general a letter asking that the European nation do more to help prevent Eluana Englaro’s euthanasia death. [...]

Michigan: Rewriting a State Constitution for Partisan Advantage

Posted on July 29, 2008
Jonathan Adler has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy discussing efforts to manipulate Michigian’s state constitution and judiciary for political advantage. Visit Site » Share This

Solicitor General seeks rehearing of Louisiana child rape death penalty case

Posted on July 29, 2008
Jonathan Adler reports on the Volokh Conspiracy: “The Solicitor General’s office has joined the state of Louisiana in requesting reconsideration of the Supreme Court’s decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana, in which the Court held the death penalty for child rape to be unconstitutional...

Court Rejects Amish Free Exercise Defense In Building Permit Cases

Posted on July 29, 2008
The Reigion Clause Blog reports: “In Morristown, New York, a Town Court judge has refused to dismiss charges against eight Amish men who built or moved homes without the required permits.” Visit Site » Share This

Kazakhstan authorities oust foreign missionaries

Posted on July 29, 2008
Interfax reports: “A large number of foreigners from the United States, Georgia, South Korea and Japan were expelled from the country by law enforcement authorities following court decisions for violating regulations while working as missionaries without the required registration,” the minister said at a government session on Tuesday...

?Mass. House set to debate gay marriage tomorrow?

Posted on July 28, 2008
The AP reports that the Massachusetts House will take proposals to repeal the 1913 law that restrictions same-sex “marriage” to residents. Visit Site » Share This

A School for Johns?

Posted on July 28, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: Last week,�Newsweek ran a web exclusive story on a San Francisco program that focuses on men who attempt to solicit prostitutes.� The program is called the First Offender Prostitution Program (FOPP) and lasts for eight hours . ...

Poll Says Many British Muslim College Students Hold Islamist Views

Posted on July 28, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Today’s London Telegraph and London Times Online report that a YouGov poll for the Centre for Social Cohesion shows a wide cultural gap between Muslim and non-Muslim students at British universities. 40% of Muslim students say Shariah should be introduced into British law for Muslims...

Facing NYCLU Lawsuit, Insurance Company Agrees to Provide Spousal Benefits to Married Same-Sex Couples

Posted on July 28, 2008
The NYCLU reports: “Less than three weeks after the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Western New York for denying spousal health care benefits to a validly married lesbian couple, the health insurance company has announced it will begin covering married same-sex couples...

Kentucky: Alleged strip club raided in Somerset

Posted on July 28, 2008
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: But police, who raided the Somerset club Saturday night, say there was a lot more than off-key singing going on. An undercover informant had visited the club Friday night, equipped with a hidden video camera, and bought a ?bottomless? lap dance from a woman working there, Somerset Police Detective Shannon Smith said [...

British Catholic agency open to same-sex adoption

Posted on July 28, 2008
CWNews reports: “The largest Catholic adoption agency in England and Wales has decided to implement an adoption policy that does not rule out same-sex couples in the face of new laws that forbid such screening. The change in its adoption policy was made with the full support of the bishops who oversee the agency...

Attorney General Hiring Report: Political Considerations in Hiring Decisions

Posted on July 28, 2008
DOJ has issued this press release and link to the larger report.� The press release begins: Even as I commend the hard work and collaboration of the Justice Department?s Offices of Inspector General and Professional Responsibility on today?s report, I am of course disturbed by their findings that improper political considerations were used in hiring decisions [...

Charles Haynes: ?Inside the First Amendment: In marriage debate, divorce church from state?

Posted on July 28, 2008
Charles C. Haynes has this commentary in the Tucson Citizen. �He writes: “Suddenly this summer, the reality of same-sex couples lining up to get married in California has led some religious leaders to rethink their government role.” � Visit Site » Share This

Fourth Circuit Will Rehear Partial Birth Abortion Case

Posted on July 28, 2008
In an important 6-4 decision today, the Fourth Circuit announced that it will rehear en banc a case involving the constitutionality of Virginia?s partial birth abortion ban.

Transsexual fights city of Cleveland over pool locker room

Posted on July 28, 2008
Karen Deamons wants to use the women's locker room, like a normal woman.

Spence: Law School is a Fraud

Posted on July 28, 2008
Legal Blog Watch reports:� Famed buckskin-clad Wyoming trial lawyer�Gerry Spence�may be�new to this blogging thing, but he sure isn’t shy about it. In his latest post, he declares�law school a $100,000 fraud. “We have law schools claiming they are educating lawyers when most lawyers, as they drag themselves out of the misery and boredom of those [...

CA: Bay Area sports teams reach out to homosexual groups

Posted on July 28, 2008
In the Castro, often described as the gayest neighborhood in America, the NFL owner turned heads, even though he'd been there before. York has been going to the Castro since 2003 with wife and co-owner Denise DeBartolo York to promote the 49ers, part of a concerted strategy to reach gay and lesbian fans.

CA: ?Will gays? boycott turn the tables??

Posted on July 28, 2008
Now gay rights groups and their union allies are trying to turn the tables by targeting the Manchester Grand Hyatt and the Grand Del Mar because the hotels' owner, Doug Manchester, gave $125,000 to Proposition 8, a November ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California.

?Group makes waves in CA gay marriage debate?

Posted on July 28, 2008
The AP reports:� Opponents of gay marriage say their easiest political work is done: Most states have passed laws or constitutional amendments banning recognition of same-sex unions. Now they say their task is getting more difficult: Seeking to ban same-sex marriage in some of the nation’s most gay-friendly states...

Poll: U.S. Divided on Homosexual Couples

Posted on July 28, 2008
Angus Reid reports: “The legal recognition of same-sex couples continues to split views in the United States, according to a poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. 32 per cent of respondents would allow homosexual partners to legally marry, 33 per cent would permit them to form civil unions, and 29 per cent would grant [...

South Carolina Law Review launches peer review pilot program

Posted on July 28, 2008
Eugene Volokh reports on the Volokh Conspiracy:� The South Carolina Law Review is pleased to announce the launch of a Peer Review Pilot Program for Volume 60. Because we believe the current system of legal scholarship publication may be improved by changing how articles are selected, our Pilot Program will explore the feasibility of article selection [...

Iowa case raises question: Is stripping an art?

Posted on July 28, 2008
The AP reports: “. . . the loophole in the state’s public indecent exposure law that allows nude dancing at “art centers” is under attack in the small community of Hamburg, a town of 1,200 just across the Missouri River from Nebraska...

As California Goes, So Goes the Nation

Posted on July 28, 2008
The political and cultural dynamics in California mirror the dynamics of the same-sex ?marriage? fight across North America.

The Growing Consensus Toward a Right to Education

Posted on July 28, 2008
This book review criticizes the factors Farber uses to determine whether a given right is fundamental and argues that legislation must be the most important factor in discerning fundamental rights that are so-retained,

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