Religion & Law

NY: ACLU plans to challenge video game ratings law

Posted on July 24, 2008
WGIRAM.com reports: Video games being sold in New York must have clearly labeled ratings of violent content on all of their packaging due to a new law that passed Tuesday. The New York Civil Liberties Union said that it planned to mount a legal challenge to the law, as it raised free speech concerns...

Pro-Abortion Congressmen Draft Letter to Bush Against Protecting Doctors

Posted on July 24, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “One [hundred] (100) members of Congress have crafted a letter to President Bush calling on him to “halt all action” on a policy proposal that would help [...]

Sex-Selective Abortions Happening on Wide Scale in United States: Population Research Institute

Posted on July 24, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute (PRI), says that America has a hidden problem of sex discrimination, but a form of discrimination that feminists refuse to address.” Visit Site » Share This

South Dakota: The first abortion free state?

Posted on July 24, 2008
It remains unclear if the Planned Parenthood office has permanently ceased the practice of abortion. . . . "The closing of this clinic is historic in that South Dakota is, for the time being, the first abortion-free state," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman

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Ruling Socialist Party Leader Wants to Begin Debate on Homosexual ?Marriage? in Portugal

Posted on July 24, 2008
LifeSiteNews.com reports: “The parliamentary leader of Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party, Alberto Martins, has suggested that homosexual “marriage” should be on the agenda for the coming legislative session.” Visit Site » Share This

UK: ?Extraordinary family: Couple have second baby using same record-breaking sperm sample frozen in 1989?

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Daily Mail Online reports: A couple are celebrating the birth of a baby created using sperm frozen for a record-breaking 19 years. Emmanuel and Zoe Iyoha hit the headlines in 2006 with the birth of daughter Poppy, now 23 months old, after IVF using sperm kept on ice since 1989...

Turkey: Muslim uproar over cross shaped lighthouse

Posted on July 24, 2008
AsiaNews.it reports: “Sadly famous for being the site of the assassination of the Italian priest Andrea Santoro (in 2006), and where the killing of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was planned (last year), the Turkish city of Trabzon is in an uproar over a commercial center, the structure of which - inspired by the sea - [...

Romania Government Proposes Law Allowing Teens to Have Late-Term Abortions

Posted on July 24, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “he government of Romania has proposed a new law allowing teenagers to get late-term abortions. The proposal comes after an incident that made international headlines where an [...]

Mass. House initially approves gender-neutral law

Posted on July 24, 2008
The AP reports: The Massachusetts House of Representatives has given its initial approval to a bill that would require all future legislation be written in language that is gender neutral. The one-paragraph bill says legislation should contain non-gendered phrases such as “he/she” or “his/her,” instead of following past practice and using the masculine pronoun by default...

Janet Rivera, California?s Terri Schiavo, Allowed to Receive Food and Water

Posted on July 24, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: “Twelve days after she was initially denied food and water, a California court ruled that Janet Rivera is entitled to the nutrition and hydration that a guardian [...]

Paul Weyrich: The Fight to Abolish Human Trafficking Within the United States

Posted on July 24, 2008
Paul Weyrich has this article on Townhall that questions apparent DOJ opposition to human trafficking prosecutions.  It begins: [Former Rep. John R.] Miller was appointed Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons for the U.S...

Duncanville, Texas: Swingers club at private home hosts criminal activity and unsanity conditions

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Dallas Morning News reports: According to court documents released Wednesday, sex parties are held at the home in the 1300 block of North Cedar Ridge Drive every Friday and Saturday for 50 to 80 people, or 80 to 100 during special events and holidays...

11th Circuit Rejects Most of Fla. Pledge Challenge

Posted on July 24, 2008
Alyson M. Palmer and Jonathan Ringel have this article in the Fulton Daily Report. It begins: The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a First Amendment challenge to a Florida law that says students must get a parent’s permission to get out of a daily classroom recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance...

9th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear busker?s case

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Seattle Times reports: A popular Seattle street performer who earlier this year lost a federal appeal on his challenge to regulations at Seattle Center has won another review of the case before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In January, a three-member panel of the appeals court overturned a decision by a Seattle federal [...

People of Faith Beware: The Left has Decided that There is no Right to Have More Than One Child

Posted on July 24, 2008
Steve Mosher has this post on the Population Research Institute site. He writes: It is true that in 1968, when the movement to control population began to gather steam, cooler heads sought to check its excesses by passing a U.N. resolution declaring that “couples have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly [...

Barack Obama?s Pledge to Overturn Every Pro-Life Abortion Law One Year Old

Posted on July 24, 2008
LifeNews.com reports: One year ago this week, Barack Obama promised activists with the nation’s largest abortion business that the first thing he would do as president is overturn every [...]

Wayne State University denies funds, access to pro-life student group, ADF sues

Posted on July 24, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed suit Wednesday after officials of Wayne State University refused to allow a pro-life student group the same access to student fees and facilities that other student groups have.

New Mexico: ?Cult Leader Says Lying Naked With Girls Is Religious Healing Practice?

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Ranton, New Mexico last Friday, Wayne Bent was indicted for inappropriately touching three minor girls while ‘lying naked’ with them.” Small Town Newspapers Service reports: “The attorney for the leader of what many people refer to as a cult that maintains its compound northeast of Des Moines told a judge [...

AU Seeks Investigation of Church-Sponsored Program At Army Base

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In a letter yesterday (full text) to the Department of Defense’s Acting Inspector General, Americans United for Separation of Church and State called for an investigation of the “Free Day Away” program at Fort Leonard Wood (MO) Army base...

Obama opposes Cal. Marriage Amendment

Posted on July 24, 2008
?I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states,? wrote Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Judge?s ruling upholds Md. voters? right to oppose ?gender identity? bill

Posted on July 24, 2008
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys representing the citizen voter coalition Maryland Citizens for Responsible Government helped secure a favorable ruling from a Maryland court Thursday, giving 900,000 Montgomery County voters their right to be heard on their petition against a ?gender identity? bill.

10th Circuit: CLS, ADF attorneys secure victory in Colo. student funding case

Posted on July 23, 2008
ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND / CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY NEWS RELEASE July 23, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom CLS, ADF attorneys secure victory in Colo. student funding case 10th Circuit declares unconstitutional state?s determination that Christian university ?too religious? for student aid DENVER ? The U...

4th Circuit: ?Appeals Court Bans Prayer ?In Jesus? Name??

Posted on July 23, 2008
The city council of Fredericksburg, Virginia had authority to require "non-sectarian" prayer content and exclude council-member Rev. Hashmel Turner from the prayer rotation because he prayed "in Jesus' name."

Court refuses to reconsider ruling against Georgia Tech

Posted on July 23, 2008
ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE July 23, 2008 ? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom Court refuses to reconsider ruling against Georgia Tech Judge notes university?s ?lack of candor throughout litigation? in lawsuit filed by ADF attorneys on behalf of Tech students ATLANTA ? A federal judge Wednesday denied a request by the Georgia [...

City of Modesto excludes Christian speech from public square, ADF sues

Posted on July 23, 2008
After peacefully sharing his faith almost every Saturday night for three years in a public plaza, a Christian man was told by the city of Modesto that he and his friends can no longer enter the plaza on Saturday nights.

McDonald?s Blog: ?Perspectives on the meaning of diversity and inclusion - and why it is so important?

Posted on July 23, 2008
A Vice President at McDonald’s has this post on the company blog. It begins: “Having just returned from an update on our company’s diversity efforts and plans for the future, I am reminded of one of the core reasons I truly love working at McDonald’s...

FCC feeling muzzled by courts

Posted on July 23, 2008
OneNewsNow.com reports: A spokesperson for the FCC has joined a TV watchdog group in condemning Monday’s federal court ruling that rejected the agency’s fine against CBS for its airing of “fleeting nudity” involving Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and a “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show...

Illinois Library Pulls Offensive DVD

Posted on July 23, 2008
Citizen Link reports: “Thanks to one patron speaking up, there is one fewer offensive DVD on the shelves at the Bloomington, Ill., Public Library.” Visit Site » Share This

McDonald?s hears: ?I?m NOT lovin? it!?

Posted on July 23, 2008
WorldNetDaily reports: “The corporate headquarters for McDonald’s is hearing from store managers in California that customers are upset over the company’s pro-homosexual advocacy and they aren’t going to take it any longer.”  The report includes photos from some of the protests...

Illinois: DuPage County may ban BYOB at strip clubs

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Daily Herald reports: “Plans to regulate of adult businesses in DuPage County could mean soda and water only at gentlemen’s clubs that feature all-nude dancers.” Visit Site » Share This

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